Criticism of War Widows Pensions
Melbourne, September 24.—The 7/6 weekly rise in the war widows' pensions was not a rise at all, because the cost of living had increased more than that,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1947
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Disunity Would Lead to War Delegate Outspoken At UNO Session
Flushing (New York), September 24.—A statement to the great powers that their disunity and suspicion of each other would wreck UNO and lead to war was bluntly voiced by Secretary-General Trygvie Lie when he intervened at the close…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Saturday, Sept. 27, 1947 Some War Widows To Get More
THE Federal Cabinet has made a decision at last in the case of the pension of war widows. War widows with one or two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gandhi's War Talk
LONDON, September 27.— Gandhi said today that if there was no other way of securing justice from Pakistan, the Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gromyko Slates U.S. and Greece Accusations Of Attempts To Foment A War Between Soviet And U.S.
Lake Success, September 28—The Soviet Union called on the United Nations General Assembly today to order all foreign troops out of Greece and warned sharply that American policy on the Balkans might lead to the collapse of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Says Red War Plans Mature 1952
NEW YORK, September 29.—Soviet strategy is based on the conviction that crisis will overtake the capitalist world around 1952—precisely when the Soviet's preparations for war will be complete…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pakistan Rules Out War Chance Subscribes To U.N.O. Charter
New Delhi, September 29.—Doctor Zahid, Hussain Pakistan High Commissioner in India, said that Pakistan completely ruled out the possibility of war. Pakistan subscribes to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silverton War Memorial Proposed
A public meeting of residents of Silverton has been called for next Saturday night to discuss the inauguration of a War Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"The Fear Of War" Dr. Evatt Explains During Speech
New York. September 30.—"The fear of war oppresses men in every country today—four not merely for their own safety, but above all, fear for their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Homes What The Law Says
Mr. A.L, Smale, Deputy Director of the War Service Homes Division, in response to curies regarding war service homes has supplied the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal Made for Disabled Soldiers
The Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers of New South Wales are still appealing for funds. They have purchased a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minister's Home Building Claim More Than Doubled Since War's End
Canberra, October 5.—The rate of home construction in Australia had increased by more than 100 per cent, since the end of the war, claims the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Camp Work at Silverton Progressing Public Meeting Decides On War Memorial
Representatives of youth organisations and the W.E.A. have been working at Silverton since Friday on preparing the Youth Camp and good progress till last night was reported. A public meeting of Silverton citizens decided to [?]et a War Memorial, and that it be in the form of a Recreation Camp, an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Memorial Desecrated
PERTH.—Scrawled in chalk, obviously by an adult, five lines of Communist propaganda, has desecrated the Fremantle War…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soviet Move Rejected Obligation To Expose "War Mongers"
Lake Success, October 8.—After nearly three hours of angry procedural maneouvres General Assembly's Social. Cultural and Humanitarian Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pakistan—india War Would Be Suicide For Both Sides
New Delhi, October 8.—A war between Pakistan and India would be suicide for both sides, Pakistan's Premier, Liaquat Ali Khan, said in a broadcast today when he appealed for peace. Suppression of disorders was a paramount national…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Republicans Will' Release Dutch Soldiers
B[?]tavia. October 7. (A.A.P. Reuter).— The Republican Government has decided to release the three Dutch soldiers who were held at Pameungpeuk after a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Favors Palestine Partition "Plans For A Holy War"
Washington, October 9.—It is learned on high authority in the State Department that the United States will favor the partition of Palestine with some modifications not specified. This report spread quickly among the 57 nation committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Latest In Radio Pre-Selector Sets A Feature Of The Trade's First Big Post-War London Show
A 43-valve [?]nt combined radio and television receiver and a [?] valve set, which can be carried in a case little larger [?] that of an ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gen. Chiang Kai Shek As Chief "Civil War Criminal" Communist Army Commander Calls For Arrest And Trial
Nanking. October 10.—in an appeal to the nation to cooperate with the Government in combating Communist onslaughts against the Nanking regime…
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