Soldier Awarded £2500 Damages for Injuries
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Dam ages totalling £2500 were awarded to Noel William Levison, a member of the Australian Military Forces,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 47
War Service Leave Pay For Air Crews
MELBOURNE, Friday.—R.A.A.F. air crews, who were based on the Australian mainland but who operated over islands to the north of it, are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hamilton Returned Soldiers' Social
Members of the Hamilton sub-branch of the R.S.L combined with members of the sub-branch cricket club last night to entertain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers' Helping Hand to Another
A working bee, comprised of members of Newcastle the branch of the Armoured Corps Association, mixing cement yesterday at the home of another member, S. Chipechase, of Frederick-street, Waratah. With no sergeant-major to give orders, the ex-soldiers go about their work with a will—and a smile…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scientists Fear Atomic War In Eight Years
PRINCETON (New Jersey), June 30. A.A.P.—The Emergency Committee of Atomie Scientists has issued a warning that an atomic war night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Orphans Arrive From Britain
SYDNEY, Tuesday.âFour orphans were among the 241 passengers who arrived in Sydney from England on the Largs Bay. They came because…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ex-Servicemen Want Pay For Prisoners Of War
LONDON, Tuesday: Countries owning works built by Allied P.O.W. should be made to pay for them, the Empire Ex-Servicemen's Conference agreed today. The money received should be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soldier And A Man Of Peace
IT might be that the significance of Lord Montgomery's visit to Australia is summed ud in his own remark: "I am fed up with war."…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Cabinet to-day extended from two to three years the period of protection to discharged members of the forces and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Monty" Took A Bet On War's End
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery is looking for an unknown Australian war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Widows To Seek Basic Wage Rate
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The War Widows' Craft Guild passed a resolution at a mass meeting to-day advocating minimum compensation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lost Limbs in War, But Still Smile
Three native girls from Guam, who lost limbs in the Pacific War, have just graduated from a California rehabilitation hospital, where Navy doctors refit limbs lost in battle. The girl in the middle lost a hand; the other two lost legs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warns Against Danger Of Atomic War
LONDON, July 3. A.A.P.—The first and most important effect of atomic power was the high premium it placed on preparedness, said Air…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Cabinet To Consider War Memorial Grant
Government subsidy of £ for for donations to Newcastle Was Memorial Cultural Centre Committee would have to be determined by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Give £77,000 War Profit To Britain
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday. —A North island man in the dairying industry has notified the Government that he wants to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Paraguayan War Fought With Little Bloodshed "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, July 8.—Paraguay's civil war is being fought with the minimum of bloodshed. Total casualties are estimated at 1000 in the four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-Soldier Found Shot Dead
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A returned soldier who had had war neurosis was found with the top of his head shot away in the backyard of his…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boolaroo Welcome Home Body
Boolaroo-Speers Point Welcome Home Committee is making a final drive for funds to recognise the remaining 80 ex-servicemen on the list…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Egyptian Claims £5000 Damages For War Losses
CANBERRA, Friday.—An Egyptian jeweller is seeking to recover from the Commonwealth Government damages amounting to between £5000 and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Pensions Not For Social Service
The Department of Social Services did not deal with "burnt-out Digger" pensions, the officer-in-charge of pensions at Newcastle (Mr. A. Streeter)…
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