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The wars & local soldiers, 1957

121 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 7

Reject "Christmas" Call for War

Tribune · Wednesday 2 January 1957 · page 8

"We have not the slightest doubt that not only Communists and Socialists but also Catholics want to live better and live in peace," said the Soviet newspaper Pravda commenting on the…

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War Service Homes

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 7

Tenders are to be invited for construction of nine brick veneer cottages on land in Victoria Road…

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Miners aid Arab war victims

Tribune · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 12

LONDON. -- At the request of a number of its lodges, South Wales area of the National Union of Mineworkers has decided to send…

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Praises Help in Ant War

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) has…

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War Gang Still Boss in Britain

Tribune · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 2

LONDON.--The new British Premier Harold Macmillan, has retained virtually the whole of the cabinet which shared with Eden responsibility for the Sues aggression…

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New War Threats in "Review" of Defence

Tribune · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 11

Army reform plans coming before the Federal Cabinet and Parliament soon are full of menace to Australia's neighbors and hence to Australia herself. They are likely to reflect the…

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Call to Stop the Cold War Socialist States' declaration

Tribune · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 4

LONDON.--Western attempts to return to cold war have been condemned at top level…

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Local Papers "Ageless," Sats War Leader

The Biz · Wednesday 23 January 1957 · page 23

The "ageless" quality of newspapers and their everlasting fund of interest, even to soldiers in gravest danger, is emphasised…

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No War for U.s. Oil Trusts

Tribune · Wednesday 23 January 1957 · page 9

Australian wage and salary-earners "should refuse to' be dragged into a Middle East war to satisfy the profiteering lust of Oil-Trust magnates," says the Australian Worker of January 9…

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Anzac Memorial May Be Re-erected In Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 25 January 1957 · page 3

The possibility that the destroyed Anzac statue at Port Said will be re-erected in a…

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End cold war, send Labor delegation to Socialist lands

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1957 · page 3

A call for an end to the cold war and a call for a Labor Party delegation to visit the Socialist countries were made last week by two Australian Labor Party leaders…

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War Sayings Certificates Statement by the Treasurer

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 January 1957 · page 4

The treasurer, Sir Arthur Fadden, has announced a further extension in the period of War Savings Certificates and Savings…

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Car Thieves Arrested Rams Taxi in Anzac Avenue, Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 11

Two juveniles who stole a car from Auburn were arrested by Fairfield detectives when a stolen vehicle rammed a taxi in…

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Rocket war plans imperil Australia

Tribune · Wednesday 6 February 1957 · page 2

Australian unionists and other peace supporters have protested against plans to involve our country in US-British preparations for an atomic-rocket war on the Soviet Union and the Socialist world…

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Class War

Tribune · Wednesday 13 February 1957 · page 11

CONGRATULATIONS to the Labor Member ill the British House of Commons who asked that the British Commonwealth intervene in defence…

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Declaring war on

Tribune · Wednesday 13 February 1957 · page 8

IN some parts of Port Kembla, deposits of soot, ash, dust and other air-polluting matter have been measured…

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Dulles not wanted here! Brink-of-war man coming for SEATO

Tribune · Wednesday 27 February 1957 · page 3

THE forthcoming visit to Australia of American Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is…

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Sharkey urges heightened efforts for peace Imperialists busy with new war plans

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1957 · page 3

SYDNEY: "The Communist Party calls for a stepping-up of the struggle for peace, for…

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Menzies Government uses army to wreck home Reward for War Service And to cap those "performances", the

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1957 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, NSW: A blaze of anger swept the South Coast last Friday when the Menzies…

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Cabaret Carnival for War Memorial School

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 March 1957 · page 2

A coming event of considerable interest is the cabaret carnival which will be held at the Log Cabin Hotel on Friday,…

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