One U-Boat Sunk Every Two Days In 6 Years Of War
IN six years of war 996 U. Boats—German, Italian and Japanese—were sunk by the Allies. Of them more than 330…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
609 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 31
Death Sentences on Japanese Soldiers Commuted; 2 Yrs. GAOL
RABAUL.—Sentences of death passed by the War Crimes Court here upon two Japanese soldiers last December have been commuted by the AdjutantGeneral to two years' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Activities in & Around Wilcannia Welcome Home Function Racecourse Decided Upon
At a meeting of the Welcome Home Committee held last Thursday it was decided te hold the sports of the racecourse instead of at Murtee Station. This decision was arrived at when it we, learned that many of the townspeople would be unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac March (To the Editor)
Sir,—In your issue of April 2. "Darwin" said he would like to see an Anzac Day [?] in Broken Hill by our own boys, Yes, by all means, let us have the march…
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There will be a meeting of the War Loan Committee at the Council Chamber, Town Hall tonight at 8 o'clock…
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LONDON, April 4.—Six years of war cost Britain nearly £s4000 million a year, states a White Paper on war expenditure. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Land for Soldier Settlers Attitude of Landowners
When the Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly to provide for carrying out the conditions under which Mr. Mantin Mellrath had made a free gift of…
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Sydney, April 4.—In future there will be more co-operation between Federal and State Governments on the soldier settlement scheme, said the Minister for…
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LONDON, April 4.—A young Carthusian monk who volunteered for the Army at the outbreak of war has returned to his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comments of Readers Returned Soldiers And Sturt Park
To the Editor, SirâSeeing that the returned soldiers of World War No. 1, also WorldWar No. 2, are to Bay the least 90 per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Soldiers In Hospital
WRITING to "Dorothea," W. Weston, who is s member of the Aid Committee of the Red Cross Society, mentions…
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TENNANT CREEK. — One man was killed and another seriously wounded during a…
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SYDNEY.—An ex-soldier was married last night a few hours after losing £493—his deferred pay and savings. Cedric…
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When the applications closed on Saturday 130 returned servicemen had applied for free rail passes from Broken, Hill to take part in the Anzao Day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ammunition Dump Explodes Wounded Stream Into Indo-China Hospital
Saigon, April 8—The American Associated Press reports that a giant French ammunition dump on the northern outskirts of Saigon in French Indo-China, exploded and for two hours later shattering explosions continued to rock the city. The French Army threw…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade At Soldiers Hostel
An outbreak of fire in the [?] of the Soldiers' Hostel was reported to the Central Fire Station at 12.42 a.m. yesterday morning. The blase, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Estate Offer of Woman Who Lost Sons in War
LONDON, April 9.—Lady McRobert, who during the war gave a Lincoln bomber to the R.A.F. when her three sons were killed, because she had no more sons to fight, has now offered part of her…
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Sydney, April 8.—There will not be an inquiry into the conduct of troops of the British Commonwealth occupation force in the camp at Bathurst. The Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →S.a. Soldier to Marry Blind English Girl
LONDON, April 9.—A 24-year-old demobilised Australian soldier, George Revell, is trying to return to England from Peterborough…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Observances
On Thursday, April 25, the usual Anzac Dawn Service will be held at the Soldiers' Memorial. Mr. W. J. Anderson, Secretary of the R.S.S. and…
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