Smarter Uniform for Leave Soldiers
CANBERRA — The Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) revealed last night that Army authorities are considering…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
465 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 24
German Soldier Allowed To Land Misrepresentation By Jewish Relatives
Canberra, May 21.—The Minister for immigration, Mr. Calwell said to-day in the House of Representatives that a German soldiers who fought…
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The secretary of the R.S.L. in Wi[?]cannia has received the following letter from the Minister for Post-War Reconstruction Hon. J. J. Dedman, MHR…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Miniature War Of Politics Now Grimly Serious At Canberra (From a Political Correspondent in Canberra.)
CANBERRA.—Although the miniature war of politics is usually conducted with good humor and with due appreciation of an opponent's viewpoint, there are occasions when it becomes grimly serious. There have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Soldiers Killed By Greek Guerilla Band
LONDON, May 25.—Two British soldiers were killed by Greek guerrillas who ambushed two British Army lorries in northern Greece, the Greek Ministry of Public Order announces.One was killed in cold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Certain If Pagan Spirit Not Fought Says Salvation Leader
ADELAIDE.—If Christian people failed to combat the pagan spirit in the world, war would inevitably resuit, declared the former world leader of the Salvation Army (General George Carpenter) at Port Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Foreign Office Hopes Of Tracing Soldier, Wife's Appeal
LONDON, May 26.—The British Foreign Office hopes soon to trace Warrant Officer Reginald Barratt (R.A.F., who escaped from a German prison camp in 1942 and has been missing since he appeared before a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Surplus Forecast Of Prime Minister, War Expense Bill
CANBERRA.—A surplus of between £38 to £43 millions for the financial year ending June 30 was forecast by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) in the House of Representatives last night. Mr. Chifley, who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier Loses Arm Under Train
SYDNEY— Pte. Douglas Vidler (23), who returned home from Japan on Saturday for discharge, lost his left arm in a city train…
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CAIRNS—An elderly man who was adrift for 26 days in an open launch near Cooktown with a bullet in his neck was flown to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting Affray Couple Wounded In Sydney Incident
Sydney, May 28.—A man and his wife wore found seriously wounded by 22 calibre bullets at Rushcutter's Bay this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Gratuity Act Amendment
Canberra, May 28.—A Bill to amend the War Gratuity Act to extend the date of cessation of entitlements from September 2. 1946 to June. 1947, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jap War Criminals Hanged Execution Of Australian Airmen
Singapore, May 28.—Two Japanese war criminals, Lieutenant-General Kumakichi Harada—found guilty of authorising Illegal execution of three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss of Patience at Russian Tactics Charges Of Prolonging The War
New York, May 28.—According to a Washington correspondent of the New York "Times", Congress is in a mood pointing to an early exhaustion of patience with Russian tactics. "Some quarters have charged Russia with deliberately…
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NEW YORK, May 25.—Response to the Australian Government's offer to subsidise fares of American ex-servicemen migrants…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extra Payment Urged for Some War Widows
CANBERRA.—An increase of up to £1 a week on a war widow's basic pension of £2/10/ a week should be granted in cases of special hardship, Senator Brand (Lib., Vic.) said in the Senate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big War Weapons Being Developed In U.S.
Los Angeles, May 29.—Huge remote controlled weapons, some weighing up to 500 tons, ore being developed at the Collfornian Institute of Technology…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Fatally Wounded In Shooting Accident On The Cockburn Road
IN a shooting accident on the Cockburn Road late yesterday afternoon, Jarvis Harold ("Bill") Pettit (22), a married man w[?] one daughter aged five months, suffered injuries from which he died later in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chiang Makes Swoop On War Opponents New York, June 3.—
Arrests of Liberals and alleged Communists continued in Chinese cities as the Nationalist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World News Round-up Marriage Annulled; U.S. Husband Dodged The War
NEW YORK, June 4.—Beautiful blonde former model, Marguerite Sogge Guggenhcim, 22, of New York, has been granted an annulment of her marriage from her husband, Herman, on the grounds that he claimed…
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