Higher War Pension Sought
SYDNEY, Thursday: The S.A. delegate to the R.S L. Congress in Sydney 'Brigadier Blackburn this afternoon criticised what he culled the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1949
579 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 27 of 29
Millions Would Die in Atomic War Air Force Expert's Comment
LONDON, Thursday: According to L[?] Trenched—one of the founders of the Royal Air Force—from 10 million to 20 million persons would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rioting Japanese Prisoners Of War At Cowra Believed To Have Been Drunk
It is now believed that the majority of the Japanese who broke out of the Cowra prisoner-of-war camp in August, 1944, were drunk, reports the Cowra Guardian. Two Australian guards were killed in the break. It was discovered on Thursday last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inevitability of War Keynote of R.s.l. Banquet Speeches
Warnings that war was inevitable were given by speakers at the Lithgow R.S.L. Remembrance Day Dinner in the Diggers' Rooms on Friday night, when an appeal was made for ex-service organisations to gain more power…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Soldier Gaoled Agitation for Release
LONDON, Sunday: Thousands of ex-servicemen have banded together in Britain to demand Government action to save an ex-servicemen from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Materials Still Prohibited In Germany
PARIS, Tuesday. -- The Big Three Powers have not modified either the German statute of occupation or prohibition of certain German manufactures-- mainly war materials-- during their recent Paris conference, the French Foreign Minister, M…
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TOKIO, Tuesday: A sergeant of the Japanese Medical Corps, Yusi Auki, who forced Allied prisoners of war in Japan, to batter each other…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for the Government to imprison former Representative Andrew J. May…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Inevitability Of War To the Editor
Sir.--If, as stated in the "Mercury," the keynote of the speeches at the recent R.S.L. dinner was the "inevitability of war", some protest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War On Blackberries New Sprayer to Be Purchased
The detraction of blackberries [?]n some sections of their area in a major problem for Lyndhurst Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on Rabbits Molong Seeks Another Inspector MOLONG
The Molonn PP Board intends to ask the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) for permission to employ another inspector to help in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fear of War Is Worst
ROME, Friday.—Fear of war was wors[?] war itself, the Pope told the seven-members of the United States Congress who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Local News Soldiers' Club
The annual meeting of the Mudgee Soldiers' Club will be held on Friday night next, when a manager will be appointed. A drive is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War on Rabbits
COONABARABRAN, Monday: The Coonabarabran PP Board will run a series of field days after the wheat harvest is finished to teach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Memorial Meeting
The annual meeting of the Orange and District War Memorial Building Fund will be held in the Town Hall next Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No War Threat Monty's Forecast
NEW YORK, Tuesday: Field Marshal Montgomery said on his arrival here by the liner Queen Elizabeth that he saw no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monty Sees No Threat of War in Europe Not Seeking U.S. Troops
NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Field Marshal Montgomery said on his arrival here by the liner Queen Elizabeth that he saw no immediate threat of open conflict in Western Europe…
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BERLIN, Wednesday. — Almost the entire working population of Watenstedt Salzgitter, near Brunswick, struck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →May Lower Age Limit C.m.f. Enlistments
CANBERRA, Thursday: The Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers said today the Military Board was considering lowering the are of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Miners Demand for Nationalisation War Propaganda Condemned
NEWCASTLE, Sunday. A trade union unity conference today called for the immediate nationalisation of coal mines and key industries…
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