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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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Melbourne, March 2. —Disgust at Departmental officials who visited the homes of war widows late at night to investigate their morals was expressed by delegates to the annual confer-ence of the Legion of Ex-Servicemen held here today. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. M. Austen Brown has received advice that his client. Eric David Boland was successful in drawing Weil Bend block in the Talawanta subdivision. near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) has paid a tribute to the co-operation and help given by some land-owners to the soldier settlers who obtained farms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the Legion of Ex-Servicemen conference on Thursday it was alleged by Lady Stanton Hicks that officers of the Repatriation Department were doggin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canberra, March 2.—Naval personnel eligible to participate in the distribution of second World War prize money would each receive £10, the Minister for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canberra, March 3.—During the past nine months the Repatriation Commission had not ordered any investigations into the morals of women receiving war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, March 5.—Britain's spy hunt, with American G-men helping, was switched this week-end to germ warfare research stations. Following last week's stir over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At Brewarrina the Western Lands Board, comprising Mr. M. J. Cronin (chairman), Mr. W. J. Stagg (assistant commissioner) and Mr. Kelly (local member) dealt with the allocation of the Talawanta…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New York. March 6.—A negro killed three men and stabbed five others as he ran berserk through Brooklyn it reels yesterday. The negro ran into a restaurant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London. March 6.—America will refuse to share atomic secrets with Britain unless the Government agrees to reorganise its security set up on the more ruthless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Former actor Robert Montgomery has asked a U.S. Federal Court to revoke the citizenship of New York…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Efforts are being made by the Returned Servicemen's League to increase the scope of local celebrations on Anzac Day, April 25. In addition to the usual dawn service, this year there will be a march…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Washington, March 9.—Prisent forces could not give the United States an absolute guarantee against a "disastrous blow," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (General Omar Bradley)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hobart, March 9.—Australia need not fear an immediate invasion in the event of another war. the retiring chief of the general staff (Lt Gen. V. A. sturdee)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Carl Spaata, retired U.S. Air Force General, said recently that America cab expect only a short breathing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne.—Mrs. G. A. Vasey is dismayed by the Federal Government's coldness to her plan for a "living" pension for war widows. "I am almost overcome with despair," she said…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London. March 12.—The Director of Public Prosecutions is examining a report on allegations of briber. at the Wa Office prepared by Scotland Yard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canberra, March 15.—The decision of the Government to conclude outstanding trials of Japanese war criminal suspects os soon as possible was based on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney.—The Minister for Lands (Mr Sheahan) said that soldier settlers who would not occupy and fully work their farms must…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canberra, March 16. — The Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) yesterday produced in the House of Representatives an addendum to the file to the Chifley…
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