Soldiers of the Future and the Past
The Governor of NSW inspecting scouts and cubs, at left, and men he fought in two world wars, outside Albury Town Hall yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murray · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1947
781 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 40
Wounded Ex-soldier’s Condition Critical Lithgow
A young returned soldier suffering from a bullet wound is in a critical condition in hospital. He was found in a room in the Lansdowne Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Army Minister Wants Anzac Day Parade In Tokio CANBERRA
Further instructions that Australians in Japan should commemorate ate Anzac Day with a parade in the plaza, Tokio, if practicable, were sent by the Minister for the Army (Mr Chambers) to the c.—in—c., MCOF, Lient.—General Roberlson, tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"United States-Soviet Clash Will End Civilisation” British Professor Forecasts Third World War Only African Pygmies And Tibetans Will Survive” TORONTO
Professor Arnold Toynbee, Professor of History at the University of London, lecture here, forecast a third world war in which the United States and Russia would be the principal belligerents. He said that Britain would not survive and Canada would be a tremendous bloody…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Now Be Held Anzac Day in Tokio Canberra
Despite possible Japanese election demonstration, Australian troops will commemorate Anzac Day with a ceremonial parade on the Plaza at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£268 Million Paid in War Pensions Adelaide
War pensions totalling £14,678,679 annually are being paid to 385,721 beneficiaries as a result of the 1914-18 and 1939-35 world wars,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ex-Army Officer Claims Men Like War
War was inevitable because men liked war. This opinion was expressed by Mr A. W. Leach, ex-army officer, now of Albury, when he talked to Albury Rotary Club yesterday about radar. “War will always be will us, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleges Face-saving Over Anzac Day (From Denis Warner, Reuter and AAP correspondent). TOKIO
The face-saving weekend decision by General Robertson to hold the principal Anzac Day ceremonies in the British zone instead of Tokio is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hay War Memorial High School P. and C. Association
A meeting of the above was held at the High School on 10th April. CORRESPONDENCE A letter was received from the Hay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Left—Right Showdown If U.S.—Russia Go To War” MELBOURNE
The possibility of war between America and Russia in the future and the fact that Australia would soon be surrounded by entirely non-European civilisations, presented two striking problems in the conduct of Australia’s foreign policy in the future, Mr Manning Clark, Lecturer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coreen Returned Soldiers' League Monthly Meeting
A well-attended meeting of the Coreen sub-branch of the RSL was held at Coreen on Thursday of last week, when there were 22…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Soldier Fined
Murray Stanley Ingham, soldier, aged 19, was fined £1, in default 48 hours imprisonment and ordered to pay £1/5/ compensation when he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain Has Color Problem—Legacy of War Little Arkansas
Intelligent people in America would oppose the recent proposal in Britain that 10,000 children in that country, sons and daughters of American negro…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local and General Anzac Day
The Anzac Day celebrations on Friday week, 25th inst., will take the form of other years. Returned soldiers will march to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WODONGA R.S.L. Anzac Day Arrangements
At the monthly meeting of the Wodonga sub-branch of the RSL there was a large attendance. The president (Mr A. McGeoch) welcomed visitors from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is War Inevitable?
Sir,—I feel sure that the feelings of ail peace-loving people were outraged by the following statement, part of your report of a speech delivered to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rocket Site Changed Speed-up in War Preparations Canberra
Proposal to establish the head of the rocket bomb site at Mt Eba, South Australia, has been abandoned and a new site has been selected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers' League Discuss Anzac Day Service At Monthly Meeting Resignation of Secrestary
The form of service at the Anzac Day Commemoration was again discussed at the monthly meeting of the 'Corowa Branch of the RSL on Monday evening last. At the March meeting it was decided to hold a conference with the local,clergy in an endeavour to evolve a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury R.S.L. New Rules for Club Anzac Day Celebrations; Plans For Annual Ball
Albury sub-branch of the RSL held its monthly meeting last evening. Headquarters wrote that 22 returned men from NZ who would be in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Truman’s Aid “May Provoke War” Washington
The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee today unanimously approved of President Truman’s aid programme for [?]…
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