Soldiers Want Same Flat
Three returned soldiers applied, as protected persons under National Security Regulations, for possession of the same flat at Newcastle Summons…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 71
£1M. War Damage Claim on Australia
VANCOUVER, October 25. A.A.P.—A war damage claim for £1,093,750 has been lodged with the Australian Government, for damages to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Shot on Hunting Trip
LISMORE, Friday.—A young soldier who was to have sailed for Japan next week was shot in the stomach while dingo hunting in the Kyogle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Topics of the Day Boer War Veterans
THE first contingent of New South Wales, Victorian and Tasmanian troops for South Africa during the Boer War left Australia on October…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shot Husband to Save Baby, Says War Bride
LAS VEGAS (Nevada), Sunday.—Irish war bride, Bridget Waters, shrieked hysterically at her murder trial yesterday that she shot her husband because she knew he intended to harm her baby…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Left Ships in Year Than Perished in War
LONDON, Oct. 27. A.A.P.—During the last 12 months more officers had left the British Merchant Service than the number who perished on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Half of 600 St. John Men Died in War
Of 600 St. John Ambulance personnel who enlisted in the Services. 320, including two women, did not return…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appeal For Totally Disabled Soldiers
A public meeting will be held at the City Hall tonight in support of the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association's appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Wounded; Wife Charged
SYDNEY, Monday.—Lillian Gardiner, 50, charged with having maliciously wounded her invalid husband, was refused bail to-day. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pay War Pensions on Thursdays
War pensions will be paid at Newcastle Post-office this week on their first regular day since the war. From Thursday, war pensions will be paid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stalin Sees Risk Of War Only From A Few Men A
MOSCOW, Tuesday-Generalissimo Stalin told an interviewer here that the most serious threat to world peace was "the incendiaries of a new war, foremost of whom is Mr. Churchill,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youths Won't Enlist Now There Is No Fighting In Prospect
SYDNEY: Thousands of 'teen age Australian youths, wanted for the Interim Army in Japan and the islands, are refusing to enlist because there will be no war to fight at the end of their training…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Housing Material Output Beats Pre-War Figures
SYDNEY.—Monthly production throughout Australia of electric stoves, baths, basins, sinks, window glass and asbestos cement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Final Welcome Home at Hamilton
Certificates will be presented to 135 ex-servicemen at the final welcome-home dinner of the Hamilton-Broadmeadow Welcome-home Committee in St. Peter's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Numbers Count in the War Loan
Loan officials consider that ex-service men and women have had a large share in making advance subscriptions to the £90,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboys Declare War on "Jo-jo's" in Park
BOYS OF HAMILTON CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL declared total war on "jo-jos" in Gregson Park yesterday. The park is used as a playground by the children of the school and the presence of hundreds of these unpleasant weeds had almost put it out of use. The children used all sorts of instruments to cut out the weed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.S.L. Move to Meet Enemy Soldiers
MELBOURNE, Thursday. — R.S.L. delegates to the Biennial Conference of the British Empire Service League in London in June next year will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Alleged To Have Thrown Bayonet At Greta
SYDNEY: The story of a bayonet-throwing invitation at Greta Camp, which resulted in a 20-year-old soldier losing his right leg by amputation, was told to a District Court Martial at Victoria Barracks today. Pte. Neville Patrick Berrell. about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boolaroo Welcome Home
A welcome home to 18 discharged servicemen will be given by Boolaroo Welcome Home Committee at the Central Hall on Friday at 8 p.m. This will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wounded Man Led Police to Rifle
SYDNEY, Friday.—After making further inquiries to-day, the police discontinued investigation of the wounding of Allan Thurston, 19, of…
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