£390,348 Raised For Anzac House
SYDNEY Thurs.— The appeal for funds to build an Anzac [?] in Sydney resulted in £990,348 being raised…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,489 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 75
Famous War Road Abandoned
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.— The Stillwell Road in Burma, has been declared surplus property and abandoned to the wilderness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →11,650 War Criminals Listed Australian Associated Press
LONDON, February 28—The 26th list of war criminals has been issued after a meeting of the United Nations War Crimes Commission. There are now 11,650 war criminals listed and many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Veterans Plea to Stop Bomb Test Full Page Advt. In “New York Times” (Australian Associated Press)
NEW YORK, February 28.— A war veterans’ organisation, “The Military Order of the Purple Heart,” has appealed to President Truman to abandon the proposed atomic bomb test on Bikini atoll…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Diggers' Welcome Home
The function on Friday night next promises to be a highly successful affair. To date 110 invitations have been issued and a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£390,348 Raised for Anzac House
The appeal for funds to build an Anzac House in Sydney resulted in £390,348 being raised. The target set when the committee was formed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Agricultural Committees to Go
District War Agricultural Committees were to be disbanded on March 31, said the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dividing “Spoils” of War Ravage
LONDON March 1.—Delegates from 16 nations assembled in Brusels for the inagural meeting of the Inter-Allied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japs Great East Asia War Continues in Japan Australian Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The suspicion that considerable numbers Japanese have been responsible for recent fighting in the Bandoeng area has now been definitely proved, both by the revelation in the Indonesian newspaper,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day’s Leader: Safety In The Air Germany Instigated The Air War
LONDON March 1. — A letter which Goering wrote to his Swedish. brother-in-law. Count von Rosen, telling him that Germany Instigated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hopes for Record Meat Exports to Britain Government Declares War On Black Market
CANBERRA, Friday.—. The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) announced last night that the Commonwealth Government-hoped this year to export an all time record of more than 300,000 tons of meat to Britain, and to this end…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keen Interest in Big Race Meeting Profits to Go to War Memorial Fund
Mr. R. A. Jonas (hon. secretary) reported to the Patriotic Race Club committee on Tuesday night that enquiries for programmes of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Town Band Contributed £300 To War Effort Information Passed Out at Annual Meeting Work of Bandsmen Praised
Singleton Town Bond contributed £300 to the war effort, it was disclosed at last night's annual meeting, this being no mean achievement for a combination of instrumentalists who were forced to counteract many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Fined Dismissed Former Soldier
Convicted in the Special Court on Monday on a charge of having dismissed a returned soldier without reasonable cause. The Nepean Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preference Wanted For Soldiers If Camp Area Is To Go
Singleton and District Chamber of Commerce has written to the Minister for the Army, requesting what is to be done with the large military…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Memorial Hall
Sir.— Your correspondent, Mr Norman L. McCourt has asked a few questions of the committee [?]the above-mentioned hall and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mission’s Heavy Claims for War Damage
SYDNEY, Saturday. — War insurance claims of the Methodist Church for damage done to Oversea Missions property amounted to £83,000, the Rev. A. R. Gardner told the Methodist Conference…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Officers Doubted Fantastic War Secret Plan To Build Huge Aircraft Carrier From Ice And Pulp Australian Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 2—One of the strangest proposals of the war—an iceberg aircraft carrier weighing two million tons—was such a well-kept secret that when the story was released many Naval officers refused to believe it until they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sells First of 30 Paintings Soldier Wth No Hands
An American Army officer, who lost his right arm and left hand in a mine explosion during the war was paid 225 dollars for two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome to Returned Men and Women
Before the commencement of the function, the Dungog Municipal Band played many numbers outside the theatre and then moved inside to…
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