Move To Alter Venue Of Anzac Service
A suggestion from Newcastle Council of Ex-service Organisations that, because the march to King Edward Park might be too severe…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
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Newcastle RSL Council Against Anzac Service Alteration
Newcastle District Council of R.S.L. Sub Branches last night decided not to cooperate in the suggestion made by the Council of Ex-Servicemen's organisations that the Anzac Service be held in Civic Park instead of King Edward Park…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Second Cargo of Kyanite Ore Since War
The Valhall, now in Newcastle, is discharging the second cargo of kyanite ore to be received here since the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Anzac Service
The venue of the Anzac Day service is a matter primarily for returned men, but they should think twice before accepting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civil War In Java Forecast
DJAKARTA, Friday, (A.A.P.-Reuter): Large-scale fighting in west Java was predicted yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letter Box Soldiers' Subsistence
A letter under the caption "Sustenance Claim" is misleading. We ex-P.O.W. do not ask for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Won't Discuss War Prisoners
Russian Lieut-General Kuzma Derevyanko returns the salute of a military policeman as he walks out of the Four-Power Allied Council in Tokyo this month after he refused to take part in a discussion involving the disposition of 376,000 Japanese prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£20 Million Paid to War Pensioners
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Cooper) announced that Australia in 1949 paid £20 million to war…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Vast U.S. War Stocks Stolen In Philippines
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. A.A.P.—More than 2000 million dollars worth of equipment originally stockpiled in the Philippines for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Delay On War Crimes
TOKYO, Jan. 29. A.A.P.-Reuter.—While Australian war crimes representatives fume, the Japanese Government so far has taken no action to obey General MacArthur's 48-hour-old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britons' Doubts On "Who Won War"
LONDON, Jan. 29. A.A.P.—The British people had an excuse for doubt about who "really did win the war," Lord Balfour of Inchrye…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Crimes Prosecutions Australia Not Supported
TOKYO, Jan. 30. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Australia's determination to prosecute all Japanese war criminals is not shared by the other Allies. Last July the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unusual War Record Claimed By Prisoner
A 25-year-old man who was remanded for sentence on 11 stealing charges at Newcastle Quarter Sessions today had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Pensions 15 p.c. Rise; R.S.L. Forecast
An overall increase of 15 per cent. in war pensions was expected to be granted by July 1, the State Pensions Officer of the R.S.L. (Mr. W. Newington) said in Newcastle today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move To Divide Anzac Day Collections
Notice of motion that 75 per cent. of the Anzac Day collection be donated to the Lake Macquarie Memorial Home Appeal will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.S.L. Expects War Pension Rise, July 1
An increase of 15 per cent. in war and war-widows' pensions was expected by July 1, said the State Pensions Officer of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Withered Wreaths On War Cross
Waratah-Mayfield R.S.L. last night decided to ask the Crematorium authorities to place wreaths from funerals of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →H-Bomb Race "Will Result In War"
WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): In the Senate today Senator Brien McMahon urged that Russia be challenged to permit a meeting in Moscow of the United Nations to discuss an atomic peace. He said that an arms race…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Home From Russia
A sick Japanese soldier lies on a stretcher and is greeted by a tearful wife, who sees him for the first time in many years. The soldier was one of 2500 repatriated from Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ex-Soldier Confesses; Shoots Himself
DANVILLE (Virginia), Feb.2 A.A.P.—A former serviceman pinned under a wrecked car shot himself after having confessed…
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