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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 71

Cardiff Returned Soldiers' Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 10

An appeal to returned men in the area from the two world wars to join the organisation was made at the annual meeting of Cardiff…

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Suburban and District Lambton Welcome Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 5

Certificates in acknowledgment of war service and sacrifice were presented by the Mayor (Ald. Norris) on behalf of Greater Newcastle Council and the…

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Mr. Beasley Wants Queen Mary For War Brides

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 24. A.A.P.—"I have an extra 200 berths for March, but what I want is a chip like the Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth." said Mr…

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MacArthur Calls For Arrest of 27 War Criminals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 1

TOKIO, Feb 24. A.A.P.—General MacArthur has ordered the Government to arrest 27 minor suspected war criminals…

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Council Ordered To Pay £504 For Sacking Former Soldier

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY. — For having dismissed a returned soldier without reasonable cause, Nepean Shire Council today was ordered in the Federal Court to pay £504/8/-. The returned soldier, Joseph Henry McGowen, 56, former…

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Belmont Welcome Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 5

Forty-nine servicemen were entertained at a Welcome Home by the Belmont Soldiers and Sailors' Welfare Committee in the Masonic Hall,…

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Teralba Welcome Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 5

Next Saturday Teralba Welcome Home Committee will welcome 19 servicemen and women. Messrs. Sherry and C. Clack will give the official welcome and…

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Cancellation Of War Contracts

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY. — Contracts to the value of £17,500,000 for the supply of raw materials were cancelled by the Commonwealth Government in the last…

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4 Brothers Back From War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

Teralba's second family of four boys who have all returned safely from the war are the sons of Mr. G. W. Swan, Headmaster of Teralba…

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First Jap Freighter Since War

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY. — The Japanese steamer, Daikai Maru, first Jap to arrive at Sydney since before the outbreak of the Pacific War,…

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War Criminals Will Blame Hitler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 25. A.A.P.—When the trial of Nazi war criminals was resumed at Nuremberg to-day the Court considered…

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War Memorial Cultural Centre Women's Auxiliary

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 5

A meeting of the War Memorial Cultural Centre Committee will be held at the City Hall at 3 p.m. on Thursday to form a women's…

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Mr. Arthur on Housing "Cannot Rest on War Alibis"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 2

State and Federal Government could not rest on war alibis, to explain the housing shortage, Mr. J. G. Arthur, M.L.A., told the…

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Soldier For Trial on Rape Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Leshe Gordon Beard, 29, soldier, was committed for trial from Newtown Police Court on a charge of having raped Mrs…

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Council to Pay £500 Returned Soldier Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—In the Special Federal Court, Nepean Shire Council was ordered to pay £504/8/ for having dismissed a returned…

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Welcome Home At Mayfield

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 6

Next welcome-home function of Waratah-Mayfield Send-off and Welcome-home Committee will be held in the Mayfield Masonic Hall…

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Empire Debt For War Canoes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. — Four chiefs of the Opobo tribe in Nigeria produced documents dated 1892, stating that the British…

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Artificial Lake As War Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.—Black-heath War Memorial will take the form of a Lake of Remembrance, on which boats and canoes will be…

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Never Approved War on Russia, Says Pope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 1

ROME, February 26. A.A.P.—A strong denial that he had ever approved of aggression against Russia was made by His Holiness the Pope…

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Soldiers Fear Injustices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The settlement of ex-servicemen on the land and in business was discussed by the Federal conference of the Australian…

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