Five-year Series to Replace War Certificates
MELBOURNE, Friday.— Seven-year savings certificates, first placed on sale in March, 1940, were withdrawn yesterday and will be replaced…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 47
War Trials Seen As Deterrent To Aggression
NUREMBERG, Feb. 28, A.A.P.—Professor Albert Speer, Nazi fortifications expert, in evidence given in closed session, and read to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welcome Home for Ex Servicemen From Lysaght's
On Saturday night at the City Hall the management of Lysaght's Ltd. held a welcome-home and dance in honor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Memorials
Sir.—The Cultural Centre uses the words War Memorial. Are those words used out of genuine respect for ex-servicemen or put in to make…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Churches Want German War Prisoners Freed
FRANKFURT, March 2. A.A.P.—British delegates' representing the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Free Churches, who visited the British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japs Show No Sign of War Guilt
In this article, the first of two, Brigadier A. S. Blackburn, V.C., President of the R.S.L., discusses Japanese reaction to the War Crimes Trial now in progress in Tokio. Brigadier Blackburn commanded "Blackforce" in Java…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →22 Die in Palestine Attacks; War, Say Terrorists
JERUSALEM, March 2. A.A.P.— Twenty-two persons were killed and 33 others injured in a series of attacks by Jewish terrorists at widely scattered points on an 80-mile front. Sixteen were killed when a club for British officers was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Chifley Defends Anzac Night Quiz
CANBERRA, Monday.—The holding of the final of the loan quiz competition on Anzac Night was not in contravention of the spirit of the day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Witness Thought Wounded Man Was Drunk: King's Cross Case
SYDNEY: When a man staggered into Barcom Avenue and fell in the gutter on the night of February 17, a witness at the City Coroner's Court toddy said he thought he was drunk. He later found the man had been shot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet Repatriates Japanese War Prisoners
LONDON, March 3. A.A.P.—Mos[?]ow Radio states that Russia, since December, has repatriated from Rusin 145,000 Japanese Prisoners of war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-Soldier Died of Leukaemia
SYDNEY, Monday.—Radio active phosphorus brought from the United States by air last week could not prevent the death from leukaemia,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Advance More For Ex Soldier Homes
SYDNEY, Monday.— When the Soldier Settlement Bill is again before the Legislative Assembly the Minister for Lands (Mr. Dunn) will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-Soldiers Fail in Claims on Gosford Shire
SYDNEY, Monday. — Two local government officials, both returned servicemen, failed in the Special Federal Court to-day in claims for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →May Enforce Resumptions For Ex-Soldiers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Legislative Assembly adopted to-day the motion of the Minister for Lands (Mr. Dunn) to resume seven estates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Welcome Home
The Lambton Welfare and Wel-come Home Committee will hold their next welcome in the Recreation Hall on Sunday at 6.15 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stockton Anzac Day Plans
Stockton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will hold its usual Anzac Day commemorations this year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →English Soldier Seeks Friend
Newcastle Red Cross has received a letter from Mr. J. Reid, of Hampshire, England, a former prisoner-of-war in Germany. Mr. Reid wants to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →May Appoint War Homes Officer
The War Service Homes Commission was considering the appointment of a permanent officer in Newcastle, said the Deputy Commissioner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stockton R.S.L. on War Neurosis
The President of Stockton Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. J. McCracken) said the Federal Government should provide treatment for war neurosis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Certified Insane For Treatment Of War Neurosis
Ex-servicemen suffering from war neurosis in the Newcastle district had to be certified for an insane asylum before they could receive…
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