"Rafferty Rules" Confuses War Crimes Counsel
TOKIO, August 8. A.A.P.— Confusion over Australian slang at the War Crimes Tribunal brought the American defence attorney, Mr…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 71
R.A.A.F. Re-enlistments
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford) said in the House of Representatives to-day that 10,000 members of the…
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"Pacific Victory," by Hugh Buggy, is an ace reporter's story of Australia's part in the war against Japan. It is factual, a true report,…
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NEW YORK, Friday.—Organic compounds, so lethal that 1-10th of a lb could ruin an acre of crop, are being tested at Chicago University for…
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LONDON, Friday.—"Don't go into the Russian sector with or without your husband," says a warning issued to British wives going to Berlin to join their menfolk in the Occupation Forces…
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Of 500,000 men who had been discharged from the forces, fewer than 10,000 were receiving assistance for unemployment, said…
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The attempt to break down British policy in Palestine by flooding the country with illegal Jewish immigration must be…
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NANKING, August 11. A.A.P.—A complete cessation of hospital throughout China "appears to be impossible," said a joint statement issued by General Marshall (President Truman's special envoy) and Mr. J. L. Stuart (United States…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pelaw Main Welcome Home Committee Winds Up Activities
To wind up the affairs of Pelaw Main Welcome-home Committee, a social evening was held in the School of Arts Hall when Mr. J. T. Butler…
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A war widow who is looking for a soldier friend of her dead husband last night wrote to Newcastle sub-branch of the R.S.L…
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CHUNGKING Monday.—Chinese Communists are actively preparing a revolt against the Government, says Chungking radio,…
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The first trustworthy evidence that civil war is still endemic in China is contained in the statement of Mr. J. L. Stuart, United…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fewer Scouts Since War Drift to Other Youth Bodies
Since the end of the war there had been a 20 per cent. drop in the membership of the Worimi district of the Boy Scouts' Association, the…
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YOKOHAMA, August 13. A.A.P.—It is officially stated that Captain Isao Fukuhara, former Commander of a war prisoner camp, was hanged at…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—when the National Security Act expires at the end of this year, the Commonwealth Government may not…
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The opinion of your correspondent "One of Them" re. soldier preference is reasonable, but he does not go far enough…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Lord Rothschild, aged 35, who won the George Medal during the war, has married Miss Teresa Mayor. 26…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Three baton charges were made by police at Haifa (Palestine) yesterday to halt a large crowd of Jews,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Britons, Lionised In War. Cold-Shouldered In Peace Set-up Gordon, Gilmour's London Diary LONDON, Wednesday.—
The Australian immigration policy has given a gleam of hope to tens of thousands of young Britons who wera lionised in war but find themselves unwanted in peace. These are youngsters who went straight from…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Stopping a soldier in a lane at Rosebery, a police constable found he was carrying a pistol with seven bullets in the…
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