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The wars & local soldiers, 1956

125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 7

TRIBUNE Magazine V.P. DAY, 1956. Colonial war in Malaya . . . talk of war in Egypt. . . an ex-AIF man on Tribune staff comments . . . Keep the Peace (and the vows) We Fought for

Tribune · Wednesday 15 August 1956 · page 5

IT was VP Day, August 15, 1945, when it happened. We were standing on a beach on one of…

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This Is the War We Need Funds For, Say Flood Victims From flood-stricken Wentworth, at the Murray - Darling junction comes this spot report from Guardian staff member, Eric Thornton

Tribune · Wednesday 15 August 1956 · page 9

"THERE'S the enemy out there," said the Wentworth man, pointing through the…

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GMH hogs big war contracts

Tribune · Wednesday 22 August 1956 · page 4

In the five years 1950-55, General Motors of America had direct contracts for the US "defence" program worth…

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Moderate plans should end Suez war talk

Tribune · Wednesday 22 August 1956 · page 1

Moderate statements and practical plans put forward by the Soviet Union, India and Egypt in the past week offer a peaceful settlement of the Suez situation and should end all talk of war…

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Menzies' Drive for Suez War Untruths on Canal construction

Tribune · Wednesday 22 August 1956 · page 4

In his broadcast from London last week, Menzies made a powerful bid for the title of the No. 1 Warmonger of the Suez crisis. MENZIES' sabre-rattling speech…

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Britain aggressor if war on Egypt

Tribune · Wednesday 29 August 1956 · page 1

PRESIDENT NASSER'S willingness to guarantee free passage of ships through the Suez Canal should end…

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£Millions for War Budget to increase inflation People hit again

Tribune · Wednesday 29 August 1956 · page 1

IN Canberra this week. Acting Prime Minister-Fadden has been thumbing…

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Jewish Room in Anzac House

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 3

The new Anzac House in College Street which will be opened on Anzac Day next year, will contain four…

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Tribune War Spending -- Main Cause of Inflation

Tribune · Wednesday 12 September 1956 · page 2

ONE of the biggest causes of the inflationary crisis in Australia is the Menzies Government's non-productive £190…

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New Australians Enlisting

The Biz · Wednesday 12 September 1956 · page 25

A small but steadily increasing number of new Australians is enlisting in the Navy, Army and Air Force. The…

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Welcome Home to Our Wandering Warrior

Tribune · Wednesday 19 September 1956 · page 2

News item--Interviewed following his Suez fiasco, Mr. Menzies said: "All I am going to do now is to return to my rather battered domestic affairs."…

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How Malayan war began

Tribune · Wednesday 19 September 1956 · page 4

Contrary to the impression of some, the colonial wars now raging weren't started by the colonial…

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Cut War Budget--ease finance crisis

Tribune · Wednesday 19 September 1956 · page 12

THE crippling effects of Menzies policy has brought State Government finances to a critical stage…

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Take Suez to United Nations Must be no war

Tribune · Wednesday 19 September 1956 · page 1

There must be no war over the Suez Canal! Issues m dispute can and must be peacefully resolved through the machinery of the…

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Labor unity bars Menzies' Suez war plan

Tribune · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 1

CANBERRA: A further demonstration of the united view of all sections of the Australian labor movement against use of force over Suez was given by Federal Opposition leader Dr. H. V. Evatt in…

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Wants money for pensions, not war

Tribune · Wednesday 3 October 1956 · page 10

CANBERRA: A foreign policy based on peaceful negotiation would enable the Government to give pensioners some of the £193 million if now spends on war, Mr. J…

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War Nerves

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 October 1956 · page 1

Official Soviet newsagency Tass, in a despatch date-lined Athens, said it was apparent that Israeli…

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Soviet Press Accuses Israel In Joining Britain and France and Is:- ‘Ready for war with Egypt’

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 October 1956 · page 1

Washington, Wednesday: Moscow radio, monitored here, on Friday, accused Israel of preparing to join England and France in an all-out attack on Egypt if the Suez crisis erupts into war…

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Red Cross Society in War and Peace

The Biz · Wednesday 10 October 1956 · page 21

When Henri Dunant set out to help the wounded on the battlefield of Solferino in 1859, the emphasis was on the effects…

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World War II Soldier Passes

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 October 1956 · page 2

A soldier of World War II who was discharged from the Army because of a war disability was Mr Raymond Edward…

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