Company Tells Of Wire Output For War
During the war, Rylansds Bros. supplied this for the services: About 50 million yards of wire netting for camouflage…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 47
Britain Protests to U.s. on Funds for Palestine "War"
NEW YORK, May 20. A.A.P.—Britain has protested to the United States against the raising of funds in the United States to finance armed resistance against the British forces in Palestine, says the Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Calwell Says That "Jewish Refugee" Was German Soldier
CANBERRA: A man who landed in Australia three months ago, purporting to be a Jewish victim of Nazi per. secution was in reality a former German soldier, who had fought against the Russians, the Minister for Immigration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tribunal for War Pensions Appeals
CANBERRA, Wednesday—The appointment of another Assessment Appeals Tribunal to overcome the lag in hearing war pensions appeals was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scientific Soldier
GENERAL Mark Clark, who said Mr. Churchill's insistence on the Mediterranean operation postponed plans for a landing on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blind War Veteran's Lightning Honeymoon
SYDNEY: Blind World War 1 veteran, Andrew Daley (76) and his wife, formerly Mrs. Florence Barrett (64) widow, who were married yesterday, had a lightning honeymoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Memorial Kindergarten if New Lambton
At the annual meeting of the New Lambton branch of the Free Kindergarten Union last night it was stated that tenders had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Wipe Out Jap War Potential
TOKYO, May 22. A.A.P.—The destruction of all Japanese equipment and war potential in the 20,000 square miles of territory controlled by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"No World War For 15 Years" "Herald" Service from London
THERE WILL be no world war within the next 15 years unless America starts one says Alexander Clifford,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bill to Increase War Pensions
CANBERRA, Friday.—A bill introduced in the House of Representatives to-day authorises war pension increases costing £460,500…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carrot "Night Sight" Story Was War Hoax
England's wartime announcement that aviatons were being fed on carrots, to improve their sight for night operations, was a hoax to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →8000 German Soldiers for Britain
LONDON, May 23. A.A.P.—It is authoritatively stated that the first Ukrainian division of the former German army, about 8000 strong, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Want Residential Census of Aliens
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Federal Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League will ask the Federal Government to take a census of all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. Tars at Service for War Dead
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Special services commemorating Australians and Americans who died in the second World War were conducted at St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →4000 Soldiers Have Rested At Dudley Home
Since it was established six and a half years ago, Newcastle and district Red Cross Home at Dudley has cared for about 4000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Press Ex-Soldiers' Car Claims
Returned soldiers who wanted new ears to rehabilitate themselves were unable to get them because they did not receive a high priority, Mr. P…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Disappeared When Man Fatally Stabbed At Party
SYDNEY: A soldier, who was present at the scene of a fatal stabbing at Enfield on April 7, had not since been seen, said the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. C. V. Rooney) in Central Criminal Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man, Woman Badly Wounded in Shooting at Rushcutter's Bay
SYDNEY: A man and a woman were found shot, the man in Rushcutter's Bay Park and the woman in a nearby boatshed early today. The man was shot through the left side—a 22 bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Disrespect" At Anzac Service
Ex-servicemen who attended the Anzac Day service in King Edward Park were criticised at a meeting of Newcastle District Council of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Steel Output Matched Britain's
AUSTRALIA'S steel production, per head of population, approached that of Britain and was a valuable addition to the general pool…
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