Soldier, Civilian Brawl on Train
SYDNEY, Sunday.—More than 100 people watched a soldier and a civilian brawl on Granville railway station last night…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 47
Japanese Sought Death: War Shattered Dreams
TOKYO, October 13. - An elderly Japanese committed harakiri on the Imperial Plaza immediately fronting Emperor Hirohito's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Served From Afghan War To Gallipoli
General Sir Ian Hamilton, who died in London at the age of 94, was an example of the old-time British soldier whose lives, written romantically…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. War Entry Was Mistake, Some Thought "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—Twenty-four per cent of people questioned in a Gallup poll thought it was mistake for the United States to enter the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →See Ex-soldiers On Memorial Foyer
The ideas of all returned soldiers' organisations would be sought in planning the memorial foyer of the Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Customs Give Soldiers' Calico Bags Rigorous Examination
SYDNEY: Twelve Australian soldiers from the Occupation Force in Japan arrived today by the Wahine. The Australians, who were on their way home by the Kanimbla for discharge after 20 months in Japan, missed their ship at Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Churchill On War Danger: Reds' Abuse Is Analysed
NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.): Violent abuse by the Soviet Government and its adherents of all existing forms of civilisation did not necessarily mean war, but he could not exclude that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing Soldier Left Name Of Mayfield Girl
Four or five years ago, when a group of American servicemen were visiting a Mayfield home, one of them asked one of the daughters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Councillors Were Divided On Soldiers' Appeals
Councillors of Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday were divided in their support for two servicemen's appeals—The Totally Disabled Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1000 Ex-Soldiers Train For Jobs
A record number of ex-servicemen are doing full-time trade training in Newcastle under the postwar reconstruction scheme. The figure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germans' War Debts Protest
BERLIN, Fri. (A.A.P.): The advisory council of German officials, which assists the administration in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sees Atom Gas As War Horror
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. A.A.P.—Radioactive gas attacks on cities in the event of war are a definite possibility, according to an Army research report released last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More War Plants for Private Enterprise
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Cabinet Sub-committee on Secondary industries had decided to make available for private enterprise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Soviet Not Capable Of Waging War"
LONDON, Oct. 19. A.A.P.—Professor Harold Laski, former Chairman of the British Labour Party, told a meeting he had talked with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Between Russia And U.S. Inevitable, Says U.S. Politician
WASHINGTON, Sun. (A.A.P.).—Back from a tour of 16 European and Mid-East countries, Representative Gordon Canefield…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Believe U.s.-soviet War Inevitable
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. A.A.P.— Returning from a tour of 16 countries of Europe and the Middle East, Mr. Gordon Canfield, Republican member…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Committee's Final Welcome Home
Lambton Welfare and Welcome Home Home Committee has decided to hold its final welcome home function in the Lambton Recreation Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Discuss Ex-Soldiers in Meat Industry
The Secretary of Newcastle branch of the Meat Employees' Union (Mr. J. Larkin) will attend a meeting of the Commonwealth Rehabilitation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Want Ambulance Job for Ex-soldier
Newcastle R.S.L. District Council will refer to the State branch the case of an ex-serviceman who, it was stated at a meeting last night, had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Widow Drowned; Son Rescued
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A young war widow drowned herself, and tried to drown her six-year-old son in Lane Cove River to-day…
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