Bright Evening at Soldiers' Club Charge Ok Desertion A. L. Fox Found "Guilty"
Over 120 members of the Dungog branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. attended the "Court Martial" and farewell presentation to one of its most…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
617 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 31
Returned Soldiers at Cessnock
CESSNOCK: In the annual report of the Cessnock Sub-Branch of Returned Servicemen’s League, secretary (Mr. R. Richardson)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anti-Communist Legislation Suggestion Rejected French Leader Says France Would Make War Against Russia Impossible
Prime Minister Attlee rejected a suggestion in the House of Commons that he should introduce anti-Communist legislation on the lines of that of India and France. He opined that such amendment was neither necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Complaint by Soldier Settlers
SINGLETON, Friday. — Six soldier settlers on the Carrington Estate wrote to Patrick Plains Shire Council requesting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlers Getting A "Raw Deal" Shire Council Seeking Road Through Property
"Returned; soldier settlers on the Carrlngton Estate under War Service Land Settlement are getting a raw deal from Mr. R. S. G. White, who owns adjoining land," Cr. H. H. Hobden said at the Patrick Plains Shlrc Council meeting yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violation of World War Peace Treaty Bulgaria May Be Arraigned
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The United States is giving serious consideration to the formal arraignment of Bulgaria on charges of violating her second World War peace treaty. This follows reports to the State Department of alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Doings of E.M. Soldiers’ League
The first business meeting of the East Maitland R.S.L. for 1949 was held in the Memorial Club Rooms, East Maitland, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paiforce Had Great War Record (From a Reuter correspondent)
LONDON: Paiforce—the title given to Persia and Iraq forces during the war—once described as “The unknown Army,” and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Veterans' Art Union
Attention Is drawn to the closing date of the above Art Union on' March 21st;. and the drawing date on March 28th. 1049. The prize list la perhaps…
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Three returned prisoners of war, Dr. L. O. S. Poidevin, Messrs. Austin Cook and William Stephens, will unveil the War Memorial…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.—American can Communist leaders said to-day that Communists in America “would co-operate with all democratic forces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Would Use Strike to Prevent War Against Soviet
LONDON, March 3.—A frank admision that he would use the strike weapon to prevent war against the Soviet Union, was made to-day by Mr. Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the British Communist Party. He had been asked to define…
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Although the United Kingdom sheen population has not nearly regained its pre-war level, cattle in the British Isles last year…
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The Lord Bishop of the Diocese, Dr. F. De Witt Batty, dedicated the Memorial at St. Luke's last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers Club's Big Schemes Land Acquired in Bridge Street
At a special general meeting of the Muswellbrook R.S. League last night it was resolved to purchase land in Bridge Street, opposite the Shell Oil Co. depot, at a cost of £1000. A cottage is erected in the centre of the frontage to the land, which has a width of 132 feet and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →E. Maitland Soldiers’ League Doings (By Galenans)
At the management committee meeting of the East Maitland RSL, held in the Memorial Club rooms, the president (Mr. George…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Veterans' Art Union
Attention is drawn to the closing date of the above Art Union on March 21st, and the drawing date on March 28th, 1919. The prize list is perhaps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian General Warns of War
Marshal of the Soviet Union Leonid Govorov blamed the present world tension on the “provocative policy of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister Warns More Estates Must Be Subdivided Soldier Settlement Needs
The inability of some states to obtain sufficient suitable land for soldier settlement made it imperative that action be taken to resume good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ex-Soldiers And Families Will Benefit Union Of Newfoundland With Canada (From Eric Seymour, Reuter’s Correspondent)
ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND—Families and ex-servicemen will be among the first to benefit from the Confederation of Newfoundland, Britain’s oldest colony, with Canada on March 13…
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