Demobilisation and Post-war Defence Plans for Cabinet
MELBOURNE: Detailed plans for demobilisation and for postwar defence are being rushed by Commonwealth authorities for early submission to War Cabinet…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 105
These Soldiers Need Special Care
The failure of the Commonwealth Government to provide adequate treatment for discharged soldiers suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Select Soldiers Soon for Land Settlement
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Selection committee, on which the Commonwealth Government would be represented, would soon be set up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Got Socks From Home Town
A soldier in action in the islands, Pte. John Collins, whose parents reside at Cram Street, Hamilton South, recently opened a Comforts Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Job Reinstatement of Soldiers Is Not Enough, Says Rsl Man
The right of reinstatement to former jobs is not going to be nearly enough to ensure justice to young men returning from war service, in the opinion of the President of Islington sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. W. D. Sullivan)…
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A.W.A.S. LAND IN NEW GUINEA.âMembers of the first big draft of Awas to arrive in New Guinea waving to shipmates in other landing barges as they head for the shore at a large base area.âAustralian Official Photo…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Monacrin is Drug Discovery of War
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Monacrin, a new synthetic drug considered to be more effective in some uses than penicillin, has been discovered in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chief Scout's Idea Justified in War
The Boy Scout movement originated in the mind of a great soldier, who loved boys and had organised them for social service in Marketing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wed, But Found Husband Was War Prisoner
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Alma Edith Gill, after being informed by the military authorities that her soldier husband was missing believed killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria League Raised £45,000 During War
SINCE war began, Newcastle Victoria League has raised about £45,000 by special appeals, donations, organised efforts and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →40-Hour Week Aim When War Ends
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The trade-union movement expects the introduction of a 40-hour working week as soon as the war ends, the General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →15,000 Names on List of War Criminals
LONDON, Thursday.—Fifteen thousand names have been included in the list of war criminals, many of them being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Casualties of Empire Now Total 1,126,802
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Total casualties in the war for the British Empire up to the end of February, 1945, including Far East casualties,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.a.a.f. Inquiry to Visit War Area
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mr. J. V. Barry, K.C., who is inquiring into the attempt by Group Captain Caldwell and seven other high…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America Urged to Cancel All Debts of Last War
WASHINGTON, Thursday.—Cancellation of all last war debts to the U.S.—amounting: to £3,437,000,000—was advocated today by Senator Johnson (Democrat, Colarado). He was giving evidence before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I.C.I. Had Big Part in British War Effort
LONDON, May 24. A.A.P.—Lord McGowan, in his presidential address at the annual meeting of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., said that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Rehabilitation Unmarried Mothers Clause in Bill Had to Be Changed
CANBERRA: In the House of Representatives debate to-day on the Re-employment and Rehabilitation Bill. Mr. Harrison accused the Government of encouraging illegitimacy and unlawful wives, though Mr. Dedman was a pillar of the Presbyterian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Air Attacks On Bougainville By Anzac Fliers
MELBOURNE: In the third and final day of the most concentrated air assault on the south-east part of the Bougainville island, R.N.Z.A.F. Corsairs, directed by R.A.A.F. Wiwaways, played an important part…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Gratuity Bill in Federal House
CANBERRA, Friday.—The War Gratuity Bill brought down in the House of Representatives to-day by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Shipping Pool Plans for Pacific War
WASHINGTON, May 25. A.A.P.—The War Shipping Administrator (Admiral Land) announced that the United Maritime Authority, the…
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