To Make Civilian Goods in War Factories
CANBERRA, Monday.—The Federal Government would retain the Lithgow Small Arms Factory as a purely Government-owned and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 105
"Should Go to Soldiers" Vast Estates in Australia
GOSFORD, Monday.—Some of the huge estates in the hands of owner some of whom had never set foot in Australia, should go to the men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Head Prosecuted Ex-Soldier Not in Same Job
SYDNEY, Monday.—During the hearing of a case in the Special Federal Court to-day it was alleged by the Crown that a returned soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Proved Contention
Wherever troops are in this World War. boxing gloves go with them. Overseas publications record…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wounded Girl
Daphne Merle Pound, 16, who, near midnight at Granville on July 13, fell critically wounded by a bullet fired by he suitor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded Girl Likely to Escape Paralysis
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Daphne Merle Pound. 16, of Granville. who is in Parramatta District Hospital suffering from the effects of a bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£13M. for War Pensions
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The War Pension Bill, appropriating £13 million for war pensions this financial year. passed all Stages without…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Money Passed For War Pensions
CANBERRA: A bill to appropriate £13,000,000 for war pensions passed all stages in the House of Representatives last night within five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Loath To Leave War Plants In Britain: Govt. May Act
Trouble is blackening ominously over Britain's manpower position, and the Government may have to invoke its power of direction to force workers back into essential winter industries—cotton, wool, clothing, and footwear…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Psychologists to Help Soldiers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A new vocational guidance office under the control of the Chief Psychologist (Mr. L. M. Haynes) will be opened at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crippled Soldier Sent for Trial
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—"Blown up" at El Alamein and now a permanent inmate of the Price of Wales Hospital. Randwick. John Kirkwood, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Seeks £4m. For Soldier Farms
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Federal Government has been asked for £4,000,000 by the New South Wales Government to acquire estates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers May Get Fremantle Vote
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—It is considered highly probable that the Government will rash amending legislation through Parliament to enable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Clerk Killed in Action
The Electrical Engineer and Manager (Mr. Allbut) toll-Greater Newcastle Council last night that Corporal Athol Playford, a clerk in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discharge of War Veterans
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Abbott (C.P., N.S.W.) asked the Government to eliminate from its war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speed-up in War Trials Advocated
LONDON, Wednesday: "The problem of punishing War criminals calls for speedy settlement before the world demand is killed by a sense of frustration." The Chairman of the War Crimes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-War Talks For Troops [?] A.I.F. In Balikpapan
Australian troops on Balikpapan (Borneo) investigating a dump of crated crockery which the Japanese abandoned. —Australian Office photo Tactical reconnaissance pilots enjoy brief rest between sorties in their crew-room on Bougainville. Left to right: Flight Lieutenants Ross Glassop and John Ahern, Flying Officers "Blue" Witford [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stalin Joins in Talks on Jap. War New Plan Is Discussed
LONDON, Wednesday.—Fresh from talks with General Mac Arthur in the Philippines, Lord Louis Mountbatten flew to Berlin and sat in at the conferences between Stalin, Churchill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lakeside Homes For Returned Soldiers: Fight Court Cases
Pelican Flats R.S.L. sub-branch is prepared to install the families of returned men in unoccupied lakeside homes and, if necessary, fight any legal action arising therefrom. The sub-branch delegate to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£4022 from Wallsend for War Prisoners
With £1522 for the year ended June 30, Wallsend collections for the Red Cross prisoner of war fund under the stret group adoption scheme totalled…
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