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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 69 of 105
LONDON, Wednesday: War criminals, whose offences have no particular geographical location, will be tried by an Allied Military Tribunal established in Berlin. Agreement for the establishment of this tribunal has been signed on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Wednesday: "Whitehall, as a result of Russia's declaration, regards the end of the war in the Far East as a matter of weeks," says the "Daily Mail's" diplomatic correspondent. "One high official added: 'The end may come even sooner than that'." IN a statement from No. 10 Down…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Power to continue price-fixing after the war is expected to be sought from the States by the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A warning that an early end to the Pacific war would not mean an immediate lessening of the demands on the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Thursday.—Russia has declared war on Japan. The declaration comes into force today, This dramatic announcement came over Moscow Radio during the night, after the Russian Foreign Minister (Mr. Molotov) had informed the Japanese Ambassador Naotaka Sato that Russia would be in a state of war with Japan as from 7 a.m. Thursday (N.S.W. time)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Men returning from this war will not get a fair go from the unions," said Mr. H. Winley at Adamstown Returned Soldiers' League last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Award of the Military Medal to Lance-Corporal John. Range Graham, of Mayfield, is included in awards to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Great concern over the delay in commending the soldier settlement scheme was expressed by the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PERTH, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said that Russia's entry into the war against Japan, although belated, would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—One of a party of five-year veteran A.I.F. soldiers who returned to Sydney yesterday, Sapper W. Johnson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WASHINGTON, August 9. A.A.P. —Sulfanilamide, described as a life-saving marvel, and which men could put in their own wounds, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—When Lance Sergeant Colin Delaney, A.I.F., was accused at a District Court-martial of improperly disposing of more than…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Francis Weston, 20, who was discharged from the Army last December suffering from neurasthenia, and who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY.—Jap soldiers in Borneo are not fighting with the same fanaticism as was shown in the early New Guinea battles. That is the opinion of veteran…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Families of some dead ex-servicemen had had to live in tin and bag humpies to eke out their small incomes, Dr. O. J. Ellis…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, August 10. A.A.P.— One hundred British minesweepers have started the greatest sweep of the war—the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, Aug. 10. A.A.P.— It was announced from the White House in Washington at 10.40 a.m. that the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Surplus War goods the be sold in the next 12 months would aggregate about £24 million, the Minister in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW YORK: Because, legally, dogs are not "persons," they are ineligible for membership of the American…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CANBERRA, Friday.—Australia is expected to take a firm stand against any soft peace with Japan that includes a condition that…
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