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Rev. R. D. McKinnon said yesterday that he always thought of Anzac Day as a day of repentance, and considered that it was a "symbol of the price our young people have paid for the state of affairs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Newcastle Anzac Day was a day of contrasts. The cheers and applause for those who had fought in the Boer War and two World Wars gave way later to silent homage for those…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Tuesday (A.A,P.): Secret indoor naval exercises giving a preview of atom-age…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday.—A former prisoner-of-war. Mr. R. Robson, of Bellevue Hill, won £755 to-night in the "jackpot quiz" broadcast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From a tourist bus on York Drive yesterday, Mrs. I. M. Drake from Auckland, New Zealand, watched the ceremony in King Edward Park and listened in to a broadcast of the service over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BERLIN, April 25. A.A.P.— Five British soldiers are in Russian hands following a skirmish on the zonal border on Friday, according…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While most Newcastle children were hard at their school lessons, Beverley Bennett (5) enjoyed a day at Newcastle Beach. She is from West Tamworth and is spending a holiday in New castle. ANZAC WREATH: The Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mokatam is seen, most distant from the wharf, at Stockton yesterday. An American war prize, she was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GRAFTON, Tuesday.—The Bishop of Grafton (Right Rev. C. E. Storrs) believes the chances of the cold war becoming actual war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, April 26. A.A.P.— The Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) told the House of Commons to-day that Britain's attitude to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TOKIO, Tues. (O.S.R.) : The war cost Japan 1,855,000 lives and 4,245,000 million yen in peacetime wealth. When 7,990,000 wounded casualties are added, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. A.A.P.—Major General Claire Chennault told a Press conference that events in the Far East were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BERLIN, April 26. A.A.P.—The Russians have released one of the five British soldiers seized on Friday along the British-Russian zonal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →JAPANESE watch march. 100,000 Japanese turned out to watch Australian troops marching in Kure on Anzac Day. Once reputed to be the largest arsenal in the world, Kure is now the headquarters of B.C.O.F…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The three main Anzac commemorations in Newcastle—the Dawn Service, the Sandgate War Cemetery ceremony, and the city march…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Five more properties in the eastern States have been included by the Minister for Postwar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League will ask Newcastle sub-branch to alter the route of future Anzac Day marches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Newcastle branch of the Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Soldiers' Association decided yesterday to press for Dudley Red…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HONGKONG, April 29. A.A.P.—Hongkong has been shocked into a feeling of insecurity by events on the Yangtse River. There is no panic, but some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GENEVA, April 29. A.A.P.—At the international conference of 60 nations. Russia declared herself in favour of all nations establishing…
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