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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Disabled Soldiers Celebrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 1

At the Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Soldiers' annual dinner yesterday were (left to right) the President (Mr. H. H. Winley), the Secretary (Mr. J. L. Lewis) and Treasurer (Mr. D. McGallan)…

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U.K. Attitude On Pensions For Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 2

The British Government was anxious that every war-disabled United Kingdom ex-serviceman living in Australia should receive the…

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Soldier Ordered To Have Hair Cut

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 23

LONDON: The magistrates at Ascot (Berks) recently ordered a soldier to have his hair cut…

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82 Die In Bogota Bandit War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 8

BOGOTA, Dec. 15. A.A.P.—A Government communique said 82 persons were killed when the town of Cocuy, in Boyaca State,…

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Film Czar's Daughter Wounded By Police "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Dionysia Skouras, 23, daughter of the film czar Spiros Skouras, Chairman of 20th Century Fox, was…

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Establish Law Or Another War

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Sat. (A.A.P.)—The nations must establish international law or drift into another war, which would mean…

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Reds See Britain As U.S. War Base

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.).—The British Communist Party declared in a policy statement yesterday that "American…

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Disabled Soldiers' Annual Luncheon

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 December 1949 · page 2

There was a large attendance of members of the Newcastle and Northern District Sub-branch of the Totally Disabled…

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Disabled Soldiers Need Rest Room

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 2

There was a great need for a rest room in Newcastle for disabled soldiers, the President of the Totally and Permanently Disabled…

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Challenge To War Service Land Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In a majority decision to-day, the High Court over-ruled a demurrer by the Commonwealth and New South Wales…

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Best "Merry Christmas" For Europe Since War

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.): The Christmas news stories this year are telling of the human side of things—of the unusual, happy or poignant ways in which people the world over will…

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Reds Promise Information On Fate Of Jap War Prisoners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 2

TOKIO, Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter): The Russians have promised to attempt to supply information regarding the fate of Japanese war prisoners in Siberia and Manchuria. This promise was the result…

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Soldiers' Point Wedding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 5

Miss June Brown, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Brown, and Mr. W. Blanch, were married by Rev. B. E. Geary in the…

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Welcome Home For Tom Kayser

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 December 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Communists gave a welcome home demonstration to Tom Kayser, former member of the C.S.I.R.O. of the…

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Indian, Pakistan Economic War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 3

NEW DELHI, Wed. (A.A.P.).—India's week-end decision to suspend ccal shipments to Pakistan in retaliation for…

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Soviet War Trial Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 4

MOSCOW, Wednesday (A.A.P.): "P[?]da." Soviet Communist Party paper has accused the…

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Economic 'War' Between India, Pakistan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Dec. 28. A.A.P.—India's decision to suspend coal supplies to Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistan's failure to deliver raw…

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Aust. War Memorial for U.k

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 6

The Australian Battlefields Memorials Committee is promoting a competition for the design of a war memorial to be erected outside Australia…

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45 War Criminals Freed In Tokyo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 1

TOKYO, Dec. 28. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Forty-five Japanese war criminals were released from Tokyo's Sugamo prison to-day after the Christmas…

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Oil War Risk Seen In U.K's, Dollar Cuts

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 9

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): Britain's recent cut in dollar oil purchases has promoted the view here that it "is a shaping-up for an international oil war, long overdue."…

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