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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 71

Refuse To Help Ex-Soldiers' Radio Programme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 4

Rehabilitation of ex-servicemen musicians and artists was the responsibility of the Government and not of the Returned Soldiers' League, said…

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Wallsend Soldiers Want Town Hall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 4

Negotiations to acquire Wallsend Town Hall for its memorial hall scheme were resurrected by Wallsend sub-branch of the Returned…

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Churchill to Write Inner Story of War "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 14.—Mr. Churchill has at last decided to write the inner story of the war according to the "Daily Herald"…

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Danger of Civil War in India Relieved "Herald" Service and A.A.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Oct. 14.—The most wholesome aspect of the momentous decision of the Moslem League to join the Interim Government of India is…

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Soldier Shot by Detective

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A 24-year-old soldier, who was shot in the hip when, it was alleged, he failed to answer a police order to stop at Mosman last…

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Martini Said He Was Hit By Bullet But Was Not Wounded

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY: Detective Crowley said at Central Police Court today that Antonio Martini had told him that he had been hit in the chest by a bullet from Crowley's revolver and had been knocked over, but all that was noticeable was a round red mark on his chest. Police occupied positions at each…

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£25,000 War Sale at Darwin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The fourth series of sales by the Commonwealth Disposal Commission will be held at Darwin from October 31 to November…

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Australian War Bride Fights For Baby

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 3

SAN FRANCISO, Oct. 15. A.A.P.—Mrs. Irene Saunders, 22, an Australian war bride, was awarded the custody of her…

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Jealous German Kills U.s. Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Oct. 15. A.A.P.—The United States Army announced that a jealous German broke into a house where his wife was a "guest"…

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Total War on Careless Pedestrians

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Next Monday total war will be declared by the police on careless or absen-minded pedestrians…

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Farmers Winning War Against Grasshoppers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 10

SYDNEY.—Land holders in country areas of N.S.W. appear to be winning the fight against grasshoppers…

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Surplus War Goods Rot In Wake Of Allied Armies

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 15

LONDON: What is happening to the masses of surplus war material left behind in Europe in the wake of the British and American armies? To get the answer to this question I visited the depots…

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Hirohito "Backed Jap War Plans"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 1

TOKYO, Oct. 17. A.A.P.—An Imperial Conference on September 6, 1941, at which Emperor Hirohito presided, decided to complete…

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War Brides Took Sons to Cookery Demonstration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 8

TWO of the 17 members of the Y.W.C.A. Overseas Brides' Club who attended a cookery demonstration in Nesea House yesterday…

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Canada Seen As Next War Battleground "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Alarmist warnings that Canada will be the battleground of any new war have created a…

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Soldiers in Malaya Want Girl Penpriends

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 14

Two British soldiers serving in Malaya have written to the Mayor (Alderman R. Norris) asking for girl penfriends between the ages of 18 and…

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Police Seeking Wounded Thief

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 October 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Seeking a burglar who was shot at last night, the police are inquiring at hospitals, where a wounded man might go for…

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Black Tracker Is Wounded

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 October 1946 · page 2

GLEN INNES.—Struck on the leg by pellets after the discharge of a shotgun at his home today, police blacktracker, Andrew Caroll, was…

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War Leaders Meet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1946 · page 1

Lord Louis Mountbatten, wartime supreme Commander in South-east Asia (centre), General Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Africa and Europe (right) and Mrs. Eisenhower driving from No. 10 Downing-street after the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) had given a dinner in honour of General Eisenhower…

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War Stores As Toys

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1946 · page 5

War stores become toys at a factory in Long Buckby, Northants. Ears, tongues and tails of animals are made from the rubber of…

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