Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen & Nurses' Fathers' Association
The annual meeting of the Corowa branch of the above Associations was held in the office of Messrs. John D. Fraser & sons on…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
781 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 40
Anzac Day Request Refused CANBERRA
The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) today rejected a suggestion that Parliament should not sit in the week in which Anzac Day falls. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All Depends on Soldier Hatbands CANBERRA
Wives of servicemen have no say in whether or not they may go to Japan; it was a matter for the husband alone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier for Trial Woman’s Story In Albury Court
Efecting to have his case go before a jury, Charles Ellis, soldier, aged 20, was committed by Mr E. J. Etherton, PM, in Albury court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Continue War [?] Illegal Betting SYDNEY
Twenty men were arrested when police raided a house in Belmore st., Balmain, last night. Later two men were charged with conducting a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Britain To Be Battleground In Atom War” LONDON
Britain would inevitably become the battleground hi atom warfare, said Lord Berirand Russell, summing up in the BBC series on atomic energy. He warned that owing to…
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Although defence and post-war expenditure for the first eight months of the current financial year has been at a rate exceeding the Budget…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Settlement Areas
The Minister for Lands (Mr. W. F. Dunn) acknowledges representations made on behalf of Coreen Shire Council and Urana Shire Council in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War-time Methods Employed in Garage Making
Wartime experience in fabricating pre-cast reinforced concrete structures for air raid shelters in Great Britain has led to the adoption of the same…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Civil War Feared in Punjab Villages Burned; Many People Killed London
An official communique issued in [?] states that fresh border, raids occurred on Monday in villages in the Rawalpindi district, where considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corowa Returned Soldiers Monthly Meeting Held
At the monthly meeting of the Corowa sub-branch of the RSL, 25 members were present. In the absence of the president, the senior…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Next War Preparations Australia to Spend Over £100 Million Yearly CANBERRA, Wednesday
Australia’s future defence plan will cost at least £85 million to £100 million per annum, if was estimated by the Australian Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jewish Terrorists Kill Three British Soldiers, Wound Eight Machine-gun Attack Made on Compound Headquarters American Aims To Fly Migrants Into Palestine JERUSALEM
Military authorities say that three British soldiers were killed and eight others were injured, two of them seriously, when Terrorists this morning made a machine-gun attack on British compound headquarters in the martial law zone. The Jerusalem correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company says the headquarters are located in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corowa Returned Soldiers League Discuss Anzac Service and Dinner
In the absence of the president (Mr. P. A. Alien), Mr. I. Youll (vice president) presided at the monthly meeting of members of the Returned Soldiers' League, Corowa sub-branch, at Fraser's office on Monday evening last, when there was a satisfactory attendance, those…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Memorial Meeting Disgraceful Lack Interest by Public
Discussion Over Suggested Projects; Report From Provisional Committee; Further Meeting Will Be Called. PRESENT at meeting ware: The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“At War with the People” Waterside Workers Criticised Canberra
By the provisions of the Stevedoring Industry Bill, the Government was endeavoring to introduce compulsory unionism in an oblique way…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modified Single Farm System Soldier Settlement in N.S.W. SYDNEY
A bill to introduce a modified single farm system of soldier settlement was read a second time in the NSW Legislative Assembly this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →United States Throws Hat Into Ring To The Soviet Mr. Truman’s Momentous Decision to Aid Greece-turkey Ear-Marks of Plot To Rush Into Another War, Says Senator WASHINGTON
Members of Congress are agreed that Mr Truman’s speech, in which he asked for £133 million to aid Greece and Turkey, was momentous and ushers in a new phase of Soviet and American relations with far-reaching implications. There are already indications of some opposition, even among Mr Truman’s own supporters, who have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Possibility of Early War Seen London
The House of Commons sat until 3.34 this morning discussing Army estimates. Mr Belienger (Secretary for War)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Critics Bitterly Assail U. S. Aid To Greece And Turkey Henry Wallace Says Action Aimed to Soviet Russia May Lead To A World War, He Declares WASHINGTON
Congressional leaders are seeking early action on the proposals of Mr Truman to give financial and other aid to Greece and Turkey in an effort to combat totalitarianism. Critics are bitterly attacking the proposal. Communist sources have declared that the American action on the lines proposed will smash democracy in the countries to which…
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