Soldier Preference
It is believed that the principle of soldier preference agreed to by the Federal Cabinet will be based on "all things being equal"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 115
Soldiers’ League At The Terrace
The annual meeting of the Raymond Terrace Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preference Threatens Labour Split Soldiers’ Bodies Disagree Als[?]
SYDNEY, Friday.—Cabinet’s decision to give preference in employment to returned soldiers and exclude workers in protected industries from preference not only give[?] signs of a serious split in the Labour party, but has also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Approach of War is now Felt in Berlin Goebbels Appeals to Western Powers Runstedt on the Defensive From Holland to Switzerland
"IT IS JUST BEFORE THE HOUR OF TWELVE, AND THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK OF HISTORY ARE WAVERING, UNDECIDED WHETHER TO APPROACH NEARER THE DANGER POINT OR AWAY FROM IT, " DECLARED GOEBBELS IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN WHICH HE APPEALED TO THE WESTERN…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seriously Wounded in Stomach
MELBOURNE Saturday.—Malcolm McLean Appleby (28), who was shot in the abdomen as he stepped from his car at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Herding of War Prisoners
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. —The American Red Cross reports that the German authorities are herding Allied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From War To Peace
WHEN the war ends and we return to peace-time pursuits Australia will benefit by the hundreds of miles of new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Punishment of War Criminals
CANBERRA, Sat.—The Minister for “External Affairs, Dr. Evatt, said that the election of Lord Wright as chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reduction in Civilian Meat Scale Results of Drought and War Needs
CANBERRA, Saturday.—A temporary reduction in meat ration scale, commencing from February 25, has be ordered by the Federal Cabinet in order that Australia [?] meet her commitments to the United nations this year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: From War To Peace Bandit Holds-up Night Officer
BRISBANE Sat.—An armed bandit, believed to be the same man who held up an Australian provost corporal at Strathpine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers’ League
Ex-service personnel eligible to join are invited to attend the 25th annual meeting of the Returned Soldiers’ League to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Facts In Brief
Britain has mobilised 69 per cent, of the total number of people in the active age groups (men, 14 to 65; women, 14 tc- 59) for direct war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rigid Tests for Soldier Settlers
CANBERRA, Monday. — Ex-servicemen will be required to pass rigid tests before they can participate in the land settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sidelights From Sydney War
WITH the war in Europe drawing to a close, two things show out very clearly and are in need of full…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Post-War Change In Manpower
CANBERRA Tues—The Minister for Post-War Reconstruction (Mr Dedman) announced at the secondary industries conference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rates Off Pay For War Prisoners
MELBOURNE Tues.—The Minister for Labour(Mr Holloway) he was preparing a recommendation for Cabinet on rates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Notes American Troops Enter Manila
American troops have entered Manila. A wide encircling movement under cover of darkness took them into the city. The First…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoners of War in Great Spirits
LONDON Feb. 5—There was one woman aboard the Arundel Castle when It docked at Liverpool last night with repatriated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Treatment of War Prisoners Big Death-roll in Siam
More than 15,000 of the 30,000 British, Dutch and Australian prisoners used by the Japs, to build the Bangikok-Moulmein railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Failed To Reinstate Soldier'
SYDNEY Tuesday.—In a Judgment given in the Special Federal Court today, Mr. Atkinson, convicted the Railway…
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