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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

3,142 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 158

Yoshida Govt, presents a huge Budget for war

Tribune · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 4

PEKING: Direct military expenditure is the largest single item in Japan’s budget for the 1954 fiscal year, approved by Yoshida’s Cabinet on January 15. IT shows a 10 per cent increase over the direct military…

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HOMES And BUILDING] Big Changes In Schools Since The War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 10

The public schools, to which half a million children in New South Wales will return to-day after their Christmas holidays, have gone through many changes in…

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Route Lined by 10,000 Australian Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 19

Ten thousand Australian troops will line many of the city streets along which the Royal Progress will pass tomorrow. Three hundred of these will be members of the…

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Three old soldiers who didn't die

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 11

MODENA (Italy), Tues. (A.P.). -- Embarrassed Italian Government officials learned recently that three Russian prisoners of the first World War are still living near Modena and drawing prisoners' pay…

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Route Lined by 10,000 Australian Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 19

Ten thousand Australian troops will line many of the city streets along which the Royal Progress will pass tomorrow. Three hundred of these will be members of the…

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Route Lined by 10,000 Australian Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 19

Ten thousand Australian troops will line many of the city streets along which the Royal Progress will pass tomorrow. Three hundred of these will be members of the…

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Route Lined by 10,000 Australian Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 19

Ten thousand Australian troops will line many of the city streets along which the Royal Progress will pass tomorrow. Three hundred of these will be members of the…

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Route Lined by 10,000 Australian Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 19

Ten thousand Australian troops will line many of the city streets along which the Royal Progress will pass tomorrow. Three hundred of these will be members of the…

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Route Lined by 10,000 Australian Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 19

Ten thousand Australian troops will line many of the city streets along which the Royal Progress will pass tomorrow. Three hundred of these will be members of the…

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Route Lined 10,000 Australian Soldiers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 19

Ten thousand Australian troops will line many of the city streets along which the Royal Progress will pass tomorrow. Three hundred of these will be members of the…

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Three old soldiers who didn't die

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 11

MODENA (Italy), Tues. (A.P.). -- Embarrassed Italian Government officials learned recently that three Russian prisoners of the first World War are still living near Modena and drawing prisoners' pay…

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Army's war on crime

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 24

TAEGU. -- The South Korean army has set up Korea's first scientific criminal research centre…

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Silent tribute paid to war dead

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 8

The huge crowd stands silent, troops present arms, officers salute, and the Queen and the [?] of Edinburgh stand to attention, in memory of Australia's war dead at the Cenotaph in Martin Place today. The Queen laid a wreath on the Cen[?]aph, then walked back to her car in George Street to continue the Royal Progress to Government House…

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Silent tribute paid to war dead

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 8

The huge crowd stands silent, troops present arms, officers salute, and the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh stand to attention, in memory of Australia's war dead at the Cenotaph in Martin Place today. The Queen laid a wreath on the Cenotaph, then walked back to her car in George Street to continue the Royal Progress to Government House…

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Silent tribute paid to war dead

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 8

The huge crowd stands silent, troops present arms, officers salute, and the Queen and the Duke of Edinh stand to attention, in memory of Australia's war dead at the Cenotaph in Martin Place today. The Queen laid a wreath on the Cenotaph, then walked back to her car in George Street to continue the Royal Progress to Government House…

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"Quit Bomb Rattling" Talk of atom war deplored

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 16

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--Defence Secretary Charles Wilson appealed to US today to "quit rattling the atom-bomb"…

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Waiting a drink for the soldier Sun Pictorial Souvenir

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 13

COMFORTABLE PERCH. These happy children and their parents settled on a Broadway window ledge, laugh and joke as they wait for the Queen's car to pass, confident that…

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Post-War Trends In Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 18

Some idea of the speed of investment may be got from the table on this page. The figures for plant and…

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The Queen and Duke at Cenotaph Wreath Laid For War Dead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 7

At eight minutes past noon yesterday the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh paid their tribute to Australia's fallen in two world wars when they placed a…

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Mr. G. G. Nicholls Wounded in Head

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 45

The State superintendent of the Australian Wheat Board. Mr. G. G. Nicholls has been off duty for a few…

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