Dutch Lose More Men in Truce Than War
BATAVIA, August 24.—Netherlands casualties for the three weeks of the "cease fire" now exceed the total killed and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 47
Pacific War Scars Are Healed Now
From the air Tulagi Harbor, in the British Solomons, looked like any other luxuriant South Sea island, and when the flying-boat descended the serenity of the blue coral waters might easily have been disturbed for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pigeons Searched In Anti-Smuggling "War" "Herald" Service
LONDON, August 25.—Customs officials at the east coast port of Harwick to-day searched 2000 pigeons for contra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court-Martial Acquits Soldier On Two Charges
Private Gordon. Stewart Smithers was acquitted b: a District Courtmartial of having, at Greta, an or about July 21, sold an Army rifle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tend Soldiers' Graves in Burma
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Acting Federal President of the Returned Servicemen's League (Mr. Holland) said to-night that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Preference on Vehicles
The Hunter District Water Board decided yesterday that when inviting tenders for the purchase of any of its motor vehicles, a clause be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France to Continue Indo-china War
PARIS, Thursday.—The Minister (for Information (M. Bourdan) said yesterday that the Indo-China war would continue "until more favorable…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Scientist Slates Research on New War Weapons
LONDON, Thursday: The "perversion of science" involved in the perfection of new methods of destroying life was attacked last night by Sir Henry Dale. Sir Henry made the attack in his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ex-soldier Praises Dudley Home
Sir,—Having been sent here from Sydney suffering from war neurosis three weeks ago, I can realise now how necessary such institutions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eight Million Involved In Punjab War; Deaths Mount
NEW DELHI, Friday: Eight million people are involved in the Punjab civil war, says a B.B.C. correspondent who has toured the area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Make War by Japan Impossible; Plan at Talks
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Prohibition of any armament of aircraft manufacture by Japan, complex demilitarisation, and control of Japan by a non-military Japanese police force will be pressed by British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York Turned Upside Down As War Veterans Mark Whoopee
NEW YORK, Thursday: This whole city is rocking under the impact of thousands of veterans of both wars who have gathered from all over the country for the American Legion's annual convention…
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The Victoria League wants all organiations which contributed to the War Workers' Register to send the blocks of their badges to Davies and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Truman Sees War Danger: Call For Faith Renewal
LONDON, Aug. 29. A.A.P.—War remained "a dread possibility," president Truman said in a message to the American Legion,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Empire Against Harsh Peace for Japan Using Lessons Of First World War
CANBERRA, Friday.âThe British Commonwealth conference the Japanese peace agreed to-day the Empire countries should not press for a harsh peace at the final settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civil War Spreads to India's N.W. FRONTIER "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
NEW DELHI, Aug. 29.—As the leaders of India and Pakistan gathered in Lahore to-day to discuss methods to end the civil war in the Punjab, it was announced that the rioting and communal strife had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Partition Would Mean War" Arabs Reject Plan For Palestine
LONDON, Aug. 31. A.A.P.—"The partition of Palestine would plunge the Middle East into a state of war," said the Director-General of the Arab Office in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riots May Lead to War in India "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
LAHORE, Sept. 2.—So great is the tension arising from the bloodshed in the Punjab that there is open talk of the possibility of war between the two dominions, Pakistan and India, reports the London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Single Unit Farms For Ex-Soldiers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A bill dealing with single unit farms for soldier settlement will be brought down this session by the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bomb Was Posted To War Office
LONDON, Thursday: A packet which exploded when dropped into a sorting basket at a south west London…
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