War Service Homes
A representative of the War Service Homes Commission, Sydney, will arrive in Wollongong tomorrow (Friday)…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
258 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 11 of 13
U.n. Commission Puts Entire Blame for War on North Koreans
LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday (A.A.P.).—The United Nations Korean Commission to-day placed the entire blame for the conflict on the North Korean authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Talk of War for Dutch New Guinea
DJAKARTA, Sunday (A.A.P.—Reuter).—Banners reading "If we can't get Western New Guinea by the end of 1950 we will fight,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nowra R.S.L Wants Increase In War Service Pensions
Members of the Nowra subbranch of the R S S and A I L A at the monthly meeting last Tuesday, expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Atomic Bomb Keeping World From War"
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The atomic bomb today is keeping the world out of a tragic world-wide war, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) declared in a broadcast tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accidents "Evil Scourage"; Worse Than War Casualties
"Too many valuable lives are lost on the roads. It is an evil scourge that there were more people killed in road accidents than there were war casualties."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reds Could Wage War N0w —Envoy
Lieut.- General W. Bedell Smith, United States Ambassador to Moscow 1946-49, stated recently that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"No Time to Rearm in Next War"
General George Kenney, former Commander of Allied Air Forces in the SouthWest Pacific, visited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enlistment Inquiries Increase
The highest number of inquiries for enlistment in the Army, since pay increases were announced, was received in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Correspondent to Speak at Peace Meeting
Mr. Wilfred G. Burchett, internationally-known Australian barn author and journalist, will speak at the Civic Theatre,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No All-out War
LONDON, Thursday, (A.A.P.).—Britain's Foreign Secretary (Mr. Ernest Bevin) said last night on his return from New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Veteran' Art Union Results
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Winner of the £16,000 first prize in the War Veterans' Art Union, No. 15, drawn tonight was Miss M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Picked Up Brick As Man Lay Wounded on Ground Statement At Mock Inquest
A witness at the resumed inquest into the death of Walter Henry Mock, 48, engine driver, of Lackawanna Street, Cringila, who died in Wollongong hospital from the effects of a bullet wound on September 8, said that after the man who allegedly fired two…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Young Soldier Had "Day Out" in Wollongong
When William Noel Miller 19, soldier of 20 Mons Street, Granville and camped at Ingleburn reached Wollongong on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Increase in War Service Pensions Soon
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Minister for Repatriation (Senator Cooper) said today the Government would increase war service pensions and C.R.T.S. trainees' allowances…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Enlistments By New Australians
No New Australians have applied for enlistment in the Australian military forces in Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welcome Home Party At Corrimal Bowling Club
The Corrimal Bowling Club held a social evening on Saturday night to welcome home Mr. Mario Borgo and his wife who less than a week ago returned from a six months' visit…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Not Inevitable, Says Archbishop
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Christian countries of the world must never allow themselves to belieVe that war was inevitable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welcome Home To Mr. A. S. Hoskins
Mr. A. S. Hoskins, who returned recently from a visit to England and the Continent, was tendered a Citizens' Welcome, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Not Inevitable, Says Truman
FLUSHING MEADOW, Tuesday (A.A.P.). Fear of another great international war overshadowed all hopes of mankind, President Truman said today…
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