Soldiers' Families Can Go To Japan
MELBOURNE. — Wives and children of members of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force will be allowed to join their…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 71
War Cost N.Z. £574M
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—The Second World War cost New Zealand £574,000,000, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser)…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Fortunes are being made by men who placed orders immediately after the end of the war for new refrigerators, carpets radios, gramophones, planes and home-made furniture They are now taking delivery of the goods and re-selling them on…
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Having reached 40 per cent, efficiency in the carpentry trade, 13 exsoldier trainees were now ready for placement in the building industry,…
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NEW YORK, June 19.—A former G.I. negro met his white Queensland bride, and a Chinese bride from…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Postwar Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) said he had a conference with officials of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier In Court: Is Sequel To Police Chase
SYDNEY. —William Bernard Lawrence, 19, a soldier from Western Australia, who was concerned in a car smash in William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Honours War Chiefs
Admiral of the Fleet. Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Field Marshal Viscount Alan-brook and Marshal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£500,000,000 War Damage
LONDON: The text of the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Bill has been issued by the British Government…
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Fares to Australia for returned servicemen's wives travelling from overseas were paid in advance by the Repatriation…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →New Cemetery for Malaya War Dead
SINGAPORE, June 20.—A.A.P.—The remains of Allied soldiers who were killed in southern Malay and on Singapore Island, also those of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →95 War Escapees Still at Large
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Ninety-five prisoners of war and internees were still at large in Australia, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde)…
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At the next meeting of the District Council of the Returned Soldiers' League, New Lambton-Lambton sub-branch delegates will protest…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—No trade-union or employer could prevent a returned soldier over 21 resuming his apprenticeship, provided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Families May Go to Germany
LONDON, Thursday: The Government has sanctioned families of British servicemen and of members of the Control Commission staff…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home at Teralba
At a welcome home social in Teralba School of Arts to-night, Mesdames Porter and McKenna will make presentations to Messrs. V. Nelson, B. Horn,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Crimes Members Wish to Resign
CANBERRA, Friday.—Reports that seven members of the Australian War Crimes Section in Tokio wished to resign would be…
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LONDON, Friday: One hundred and six years old today, Mrs. Elizabeth Selwood, of Charlton, Wiltshire, doesn't know there has been a war or that food and clothing are rationed. Spending practically her whole life…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Film at Tokio War Trial "Dismal Failure"
TOKIO, June 21. A.A.P.—The President (Sir William Webb) described a film screened before the War Crimes Tribunal as a "discal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strange Uses For Junk From War Pile
WASHINGTON, Friday: An expert research staff is finding novel and profitable uses for surplus war material from the world's largest and strangest junk heap. They have found that steel helmets make good flowerpots and bird…
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