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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Fourth Welcome Home Social Little Public Interest Shown Last Night

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 4

Little public interest was shown in the fourth welcome home social held in the Plaza Theatre last night to returning servicemen when…

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Private Sales of Farm Land to Returned Men Should Be Encouraged and Controled

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 6

A suggestion that in any soldier settlement scheme men with adequate qualifications who desired to deal direct with landowners…

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Prisoner-of-war Centre Closes

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 5

The Henty P.O.W. Centre, established here about the middle at 1943 for the distribution, and control of Italian prisoners of war on local rural…

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"Undeclared War" Dutch Allegations Against Australians

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

BATAVIA, Friday: "Australia is fighting an undeclared war with us," a Dutch officer told Reuter's. Official Dutch quarters tend to be…

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Prisoners of War Exterminated London, Thursday. AAP

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 3

Eighteen Germans including three Generals, are charged before the Minsk district military court with exterminating 2,200,000 Russian…

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Cost of War and U.N.O. COMPARED . LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 6

No matter how much the world may spend on making the United Nations’ Organisation effective, It would be a very small sum by comparison with the terrible cost of war, said the British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Bevin), addressing the United Nations’ Assembly today…

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Memorial to Honour War Nurses State-wide Appeal for £50,000

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 5

The gallant and heroic deeds of Australian War Nurses who gave their lives on active service are to be commemorated by a memorial…

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Culcairn Shire Patriotic and War Fund Statement of Receipts and Disbursements

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 4

A meeting of the Culcairn Shire Patriotic and War Fund Committee was held at Culcairn on Monday. Delegates present were…

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Brick Dropped? Naming Of Hirohito As War Criminal No. 1 TOKIO

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

Australia and New Zealand have names Emperor Hirohito as Pacific War Criminal Number One on their lists submitted to General…

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Agricultural Council To Meet Vital Plans For Post-war Period CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 1

Vital plans for post-war production and marketing will be examined at a meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council on February 7…

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Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting of Corowa Branch

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 1

There was a record attendance of about sixty members of the Corowa sub-branch, of the Returned Soldiers' League at the annual meeting, which was held at the Oddfellows Hall on Monday evening last and after the business had been attended the…

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Ex-soldier Postal Workers’ Requests SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 4

Demand for proper facilities for training returned men to enable them to make good years spent active service was made at a meeting of…

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An Ex-soldier Fined Sequel to Accident Near Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 4

Doug[?] William Clarke, discharged soldier, of 12 Russell st., Northcote. was churned in Wodonga court yesterday before Mr J. C. Bell, P.M…

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Soldier Settlement Government Activity In, Safe Areas

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 1

Mr. J. A. Lawson, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated January 3, from the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully:…

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Two Years’ Gaol for Carrying Pistol Men Allegedly Wounded in Cafe SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 1

Norris Nicholls, aged 30. photographer, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having carried a pistol, following a previous conviction of…

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Albury Overlooked? Farms for Ex-soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 8

Speaking at a meeting of Albury P.P. Board yesterday, Mr. B. P. Bell said that while two large estates in the Wagga district had been resumed by…

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Over 2000 Soldiers Home SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 1

Nine hundred service personnel reached Sydney today on the River Clarence. They were followed later in the day by the Taroona with…

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Denies Naming Hirohito as War Criminal AUCKLAND

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 5

A report from Tokio that New. Zealand land had named Emperor Hirohito as No 1. war criminal of the Pacific war. was denied yesterday by the acting…

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Soldier Killed in City Smash Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

A soldier was killed, and four others and a tram conductress were Injured when an Army truck and a tram collided at the corner…

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CHILTERN - Barnawartha Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting Held; Cr, C. Harkin President

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

At the annual meeting of Chiltern and Barnawartho RSL at Barnawartha 18 members were present. Decided that the election of officers for the…

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