Atomic War Mineworkers' Conference
London, July 7 — Sadists were advocating an atomic war against the Soviet and no British miner would produce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1947
465 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 24
Reported "Picnicking" in War Cemetery
Singapore (A.A.P.-Reuter). July 6.—Australian residents of Singapore have protested against the reported practice of Japanese "picnicking" in the Dranji…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Orphan's Day
THE announcement of Legacy's War Orphans' Day always evokes a number of inquiries as to how Legacy work is implemented. The general public display a lively interest in the mariner in which help is extended to whom and under whait conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jap Criminals Executed For War Murders
MELBOURNE—Three Japanese war criminals— Lieuts. Okami Hiroshi and Kanno Yasutoka, and Cpl…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Natives in Solomons Are at "War" Landing Parties At Guadalcanal; Carrying Spears
TOWNSVILLE.—"Malaita natives have 'declared a war' for food on the British settlement of Guadalcanal and have landed from war canoes armed with spears and poison blow-pipes."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Who Saved Monty In World War 1 Is Living In Perth
PERTH.âA man who brought a critically wounded officer from a battlefield in France on October 13, 1914, carried him on a stretcher to an advanced dressing station and 30 years later found that he had saved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Land Settlement
The Clarification Committee. War Service Land Settlement, will be visiting Broken Hill and will be in attendance at the Courthouse on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Thursday, July 10, 1947 War Widows ' Pensions
CLAIMS being made in capital cities by Australian war widows should be treated with the widest respect. They are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Seeking Wounded Man
SYDNEY.—Police have asked hospitals to be on the look out for a young man whom they believe was shot by police last night after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Music Centre As War Memorial
Sydney, July 13. —A building for a music centre as a war memorial was suggested tonight by Eugene Goossens, the newly appointed conductor of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Reunion
Former members of the 6th Cavalry Brigade Company, A.A.S.C., are holding a re-union on August 9. It will be in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Luck And Legat Point Secure Soldier Land
ACOMBINATION of the most extraordinary good luck and a legal point won a returned soldier Block No 1163 Cultowa, Wilcannia, for ex-digger Colin Douglas Wheeler, of Yandaminta Station, Milparinka, at the Cobar Land Board. This block, known as the Coonavitra, comprises 51,750 acres, is acknowledged to be the best…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiering and Politics Do Not Mix, Says Monty At Gathering
Sydney, July 14—Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, told a gathering of politicians, service chiefs, public service heads and community leaders today that politics and soldiering did not mix…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement Luck And Legal Point Win Valuable Block
A combination of the most extraordinary good luck and a legal point won a Returned Soldier Block, No. 1163 Cultowa, for ex-digger Colin Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →9th Division War Cry Monty Slips Into Real Digger Form
BRISBANE.—Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery became Monty for 1500 ex-servicemen of both wars last night at his last public appearance in Australia. Formality marked Lord Montgomery's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Secretary For War Resigns
New York, July 16. — According to the Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" the Secretary for the War. Mr. Robert Patterson, is reported to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Western Lands Soldier and Civilian Blocks Board's Recommendations
The Local Land Board, Cobar, comprising M. J. Cronin, chairman. H. Spencer, assistant commissioner and J. Cullen Ward, local Member, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement Luck And Legal Point Win Valuable Block
A combination of the most extraordinary good luck, and a legal point won a Returned Soldier Block No. 1163, Cultowa, for ex-digger Colin Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Voluntary Enlistment of Women
Wellington (N.Z.). July 17. — Field-Marshal Montgomery told a press conference that he was a great believer in the voluntary enlistment of women in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers' Death Mystery
NEW YORK, July 17.—The existence of a super "hush hush" atomic weapon station at Sandia, New Mexico, has…
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