No Subsistence Pay for War Prisoners
CANBERRA, Friday. — Australian prisoners of war held by the Japanese will not receive a subsistence allowance of 3/ a day to compensate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 47
Most Australian - Yank War Weddings Succeed
WASHINGTON, Friday: Eighty-five per cent. Australian- American war marriages are working out successfully Only five per cent. can be called a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Attacks Our War Effort "Herald" Service
LONDON, March 14.— An attack on Australia's war effort was made by the distinguished Russian, Professor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Co-respondents, No Soldier Divorces
LONDON, Saturday: Servicemen whose wives had babies while they were away cannot get divorces because they cannot name the co-respondents. Describing the matter as "of some…
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ATHENS, March 16. A.A.P.—Greece has received an official intimation from London that the War Crimes Commission has unanimously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Day Plans For Suburbs
Returned soldiers and patriotic organisations throughout the district are already making arrangements for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"War On All China Fronts Soon"
NANKING, March 17. A.A.P.—National political circles to-day predicted that war would soon be launched against the Communists on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plane Hold-up Delays War Crimes Trial
RABAUL, March 17. A.A.P.—Due to a combination of bad New Guinea weather, and engine trouble, passengers on the Qantas plane which left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Bonus Dispute British Seamen Go on Strike
Seamen on a number of British ships in Newcastle Harbor went on strike today because, they said, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia Presents Huge Bill For War Losses: Claim On Germany
MOSCOW, Tuesday: Russia has demanded £2,500,000,000 in reparations from Germany, spread over 20 years. This demand was put by M. Molotov to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Judge
JUDGE E. A. DRAKE-BROCKMAN, who is Acting Chief Judge of the Full Arbitration Court which is hearing the basic wage and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrangements for Anzac Dawn Service
Arrangements for the Anzac Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance at Gregson Park, Hamilton, would be the same as those for last year, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children of War Widows May Get School Aid
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A plan to provide children of war widows with school requisites between ages of five and 13 was being examined, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British People Will The Peace As They Won War, Says Attlee
LONDON, Wednesday: Broadcasting to the nation last night, the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) said that the British could win the peace as they had won the war. "The British people are never…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Want Part in Anzac March Planning
Hamilton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night instructed delegates to the District Council to vote for control of the…
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The Hamilton sub-branch of the R.S.L. last night decided to instruct its delegates to the District Council of sub-branches to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Bride's Repeat Wedding
Marvin S. Kite (centre) places the ring on the finger of his English bride, formerly Doris Press, of London, when they were married in a church at Atlanta. Some months previously they were married by repeating the vows over transatlantic telephone. Kite met his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japanese War Prisoners Leave Rabaul
RABAUL, March 19. A.A.P.—A dozen or so Australian troops stationed in Rabaul breathed a deep sigh of relief yesterday afternoon as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paraguay in State of War
ASUNCION, March 19. A.A.P. —The Paraguayan Government yesterday admitted that the entire country was in a state…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Atrocities Japanese General Faces Trial
RABAUL, March 19. A.A.P.—Major-General Akira Hirota, former supply commander of field depots of the Japanese Army in the Rabaul area, to-day faced trial for his life…
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