Objection to Anzac Day Sport
Grafton RSL Sub-branch at last meeting carried a motion protesting against an inter-city tennis competition being played…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
300 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 15
Bolivia on Brink of Civil War
[?] PAZ(Bolivia) Thurs.(AAP) --Bolivia stands on the brink of civil war and with a country-wide state of siege…
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Mr John Storey, wartime director of the Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft Production has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quakers Seek Means To Avoid War
YORK, Sub. (AAP).--; The American Quaker group that won the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Morning Sport Banned On Council Grounds
Grafton City Council last night decided to ban sport on lands under its control on Anzac Day morning, following a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water Helped to Win the War
Water helped to win the war. Army boring units did unspectacular work in the Northern Territory and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ashamed Of War Widows' Badges
SYDNEY, Tues.--The Federal president of the War Widows' Guild (Mrs; G. A. Vasey) said at the annual conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clauses in Act on War Widows
CANBERRA, Tuesday--War widows erased to be recognised officially as such once they inringed certain moral and…
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HONG KONG, Wed. (AAP- Reuter)-- The British Defence Minister (Mr..A.V.Alexander) to-day reiterated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Criticises War Settlement Terms
SYDNEY. Thurs,--Mr. Drummond (C.P., Armidale) said in the Legislative Assembly today that the Government, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Criticises Treatment Of Ill War Widows
SYDNEY, Thurs-- Federal president of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (Mrs. G. Vasey) said to-day that Gov…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoner Of War Of Japanese
The three years he had spent in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp seemed now to be nothing more than a bad dream,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Willin To Examine War Widow Cases
CANBERRA, Fri.--The Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Barnard)said to-day he was willing to examine minutely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shadow Of War Receding Says Chifley
SYDNEY, Sun.-- The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said to-day that he believed that the possibility of war had receded still further, but the world economic crisis had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modern British Lightships to Replace Those Lost in the War
A fleet of modern light vessels, giving their crews "luxury" conditions compared with pre-war ships, and with many technical improvements, are now taking the place of those lost by Britain in the war. Half of the 16 Trinity House…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan May Desire Revenge. Says Soldier
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The spirit of revenge would break out in Japan when the occupation ended, Major-General William…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Criticism on War Widows' Pensions
CANBERRA, Wed.--The Repatriation Department should administer the Repatriation Act with sympathy and not by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Neurosis
CANBERRA, Fri.--Repatriation doctors were collaborating with the best available brains in the investigation into new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Soldier Killed in Arab Attack
TRIPOLI, Sun. (AAP)--Five, French Foreign Legion soldiers were killed when 25 armed Arabs attacked and occupied Sheba fort…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposals On War Service Homes Scheme
CANBERRA, We.--Reduction in the interest rates on War Service Homes, abolition of sales tax and Customs duty…
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