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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 71

Give Ex-Soldiers Work on Land

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Unless a national programme of rural development was introduced immediately, there would be a concentration of…

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Taxing Germans To Pay For War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

LONDON. Tuesday: The occupation Powers in Germany have unanimously decided to make big rises in the general level of taxation…

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Germans to Die for War Crimes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 29. A.A.P.—A military tribunal at Kiev found 16 German officers and soldiers guilty of war crimes in the Ukraine…

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Sought Petrol Plant Here Before the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

Realising that Australia, because of her geographical position, might be faced with a serious problem coscerning oil supplies, he had…

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Mouth Disease From Kissing Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—French month, or Vincent's infection, has shown an increase in Melbourne: dentists say many of their patients…

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Soldiers Taking Long Leave Mr. Dedman's Reason for Unemployment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—In reply to a statement by Brigadier Cremor that the outlook for servicemen seeking jobs was very grim, the Minister…

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Women's Jobs for Soldiers A.L.P. Branch Wants Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 4

Mayfield branch of the Labour Party decided last night to ask the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) to call a conference of State…

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R.S.L. Criticises Appointment of 2 Non-Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The appointment of two non-soldiers as members of the Closer Settlement Advisory Committee was strongly…

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Yass Land for Soldiers No Neglect, Says Mr. Tully

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Negotiations were well forward for the acquisition of Beggan Beggan Station of 44,000 acres, in the Yass…

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New Committee At Lambton To Welcome Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 7

Lambton Soldiers' Welfare and Patriotic Committee is to be disbanded, but already a new organisation has been formed…

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Stop Press War [?]Sions Figures

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 16

SYDNEY: Fifty-seven per cent, of claims for war pensions up to December 31 last had been granted the Reparation Commission informed…

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Germans to Pay For War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 30. A.A.P.—The occupation Powers in Germany have unanimously decided to make big rises in the general level of taxation to…

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U.s. War Chiefs Knew of Kuriles Pact

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. A.A.P.—The United States Secretary of State (Mr. Byrnes) told a Press conference that the Yalta secret…

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Ex-soldier Appointed Surveyor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 4

Greater Newcastle Council appointed Mr. Ian M. Clarke, 27, a returned soldier with five years' service, as a surveyor…

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Adamstown Methodists' Welcome Home

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 9

The Adamstown Methodist War Comforts Society will welcome home 14 members of the church who have returned from active service at a…

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Nazi War Criminals Hanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—Fourteen German war criminals, including three generals, were hanged on the Minsk racecourse, with a large…

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Germans Shot War Prisoners

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

LONDON, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—Further accounts of the shooting of war prisoners by the Germans were given at Nuremberg to-day when the French Prosecutor (M. Dubost) submitted documents relating to the shooting of 15 airmen,…

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More Japanese War Criminals Listed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—The United Nations War Crimes Commission has issued a list of names of Japanese "wanted" for war crimes…

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West Maitland War Memorial Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

At the first annual meeting last night of the West Maitland War Memorial Hall Appeal Committee it was announced that £2699 6s 2d had…

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No More War Awards to Civilians

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—No further awards to civilians will be recommended by the Commonwealth Government. No recommendation…

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