Returned Men Entertained
This group attended Saturday night's dinner at which returned members of the Newcastle Post office staff were welcomed back…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 71
Jap War Criminal Hanged Himself
BATAVIA, Oct. 6. A.A.P.—Hiroshi Shutara, a Japanese war criminal, hanged himself at Macassar, after the prosecution at a court-martial had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War On Careless Motorists
SYDNEY: "The holiday accident record—ne dead and more than 30 injured— is deplorable," said the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) today. "It means that too many motorists have lost all sense of courtesy and regard for others." The Minister said the enforcement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New "Anti-War" Constitution Passed in Tokyo
TOKYO, Oct. 7. A.A.P.—The House of Representatives has accepted the revised "anti-war" Constitution outlawing the maintenance of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maternity Benefits For War Brides In Britain
Australian servicemen's wives in the British Isles who have babies while still awaiting: transport to their new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Most Soldier Votes Go to Labour
SYDNEY, Monday.—More than 10,000 soldier votes will be distributed in New South Wales electorates to-morrow. They showed generally strong support for Government nominees…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£20,000 Plan For Rebuilding Anzac House
Executive officers of Hamilton R.S.L. last night authorised an architect to draw up plans to rebuild Anzac House at an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →37 Jews, Arabs Wounded in Land Clash
JERUSALEM, October. 8. A.A.P.—Seventeen Jews and 20 Arabs were wounded in a clash between two communities over land ownership at a Jewish communal settlement near Haifa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Planned World Peace: Wife Declared War
BRISBANE.—A man who said he had been forced to neglect all personal matters, including his wife, because he was working on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rest Camp for Soldiers
Soldiers visiting Nobbys Rest Camp receive special food. On Monday poultry was served. This picture, taken yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Only Soldiers' Votes Now To Come In Newcastle
EXCEPT for a parcel of soldier votes expected to arrive from Sydney to-day, counting in Newcastle for the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Indian Soldiers Charged With Mutiny "Herald" Service
LONDON, Oct. 8.—Eight Indian soldiers will be court martialled on charges of mutiny in connection with an incident in 1942 on Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →15 Dead, 100 Wounded in Italian Riot
ROME, October 9. A.A.P.—In Italy's most serious riot since the liberation, at least 15 persons were killed and 100 wounded when Carabinieri and police were forced to fire on a crowd of between 30,000 and 50,000 strikers and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War-Time Austerity Chases british Peace Output In Dizzy Circles Gord Gilmour's London Diary
LONDON, Wednesday: Dominating Britain's industrial stage is the unattractive spectacle of continued wartime austerity chasing peacetime production in dizzy, futile circles…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Post-office Welcome Home
Seventy-sir returned service men and women, personnel of the Newcastle Post-office, were entertained by the staff at a welcome home dinner…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man Wounded In Knife Attack
SYDNEY, Friday.—When he was attacked by a man with a knife at his home to-night, William O'Flaherty, 46, storeman, of Bulwarra-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Office Speeds Army Probe
LONDON, Friday: The Government is speeding the War Office investigation into army conditions, including court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War And After In Asia
In "A Million Died," Alfred Wagg, U.S. war correspondent tells what he saw and learned in South-east Asia between 1941 and 1945, and his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First War Jokes Come Up Again "Herald" Service from London
You can buy picture postcards in London now for a penny each, entitled "There's a War On," and showing a man smashing a piano…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →2 Soldiers Killed In Road Crash
SYDNEY, Friday. — Two soldiers were killed while the motor-cycle they were riding crashed into a stationary truck near Denman to-day…
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