Battalion Gets Anzac Cup
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 4
Sergeant F. Glynn-Armstrong, of "Newcastle's Own" 2nd Battalion, inspects the Anzac Cup presented to the battalion at a ceremonial parade. District millitia units competed for the cup on Anzac Day. It was presented by City of Newcastle…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 3
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Since July, 1946, Australia had benefited by £750,000 in German war reparations, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bolivia on Brink of Civil War
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 3
LA PAZ, June 2. A.A.P.—Bolivia stood to-day on the brink of civil war as striking tinminers, armed with machine-guns and dynamite, fought pitched battles with troops at mines thousands of feet up in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reds Don't Want War "At Present"
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1
NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—Lieut.-General Walter Bedell Smith, former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow, said today that he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£215,000,000 In Building In N.S.W. Since End Of War
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 3
SYDNEY: Since the end of the war, £215,000,000 worth of new building has been commenced in N.S.W., of which £85,000,000 worth has been completed. This was revealed today by the official statistician (Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Soldier Seeks Friend
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 7
Mr. J. (Jock) Myles, a former corporal in the "Tug and Glider Flight," R.A.F., Cosford. England, and now living at 35…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.K. Minister On Civil War Risk
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 6
LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).—A Tory majority at the next general election would close the road to democratic government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Training Plan Extended
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 2
MELBOURNE: War widows and war disabled persons are expected to be given another 12 months in which to apply…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Widows Petition For £6/5/- Pension
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 5
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Federal conference of the War Widows' Guild will present the Federal Government with a petition, signed by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-soldier's Appeal Upheld
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 5
SYDNEY, Monday.—An appeal by Richard Horace Langford of Queens-street, Woolahra, against conviction and fine of £20 at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Ex-soldiers to Sail in August
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1
CANBERRA, Monday.—British ex-servicemen migrants will sail from London in the Mooltan on August 24. They are the first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russian Knifes American Soldier In Berlin Brawl
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1
BERLIN, Tues. (A.A.P.): In a bloody brawl on Sunday, a Russian civilian stabbed an American soldier four times. A German mob then turned on the Russian and killed him…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Morality Clause On Pensions For War Widows
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 3
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—War widows ceased to be officially recognised as such if they infringed certain moral and ethical aspects of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'HOT War' Risk Seen By Montagomery
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 9
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): The "religion" of Communism was an enemy threatening the preservation of the Western way of life, Lord Montgomery told Youth Service volunteers at a concordia dinner…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Brides Happy Now In America
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY: Few romances between Australian girls and American ex-servicemen were now being broken by divorce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Rules Uranium Not War Material
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3
FRANKFURT, June 8. A.A.P.—A United States Military Government Court ruled to-day that uranium, in its natural state, is not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riot Threat In Ruhr At War Plant Removal
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 6
DUSSELDORF, Thurs. (A.A.P.): A nearriot situation is developing in the Ruhr through German anger at the removal of potential war plants as Allied reparations. The Riot Act will be read…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parade Ground Search For 11 War Veterans
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 5
A former British Army captain, who migrated to Australia in February, is trying to locate, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →America To Pay Dividends On War Insurance
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1
NEW YORK, June 9. A.A.P.—The Administration is preparing to inject into the economy £625,000,000 in dividends on ex-servicemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queer Marriage Offers Made To War Widows' Guild
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3
SYDNEY: The War Widows' Guild could set up as a marriage bureau, said the President (Mrs. G. Vasey), when delegates from all States attended an informal get-together at the Hotel Australia. "One of our correspondents—…
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