Composer Got Nothing For War Song "Herald" London Service
Because he did not copyright a song "knocked off on the spur of the moment" to entertain troops in World War I., Mr. E. C. H…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1949
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Boer War Veterans Entertained
More than 20 Boer War veterans from Newcastle and district were entertained, by the Naval, Military and Veterans' Association…
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LAUNCESTON.—Seventy-two-year-old shearer D. J. Murray, who is a Boer War veteran and who has ben…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Czech Bishops Warn On "Holy War"
PRAGUE, Dec. 4. A.A.P.—The [?]ech Government alone would be [?] blame if a holy war broke out [?] a result of attempts to enforce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister Says War Criminals' Trials Will Not Be Abandoned
ADELAIDE: The Commonwealth Government had never contemplated abandoning outstanding trials of Japanese war criminals, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) said at Whyalla,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Service Issue on Manslaughter
SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Justice Maxwell, in the Central Criminal Court to-day, deferred till to-morrow sentence on a 77-year-old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unions Query War Trials Hold-up
Newcastle Trades Hall Council yesterday telegraphed Mr. Chifley, asking him "to inquire into the delay in bringing alleged Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven Women Decorated For War Duty
SYDNEY: Seven women received awards (won during the war) at an investiture at Government House…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four U.K. Soldiers Killed
SINGAPORE, Dec. 5. A.A.P. Reuter.—Four privates of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry were [?]lled when Communist terrorists…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Record Won Release On Bond
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Edward William Franklin, 71, a seaman, was bound over in the Central Criminal Court by Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wounded French Seaman
Alleged to have been stabbed while aboard the ship, Marias Susini, 22, a member of the crew of the Ville d'Amiens, was taken to Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Memorial Appeal At Cessnock Closed
At a special meeting last night the Cessnock War Memorial Appeal committee wound up its activities and decided to hand over its funds to the trustees of the Cessnock War Memorial Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Red S[?]ies Tried To Steal U.S. Atomic Secrets During The War
WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Lieut-General Leslie Groves said that Russian spies tried to steal American atomic secrets during the war. A month after he took over the atom bomb project in 1942 he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Red Cross Rules Of War
GENEVA, Fri. (A.A.P.) -Twenty-nine more nations, including Britain and the U.S.A. signed new Red Cross "rules…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Union Protest on War Trial Delay
Newcastle Trades Hall Council decided last night to protest to the Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) against "the delay in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Orphan Gets Name And Country
Six-year-old Itzhok Schaver now his a name, a birth date, a country, a home and parents. Last year Itzhok was just another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Sign "War Rules" Treaty
GENEVA, Dec. 9. A.A.P.—Twenty-nine more nations, including Britain and the United States. yesterday signed the new Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Statue "Too Nude" For War Memorial
THE HAGUE, Sal. (O.S.R.): Statue of a nude woman heavily draped in canvas stands in Juliana Park, Schiedam, and around the pedestal stands a police guard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Cricketers Face First Defeat Since War
JOHANNESBURG, Mon. (From R. S. Whitington and A.A.P.): Australia is in danger of its first cricket defeat since the war in the match against Transvaal…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Britain Won't Sign Away War 'Right'
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).—Britain would not surrender the right to declare war to any other Power or body, the…
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