Light Work for Ex-Soldiers Becoming Scarce
Specially trained officers continually canvassed employers, seeking Jobs to, ex-servicemen not capable of doing heavy work, the Prime Minister (Mr…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 71
Leaflet Raids By German War Prisoners "Herald" Service
LONDON, Aug. 2.—Leaflet raids are the latest idea in the "we want to go home" campaign by German war prisoners in East Anglia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Production and Prices Soar to Post-war Record
NEW YORK, Friday: America's soaring industrial output in June provided good news for housewives, though less cheery for motorists and farmers. Prices had risen to an all-time postwar high, but so had production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Veterans Seize Town In U.S,A. During Election Riot
ATHENS (Tennessee), Friday.—An armed mob of 1000, led b0y veterans of World War II, has seized control of this town as a climax to a bloody six-hour election battle. THEY dynamited the county gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Perilous Barge Trip
SYDNEY: Dogged by danger, mishap, illness and heavy seas, four soldiers recently sailed two barges from Wewak to Rabaul—a distance of 600 miles—and took nearly two months to do it. On May 27. Cornoral J. Beasley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutchman Fatally Wounded
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Staggering into a shop at Fairfield last night, John Kikkert, 65. a Dutchman, of Gillies-street, Fairfield. collapsed and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foxes Waging War on Hens
LONDON, Sunday.—Eire's £12,000,000 poultry and egg industry is fighting a losing battle against foxes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£40 Million Spent On War-Time Radio
MELBOURNE.—The Australian tele-communications industry produced £40,000,000 worth of radar, radio and signal equipment for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ex-Soldiers Need Homes, Security
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The essential needs of ex-servicemen are homes and security in employment. This is stated in the annual report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Soldiers Fined at Maitland
Six soldiers who appeared before Mr. P. L. McNamara, JP., at the West Maitland Police Court today were each fined £3, in default six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stout Soldier-Jockeys New Postwar Problem
MELBOURNE: A serviceman has asked the Department of Postwar Reconstruction about the rehabilitation benefits available to a jockey who has put on too much weight in war service. He wanted to know whether a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wallsend Presentation to Soldiers
Tomorrow night a presentation will be made at the Wallsend Masonic Hall to 52 service personnel by the Wallsend Welcome Home Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Toronto War Memorial
Sir,—"Old Digger" (''N.M.H.," 26/7/46) stated that the purpose behind the removal of the Soldiers Monument at Toronto was to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Rise in War Injured
MALBOURNE, Monday. — Although considerably fewer soldiers were killed or wounded in this war than in the last, almost 10 times…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"No War Gratuities for Road Transport"
War gratuities will not be paid to employees of the Road Transport Department who retired during the war years, according to advice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War In West Depends On Russia "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, August 5.—An eventual war between Russia and the Western world can be averted only by a change in Soviet Policy, or a surrender by the West to the Soviet system…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →C.P. to Feature Preference For Ex-Soldiers
SYDNEY, Monday.— A bid to secure a strong servicemen's vote is to be made by the Country Party, which is completing plans for Its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →12 French Soldiers Killed in Clash
PARIS, Monday.—The French newsagency reports that 12 French soldiers were killed and 43 wounded when Annamites attacked a convoy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Welcome to War Brides
Two English wives of New Lambton returned servicemen were welcomed at n social to discharged members of the services in New Lambton Scout Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Men Seek Same House
Two applications by returned soldiers for possession of a house at 113 High Street, East Maitland, were heard by Mr. H. L. Sargeson. P.M.,…
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