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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Returned Men And New Homes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 8

Any members of local building societies who have been in the forces can now use their gratuily through the societies for…

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Move By R.S.L. League To Get Returned Men, In The Public Service

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 8

MELBOURNE.—A special Federal conference of the executive of the Returned Servicemen's League yesterday resolved that the Commonwealth and State Governments be asked to dispense with all public…

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Malayan War Dead to Be Reinterred

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 5

SINGAPORE, June 21.—The remains of Allied soldiers and a number of prisoners of war killed in southern Malaya and on…

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Woman 106 Knows Nothing of War

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 7

LONDON, June 21.—Mrs. Elizabeth Selwood, of Charlton, Wiltshire, who is 106 today, does not know there has been a war,…

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Dutch to Try Master Spy of War

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 1

LONDON, June 21.—Christian Lindeman, 33-year-old Dutch garage owner, who is alleged to have been a master…

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Soldiers Killed in Gar Smash

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 8

MELBOURNE.—Two soldiers were killed and, two sailors badly injured last night when a car reported as stolen crashed into a…

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Two S. A. Soldiers Killed In Stolen Car

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 1

Melbourne, June 22.—Two South Australian soldiers were among three servicemen killed when a stolen car crashed into a tree near Glenrowan…

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Eisenhower's Report On War In West

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 5

LONDON, June 24.—General Eisenhower, former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to-day told for the first time his own…

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Army Vehicle Out Of Control Girl Killed and Six Soldiers Hurt

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 1

Brisbane, June 34.—A traffic smash at Goodna. half-way from Brisbane to Ipswich, resulted in a young woman being killed and seven men injured. An…

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Comments of Readers Dependent War Bereaved Parents

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 3

To the Editor, Sir.—The "Dependent War Bereaved Parents' Association" asks you to give publicity to their case, which is…

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Our Soldiers Buy on Black Market

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY.—Naval ratings on the destroyer H.M.A.S. Warramunga, who returned from Japan yesterday, claimed that…

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Activities in & Around Wilcannia Council Objects To Report Attitude Of Welcome Home Committee

Western Grazier · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 1

We have received the following communication from the Town Clark, Wilcannia:—"At a special meeting of the…

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War Gratuity and Housing

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 5

The secretary of the Co-operative Building Societies (Ald. C. B. Tompkins) has now received advice that all local building societies have been listed in the…

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War Criminal Changes His Views

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 1

Nuremberg, June 2.—The catastrophe which led to the murder of 5,000,000 people would have been impossible, said Goebbels's lieutenant (Fritz Eche), if…

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War Criminals Hanged at Singapore

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 1

Singapore, June 27.—Six Japanese war criminals, including ex-Chief Administrator of Port Blair (Mitsubashi Matachi), were hanged in Changi Gaol…

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Death Of Matsuoka Named As War Criminal

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 1

Tokio, June 27.—The International War Crimes Tribunal announced the death of defendant Yosuke Matsuoka Chief Justice Sir William Webb said…

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Chicago Mayor Declares War On Gangsters

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 3

CHICAGO, June 28. — Mayor Edward J. Kelly, acting on reports that Al. Capone is still boss of vice and gambling in…

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UNRRA's War Against Rats

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 5

ONE of the little-known battles in UNRRA's war on famine and disease n Europe is the fight against the rat. The weapons are…

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Barrier Miner Monday, July 1, 1946 Is Soldier Preference A Dead Letter?

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 3

Returned servicemen who thought the Federal Labor Government had given them a flawless measure of preference…

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Palestine Crisis Most Serious Since War; Mob Violence Likely

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, July 1.—The uprising in Palestine appears to be developing into the most serious trouble since the end of the war. Correspondents in Jerusalem…

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