MYRTLEFORD War Memorial Hospital
Finality has been readied in connection with a queen competition to be conducted in support of the Myrtleford and District War Memorial Hospital…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
781 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 40
Soldier Gaoled for [?] Against Boy Sydney
After pleading guilty to a charge of having indecently assaulted a 12 years old boy. Robert Henry Thompson, aged 36 soldier, from Queensland, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of News War Memorial Meeting
On Thursday night the sub-committee appointed from a public meeting some sine ago to discuss a manorial for the second world war will meet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Soldier Sent to Prison Melbourne
A soldier who, police alleged, nearly caused a riot when he ran on to South Melbourne football ground during a match on Saturday, appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Before War Came U.K. Industry’s Early Preparations
Only recently has the veil of secrecy been lifted on the war-time efforts of several of Great Britain's big industrial concerns. The range of preparations in readiness for a possible war, is striking. The sand tyre, which eventually took Montgomery’s men from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Evatt Denies War Move Against Soviet Rocket Range Protection Bill Introduced CANBERRA
The Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) said in the House of Representatives today that the Federal Government world not tolerate any interference with the rocket range project in Sonth Australia, either [?] boycott or threat of boycott…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marines and Soldiers Called Out in Colombo LONDON
Royal Marines from the cruiser Glasgow and troops of the Ceylon Light Infantry marched through the principal streets of Colombo today as 15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Memorial
Two very important meetings in connection with the War Memorial are listed for Saturday, 14th June. The annual meeting of the War…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For a War Memorial
[?] today’s “Mail” I reed that a [?] is to be held on Monday evening [?] a memorial for the second war. [?] with alarm that Corowa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another War Raging LONDON
Renter’s correspondent in Rangoon savs that about 7000 Gurkha and Punjabi troops and Burmese police are in action in Arakan, trying to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RN. Base To Be Set Up At Manus Island Mr. Dedman Announces Government’s Decision Minister Admits Possibility Of Another War CANBERRA
The Australia Government proposed to establish a Royal Australian Navy base at the heavily-fortified Manns Island in the Admiralty group In Die Pacific, the Minister for Defence (Mr Dedman) announced in the Touse of Representatives today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diggers Expect Another War Favor Compulsory Training Brisbane
Unless compulsory training was re-introduced and an adequate defence policy framed, Australia’s youth would again be sent out to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To The Editor Albury’s New War Memorial
Sir,—Some years ago an appeal was made to the citizens of Albury for money for the erection of a war memorial. To this I and many other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Housewives Declare War on High Prices SYDNEY
Housewives are responding to the invitation of the Prices Commission to report alleged breaches of the regulations and today prices inspectors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thinks Soldier Not Sufficiently Punished PERTH
In the Court of Criminal Appeal today. the Chief Justice (Sir William Dwyer) said that if Staff Sergeant Rhys Williams, aged 62, desired to appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap Soldiers Become Cannibals; Filipino’s Grisly Story MANILA
A grisly story of man-seating Japanese who stalked Filipinos in cannibalistic forays and sometimes ate one another came out of the jungles of northern Mindanao today. Thirty-one Japanese, who surrendered only last February, are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallace Says U.S. Rushing To War With The Soviet Strong Denunciation of American Foreign Policy Will Soon be Praising Hitler and Mussolini as Heroes NEWARK (New Jersey)
In one of his strongest denunications thus far of American foreign and domestic policies, Mr Henry Waller a former Vice-President, in a speech last night, said : "Believers in an inevitable war with Russia have to move faster. Russia has taken over Hungary, while the United States has tried to strengthen to start arming the Latin American Republics, and to whitewash Peron in Argentina, and, with war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded When Spotlight Shooting Tamworth
William Henry Tanner wad acquitted today at Armidale Quarter Sessions on a charge of having maliciously wounded Hector Rov Shecloh on April 21. Evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Memorial Gala Day Mooted Public Meeting Saturday Next
The annual meeting of the Jerilderie War Memorial Committee will be held on Saturday afternoon next, 14th inst., at 3 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Memorial Monthly Meeting
The Hay War Memorial Committee met last evening there being present Messrs. Flood (chairman), Gore, Bayliss Cook, Cairns, Dancey, G. John…
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