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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

3,694 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 185

Soldier Slew Egyptian

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 9

FAYID (Egypt). -- A British court-martial here yesterday sentenced to death Corporal H. R…

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The Land "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution, but the land will care for him who cares for it." Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations Official Organ of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales. Subscription Rates: One year in advance. 25/-; two years in advance, £2/8/-; three years in advance, £3/11/6. Subscription to "The Land" includes the "Farm and Station Annual." Single copy "The Land," 6d.: single copy "Farm and Station Annual," 3/Contributions are invited and will be paid for on publication. No responsibility can be accepted for the return of manuscript, but when stamp is enclosed every effort will be made to ensure return of unsuitable matter. Cheques, money orders, etc., should be made payable to The Land Newspaper Ltd. Address business communications to the Manager, and literary contributions to the Editor, "The Land," Box 1558. G.P.O.. Sydney. N.S.W. Board of Directors: W. C. Cambridge (Chairman). Hon. H. S. Henley, M.L.C., H K Nock, A Heath and H. V. Budd, M.L.C. Managing Editor: Asst. Managing Editor: H. V. BUDD, M.L.C.. a G Hudson. Advertising Manager: E.W Carter. 57-59 Regent Street. Sydney. Telephones: M 6971. MA 9680, MA 3336 Telegrams. (5 lines) "The Land," Sydney. Riverina Representative: J. P. McMenamin, 164 Edward Street, Wagga. Telephone: Wagga 3872, Friday; February 20, 1953 New Call to War on the Rabbit

The Land · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 4

MYXOMATOSIS has given a marvellous relief over large areas of the State from the worst effects of the rabbit plague, but the benefit seems likely to diminish as time…

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War Crimes Bill

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 3

PARIS (A.P.).--The National Assembly has approved a hill providing for French nationals, accused…

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War Crimes Bill

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 2

PARIS (A.P.).--The National Assembly has approved a bill providing for French nationals, accused…

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War Crimes Bill

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 2

PARIS (A.P.).--The National Assembly has approved a bill providing to French nationals, accus…

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War Crimes Bill

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 3

PARIS (A.P.).-- The National Assembly has approved a bill providing for French nationals, accused…

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War Crimes Bill

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 3

PARIS (A.P.).--The National Assembly has approved a bill providing for French nationals, accused…

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War Crimes Bill

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 3

PARIS (A.P.).--The National Assembly has approved a bill providing for French nationals, accused…

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Switzerland has no illusions about war threat Swiss leaders see greater danger as armaments pile up

The World's News · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 8

A SWISS military leader gave a blunt warning to his fellowcountrymen that increased armaments mean an increased danger of…

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Youth Knifed in Street Brawl Wounded In Back: 7 Charged

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 2

An Australian was stabbed in the back and two Italian migrants were injured in a brawl in Oxford St., Darlinghurst, last…

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Housewife Kept The Secrets Of "War"

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 21

A WAHROONGA house-wife knew more about last week's anti-submarine exercises off the coast of New…

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The PLOT That Nearly Ended the War

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 10

By the beginning of 1944, the men who had determined to kill Hitler as the first step to overthrowing the Nazi regime knew that they were working against time. The final phase of the war was about to open with the Allied invasion of the west…

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Are "Comics" Harmful?—New Shots In The Fifty Years' War By A Staff Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 9

AN R.A.F. OFFICER in England has just banned the sale of "cowies" in the station mess—but it is highly doubtful whether his edict will have much effect on his men's reading habits, because comics nowadays are just…

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Woman seeks bomber for air race Sells property, enlists other women in crew

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sat.--A woman entrant in the 12,000 miles London-Christchurch air race next October will fly to Sydney on Monday to ask the R.A.A.F. to lend her a Lincoln heavy bomber…

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Editorial the Anzac Breed Holds in Korea

The Sun · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 3

The return of one of this country's most distinguished soldiers, Lieut.-General Bridgeford, from his post as Commander-in-Chief of British Commonwealth forces in Korea and Japan, should focus more attention from…

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'Russians Want War Continued'

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.P., U.P,). -- The chief United States delegate to the United Nations (Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge jnr.) said yesterday that the Russians apparently wished…

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'Russians Want War Continued'

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.P., U.P.). -- The chief United States delegate to the United Nations (Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge jnr.) said yesterday that the Russians apparently wished…

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'Russians Want War Continued'

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.P., U.P.). -- The chief United States delegate to the United Nations (Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge jnr.) said yesterday that the Russians apparently Wished…

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'Russians Want War Continued'

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.P., U.P.). -- The chief United States delegate to the United Nations (Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge jnr.) said yesterday that the Russians apparently wished…

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'Russians Want War Continued'

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.P., U.P.). -- The chief United States delegate to the United Nations (Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge jnr.) said yesterday that the Russians apparently wished…

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