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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 71

"Italians in Tripoli Would Mean War" Arab Warning To Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 1

LONDON, May 12. A.A.P.—The plan an Italian trasleeship of Tripolitania, as reported from the Foreign Ministers' conference in Paris, would mean war, said the Secretary-General of the Arab League (Azzam Pasha)…

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Truman Urged to Use War Powers Double Food For Famine Areas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 12. A.A.P.—One hundred leading Americans have urged President Truman to invoke his war powers immediately to double American food exports to famine areas by series of drastic orders which would require…

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No Special Pay For Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—He did not think Anzac Day stood in the same spiritual and traditional light in the community as the special holy…

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2 Children Shot Dead, Mother Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Returning to his home at Lalalty near Tocumwal, after inspecting rabbit traps. Clifton Raymond Saltmarsh, 31, found…

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Those Lingering War Privileges

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 6

DURING the war it was necessary to restrain the normal freedom of the citizen in the interests of freedom. And even in time of peace…

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Want Notice of War Gratuities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 4

A request that Army Finance Office, or other appropriate authority, send notification to all persons eligible to receive war gratuities is to be made by…

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20M. Chinese Died in War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 1

SHANGHAI, May 14. A.A.P.—Japan was responsible for the death of 20 million Chinese as a result o[?] central warfare and atrocities, the…

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Date Of War's End Fixed For Some Purposes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA.—For the purpose of certain sections of the Re-establishment and Employment Act, the Attorney-General's…

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House Must Be Vacant Ex-Soldier Fails in Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 6

Ruling that he had no jurisdiction because the premises were occupied, the Magistrate (Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd) at. Newcastle Summons…

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R.S.L. Against Closed Hotels On Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State executive of the Returned Soldiers' League to-night rejected an appeal from the Women's Christian…

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State of War Still Exists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A state of war would exist with Germany, Italy and Japan until peace treaties with these countries were ratified,…

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War on Rent 'Bonus' Racket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 2

THE Rent Control Division of the Department of Works and Housing had "declared war" on rent racketeers who asked "bonuses" for keys…

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Star's War Against Autograph Hunters "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, May 15.—New York's greatest curse, according to the screen star, Cary Grant, is the hordes of "screening young idiots who follow…

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"Non-existent War Costs" Mr. Fadden Says Loan Overspent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Treasury statistics indicated that the non-existent war had already cost £337 million this financial year, said the…

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Soldier Killed in Jeep—truck Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Pte. R. R. Thompson, of Queensland, was killed to-night when an Army jeep collided with a truck near Ingleburn Camp…

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Mainly in Fun Soldier And Citizen

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 10

A Duntroon boy on leave says a University up there to train officers and gentlemen in the ways of citizens is a rip-snorting…

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Disguised Soldiers Left Ropes for Mates to Board Troopship

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY: Dressed as workmen, a gang of A.I.F. men boarded the troopship Canberra the night before it sailed from Rabaul and dropped ropes over the side so their cobbers could climb aboard. The Canberra berthed at Circular Quay today with…

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Welcome Home at Carrington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 7

Fifteen returned Servicemen were presented with £5 each at a function arranged by Carrington Welfare and Welcome Home Committee in the…

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War Memorial At Tobruk

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 6

A new Australian memorial at Tobruk, designed by one of the world's leading architects, will replace the existing memorial which was erected by soldiers of the Australian 9th Division during the siege. The present memorial, made of…

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"Shocking Scandals" In War Surplus Sales

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday: the most shocking scandals in modern American history will be disclosed by investigations into the disposal of £31,267,000,000 worth of surplus war supplies, says the New York "Sun."…

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