No Inquiry on War Warning Charge
CANBERRA, Monday.—It was indicated officially to-day that no inquiry is likely to be ordered into allegations that the Australian…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 71
13M. Mental Cases in U.S. War Speeded Up Illnesses "Herald" New York Service
The United States came out of the war with an estimated 13,000,000 people suffering from some form of mental disorder, the Public Health…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Thousands of returned men were unable to do anything about their own rehabilitation because the Commonwealth…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mrs. Nellie Monahan, 27, one of the victims of the Martin Place shooting on Saturday night, is still critically ill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boolaroo-Speers Point Welcome Home
The Secretary of the Boolaroo-Speers Point Farewell and Reception Committee (Mrs. E. B. Kelly) said that 45 servicemen and women were welcomed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Guard Wounded Man
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police are still guarding a man admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last night after complaining that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Soldiers Like Java "War That Is Not War"
BATAVIA, Thursday: Nobody is discussing more anxiously than the war-weary British Tommy today the probable duration of the British forces' stay in Java. It is now more than five months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children Raised £9924 for War Services
Children of Newcastle district subscribed £9924 for various war services during the full war period. The annual report of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Timber Merchants Want Training for Ex-Soldiers
Of some 650 ex-servicemen applicants for full and part-time training whose eligibility had been determined more than 200 had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adamstown Bureau Will Help Ex-Soldiers
Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will open an office at the Memorial Institute next Monday for the convenience of all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Finns Are Gaoled For War Guilt
LONDON, Thursday: Gaol sentences, ranging from two to ten years, were imposed yesterday on Finnish politicians…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S.A's. Big War Goods Problem
NEW YORK: One of the U.S. Government's biggest economic problems is what to do with all the war goods and property no longer…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wil Not Interfere With War Criminals' Sentences
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Federal Government had no intention of interfering with any decisions of the Acting Commander-in-Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fifty-Year Treaty Offer To Russia; Bevin Sees "No Cause For War"
LONDON, Friday: Mr. Bevin told the House of Commons last night that he had recently advised Russia that if she wanted her 20year treaty with Britain extended to 50 years he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Hanged; May Be Maitland Man
BATHURST, Thursday.—A soldier was found hanged in a street in Bathurst to-day. He is believed to be James Andrew Hill, who enlisted in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tasmania's Task To Find Jobs For Ex-Soldiers
HOBART: The Deputy-Director of Manpower, Mr. B. 0. Plummer, fears there will not be enough jobs in Tasmania to go round when 12,000 servicemen are released in the next six months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock War Memorial Meeting
Cessnock R.S.L. has asked the Mayor (Alderman J. Brown) to convene a public meeting to discuss establishment of a suitable war memorial for the district…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Atom War Warning By Halifax
NEW YORK, Saturday. — Americans must consider the possibility of an atom "Pearl Harbor" attack against the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meat Prices Up Again "War on Against Blackmarkets"
CANBERRA, Friday.—Increases in wholesale and retail meat prices in New South Wales and Victoria, to operates from next Monday, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Not Cause of Food Crisis Nature Hits Back At Human Race "Herald" Service From London
"Nature has hit back at the human race which concentrated 1,000,000 trained men on producing the atom bomb and let the food problem get out of hand," says the "Daily Mails" science editor,…
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