French War on Vice "Herald" Service
LONDON, March 18.—The French Cabinet's decision to abolish the existing system of licensed prostitution throughout the country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 71
War Bride's Baby Dies On Liner
NEW YORK, Monday.—Oxygen flown to the liner Queen Mary yesterday by a United States coastguard seaplane failed to save the life of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Land Settlement for Soldiers Talk
Land settlement provisions in the Re-establishment Act will be the subject of an address by the Rural Public Relations Officer…
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ALTHOUGH it might Oe that some of the criticism in the spontaneous outburst against the gentle penalties awarded in the Darwin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Famine May Cost More Lives Than War"
ATLANTIC CITY, March 19. A.A.P.—"The current famine may destroy more lives than any war in history unless the food-rich nations take strong, realistic, and even politically unpleasant action immediately to prevent mass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Says Russia Has Nothing to Gain from War
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A country that has suffered as Russia had during the war would have nothing to gain from a further war and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Not to "Pioneer" Land
Ex-servicemen taking advantage of the land settlement scheme would not be sent to "pioneer," or live in humpies, as they were after the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whitebridge Soldiers' Parents Honoured
The Whitebridge Soldiers Welfare Committee and relatives of Privates W. Shelly and S. Cooper had a quiet evening in Whitebridge Hall. By…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Seeks Shelter For Wife And Babe
Unable to find even a room for himself, wife and four-months-old baby in Sydney, a young returned soldier came to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Soldiers' Memorial Ward
THE forthright declaration of the President of Newcastle Hospital (Mr. A. A. Rankin) at a meeting of the Hospital Board in relation to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Says Statements Rejected At War Trials
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Mr. White (Lib. Vic.) alleged in the House of Representatives that statements by some witnesses at war trials…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stingy Attitude To War Leaders Attacked
LONDON, Wednesday.—The British Government was attacked in the House of Lords by Lord Croft for "meanness" in refusing to make financial awards to war leaders. "NO other country would treat its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →300,000 Discharged Since War Ended
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Of the total number of persons who entered the forces since the beginning of the war, 650,000 had been discharged up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Use War Gratuities to Buy Homes
CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Regulations to enable ex-servicemen to use their war gratuity credits to buy or build homes will be introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Ex-Soldiers Move Into Condemned House
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A University student, newly released from the Services, and three other ex-servicemen to-night took possession…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Offered Home To Soldier
Several offers of accommodation—Including a flat—were made today to Mr. Roland Smith, the young returned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Honour Roll for Kotara Park
Kotara Patriotic Committee decided to place an honour roll in Kotara Park, us a memorial to servicemen and women who enlisted from the district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Toronto Welcome Home
On Tuesday night in the School of Arts, Toronto Welcome Home Committee will entertain Sergeants A. R. and A. L. Stephenson (Fassifern), W. Bailey…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gloucester War Fund Closed
GLOUCESTER, Thursday.—At the final meeting of the Gloucester and District Patriotic and War Chest Fund, approval was received from the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Russia Lacks Enough Food for War"
WASHINGTON, March 21. A.A.P.—Colonel Lanza, commentator for the semi-official Field Artillery Journal, says that Russia, without…
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