Collections on Anzac Day Objection To Ruling
Objection to a ruling by Newcastle District Returned Soldiers' League Council, that proceeds from Anzac Day collections in the city should go…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 71
War Brides' Babies Dead
NEW YORK, May 26. A.A.P.—The death roll among infants brought to New York on transports carrying the wives and children of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap Cried at War Trial
GUAM, May 26. A.A.P.—Captain Yoshio Obara one of three Japanese officers on trial for beheading nine American marines on Kwajalein in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister Will be War Graves Agent
LONDON, May 26. A.A.P.—The Imperial War Graves Commission, in agreement with Australia and New Zealand, has appointed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"May Have to Learn By Atomic War"
WASHINGTON, May 26. A.A.P. "Scientists seek, by education, to teach men that they must abandon atomic weapons to preserve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-Soldiers To Build New Brisbane Suburb
LONDON, May 26.—As Unity, the giant panda which recently arrived at London Zoo from China, stands on her head and chews bamboo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lambton Welcome Home
Twenty-three presentations of framed commemorative certificates were presented at a welcome home tea to former members of the services at a gathering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Full Pension or Government Job for Soldier
The case of Mr. T. Pembleton, an ex-serviceman put off by the Railway Department, was of vital interest to thousands of returned men and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jobs Refused Ex-soldiers R.S.L. Complaint
SYDNEY, Monday.—Every time he went to a meeting, he found another trade closed to ex-Servicemen trainees, the Acting State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spend £40,000 on Anzac Parade
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Lord Mayor (Ald. Bartley) said a plan for the beautification of Anzac Parade, costing 40,000, had been approved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Most Mental Disorders Not Due to War, Says Doctor
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The majority of mental disorders among ex-servicemen were present before enlistment. This is the conclusion reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Fatally Injured
Corporal A. G. Beardman, of Western Australia, was fatally injured, and Lieut. W. J. Dixon, by Sydney, suffered concussion and bruises…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Ball in August
Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will hold an Anzac Ball in the City Hall on august 15, the anniversary of the Allied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wisdom Need To Avoid Third World War "Herald" Service
LONDON, May 29.—"There is speculation in many lands about a third world war. Nor is it idle talk," begins an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in 20 Years Predicted "Germans Cannot Respect Fair Play," Says Writer "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, May 29.—Peace already is lost and there will be another war within 20 years. The celebrated German student and writer, Emil Ludwig, said this to a North American Newspaper Alliance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trainee Soldiers to Show Work
Exhibits of work by returned soldier trainees will be a feature of the Re-establishment Exhibition which opens at Nesca House on June 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Memorials to Commemorate War Exploits
CANBERRA, Thursday.—An Australian Battlefields Memorial Committee has been appointed to advise the Government on the erection, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Egg War Continues In Newcastle; Producers Benefit
Although farmers claim that their strike against delivery of eggs to the Egg Board is 100 per cent. successful in the Newcastle area, deliveries by the board to its customers have not been greatly affected. Eggs from outer areas as far afield as Inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moving Soldiers From Rabaul
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Minister for the Arm (Mr. Forde) said to-day that of the 9000 servicemen to be removed from Rabaul in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Ex-soldiers Can't Get Tiles to Finish Homes"
"That is poor recompense for a chap who was in the rough a few years ago," said Mr. B. Mercer, at a meeting of New Lambton South…
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