Belmont Honour Roll Unveiled
The Honour Roll of Belmont sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League was unveiled in the meeting room at the caretaker's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1949
641 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 33
Two War Criminals Escape From Prison
MUNICH, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Two German war criminals escaped yesterday from Landsberg Prison…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There's Peace As They Revise Rules Of War
GENEVA, May 22. A.A.P.—For the past month 60 nations have been revising the rules for any new war, and not a voice has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Finnish War Leaders Pardoned
HELSINKI, May 23. A.A.P.— Finland's war time Premier (Mr. Vaino Tanner) and the wartime Finance Minister (Mr. Edvin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two German War Criminals Escape
FRANKFURT, May 23. A.A.P. —Two German war criminals escaped from the Landsberg Prison yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain Won't Ban "Hot" War Book
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P. & O.S.R.): No action will be taken in Britain against publication of the grim American war novel, "The Naked and the Dead," by Norman Mailer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eisenhower's War Story Is Huge Task In Television
NEW YORK, Mon. (O.S.R.): Adaption of a book is the newest development in America's television industry. By the use of films many programmes are being offered which would otherwise be beyond the scope…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Admits Canteen Theft
A soldier from the Adamstown canteen, when interviewed in connection with money missing from the canteen, said he had…
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BRISBANE.—A man was shot dead and a woman seriously wounded in a shooting affray at Newmarket (Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Customs Ban On War Novel
CANBERRA.—The Customs Department has banned entry into Australia of the controversial American war novel,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Battle Of Visas In 'Cold War'
LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): Britain is now refusing visas to members of the Soviet Embassy staff…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Board To Report On War Book
CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Agents receiving copies of the United States controversial war novel, "The Naked and the Dead."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Cut In Interest On War Homes
No reduction in the interest rate on War Service homes could be approved at this stage, said the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →R.S.L. Move On War Homes Interest
When Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League was advised last night that the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Women... Advocates Club For Soldiers' Mothers
An 84-year-old woman, whose five sons served in World War I (two were killed, another died of wounds and the other two served again last war), is anxious to form a club in Newcastle for mothers of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Atom Bomb "No Certain War Winner"
NEW YORK, May 29. A.A.P.— Congress is almost hysterical in its approach to the current atomic security investigations and in its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Big Four" Talks May Lead To End Of Cold War
PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.): The French Foreign Minister (M. Schuman) said yesterday that he hoped the present Big Four talks in Paris would prove a milestone on the road to peace…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For Women . . . Woman Writes Of War In Greece
Miss Ida Payzis, of Perkin-street, Newcastle, said yesterday that a book dealing with her experiences in Greece during the war would be published in England this years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dynamite Hurled In Bolivian Civil War
LA PAZ (Bolivia), Tues. (A.A.P.): Strikers hurled dynamite today in a battle with Bolivian troops trying to keep order after the week-end riots in the Andean tin-mine areas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Surplus War Funds Not For Roads
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Surplus war damage funds could not be allocated for road purposes, Mr. Chifley told Mr. D. O. Watkins,…
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