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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Chatsworth's Final Welcome Home. a Memorable Occasion. Auxiliary's Pine Effort

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 3

The final welcome home to Servicemen and Women held in Chatsworth Temperance Hall oh Wednesday last was indeed la memorable occasion. The…

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Welcome to Returned Men. Maclran Council Moves in Matter. Meeting to Be Called

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 1

The Macleau Council is to contact the Patriotic Committee and the Returned Soldiers' organisations with a view to meeting representatives of…

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Undecided on Type of War Memorial

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 4

At one of the largest public meetings ever held in Bonalbo it was reported that feeling ran high on the type of memorial to…

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Cangai War Fund To Close

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 4

A meeting of the Cangai auxiliary of the C.R.D.P. and War Fund was presided over by the president (Mr. C. Fuller)…

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Soldier Welcomed Back To Lower Lawrence

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 6

Corporal Joe Commerford, a member of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, was recently welcomed back to…

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Welcome Home Function At Nana Glen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 3

Nana Glen Welcome Home Committee staged one of the largest functions of the season in the Pioneer Hall, Nana Glen, when…

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Five Soldier Sons Return From War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 3

With the arrival of Major Stuart Graham from Tokio this month, the five soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Graham, of…

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Returned Men Appreciate Comforts

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

Last night a special ambulance train from the north pulled in at South Grafton, carrying a large complement of patients…

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Delay in Discharge of Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thurs.—Mr. Fadden said to-day the delay in the discharge of soldiers was being particularly felt in food…

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War On Black Marketing In Meat Industry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA Fri.—The war against black marketing in the meat industry was on, declared the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Mr. McCarthy) to-day He was announcing an increase in wholesale and retail meat…

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Fostered Finland's Entry Into War Sent To Gaol

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.—The former President of Finland (Mr. Ryti) was sentenced to ten years' hard labour, and the former Prime Minister (Mr. Rangell) to six years by the War Guilt Court for fostering Finland's entry into the war in 1941 and working against…

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Woodford Leigh Welcome Home

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 4

THE attendance at the Woodford Leigh Hall on the occasion of the district's final welcome to servicemen must have been near the record for that institution. Patrons came from near and…

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Nazi War Leaders All In Dock

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Sun.—All 21 Nazi war leaders were in the dock together at the international tribunal yesterday, for the first time this year. They heard counsel for Goering, Hess, Keitel and Ribbentrop…

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Returned Soldier Wins Tenancy Case

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 5

Before Mr. G. L. Berry, Police Magistrate, at the Court of Petty Sessions at Grafton yesterday, Charles Hercules Green applied…

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Returned Soldier Dismissed Without Reasonable Cause

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—In addition to being ordered to pay £400 compensation to the man concerned, Nepean Shire Council was fined…

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Soldiers' Club Room

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

After considerable discussion at a meeting of the Bonalbo subbranch of the R.S.L. it was agreed that a committee be formed to…

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1681 Enlistments During Week

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Including 510 ex-servicemen, 1681 men in N.S.W. sought enlistment in the Australian Army during the past…

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Anzac Day at Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 2

The Bellingen sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has decided to devote Anzac morning, 1946, to the usual form…

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Germany's War Guilt Cannot Be Disputed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tues.—"Germany's war guilt cannot be disputed. No historical investigating will be able to deny it. The German people must share the mountain of guilt." This was declared by Pastor…

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No Papal Approval of War Against Russia

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 1

ROME, Tues.—A strong denial that he ever approved of the aggression against Russia was made by the Pope speaking at a…

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