Judge Grants Compensation; "War Not Over"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Holding that the war was not yet officially over, Judge Rainbow to-day awarded a widow, Mrs. May Baker, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 47
U.S. War Contracts Probe Gets Poser From Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Tuesday: Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late President, surprised the Senate War Investigation Committee today by asking why it had not investigated Senate Document No. 75…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →German War Prisoners Visit Commons
LONDON, August 6. A.A.P.—Seventy German war prisoners who won a ballot between 1600 prisoners stationed in the Bedford…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia As Arbitrator In Java War
CANBERRA: The Australian Government has offered to act with the United States as an arbitrator in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Crowds Rivalled War's End Scenes
LONDON, Thursday: The biggest crowd since that which gathered for the announcement of the end of the war, packed Westminster before the Crisis Debate began in the House of Commons yesterday. Ministers and members had to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.s.l. to Take Care of War Cemetery
Waratah - Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has been asked by the War Graves Commission to take control of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Civvy Street Blind Soldier Star Of Australian Film
Mr. John Seufert, 31-year-old returned soldier, of North Sydney, who lost his sight and both hands during the war, but earns a living as a carpenter, will star in a world-release film produced by the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Faces Four Charges at Greta Camp Court Martial
A witness at a District Court-martial at Greta Military Camp today alleged that he saw a police constable strike a soldier on the cheek while the soldier was lying on the floor of the cell at the Greta Police Station on the night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Doctors Fight for Life of Wounded Girl
BRISBANE.—Doctors at Cairns Hospital are fighting to save the life of Kathleen Cranston (21), who was shot through the chest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Golf Tourney For "Diggers" Of First World War
Newcastle Golf Club has arranged a competition for returned soldiers of the 1914-18 war at Stockton on August 20. Players will compete for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peaceful Sweeps For R.N.; War Wreck Disposal
THE Royal Navy has a new task It has to dispose of 500 wrecks—relies relies of six years of war—which hitter approaches to Great Birtain's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Java War Still On: Dutch Occupy Town On Madua Island
BATAVIA, Saturday. — Heavy fighting: on Madua Island, northeast of Java, was reported in last night's Republican…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Liquor Seized; Police Raid Soldiers' Club
SYDNEY, Friday.—A range quantity of liquor was confiscated by members of the Vice Squad who raided the Returned Soldiers' Club…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yugoslavia Releases British Soldiers
VIENNA, Saturday: The British military authorities have announced that four British soldiers held by Yugoslavia for a month have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Picket Men Allege Saw Handcuffed Soldier Hit By Policeman
A 10-year-old member of the Australian Recruit Training Battalion, Private Maxwell Thomas Clark, was struck by a civilian policeman while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Polish Ex-Soldier Migrants; Fought At Tobruk
LONDON, August 10.—Among 1452 passengers who will go to Australia by the Asturias will be 280 Polish ex-servicemen, all of whom fought at Tobruk alongside the Australians and are members of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded Man Collapses In Fire Station
SYDNEY, Monday.—With a gunshot wound in the stomach, ach, a man staggered into Waterloo Fire Station to-night,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Real Thing" for Soldier Trainees
These returned soldiers training to become plumbers began their first real job yesterday. They are connecting water to the site for Housing Commission homes in Chiristo-road. About 50 trainees will work on the houses (Story, page 2.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Annual Anzac Ball
Brigadier F. G. Galleghan, D.S.O., O.B.E., E.D., who was a prisoner of war in Changi Camp, will be a guest at the annual Anzac Ball in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Widow Sees Australia the Hard Way
PERTH: Six months ago two young women, one a Canadian war widow, the other from Sydney, started working their way around Australia. They left their jobs in Sydney…
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