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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Shire Fined for Dismissing Ex-soldier

Tweed Daily · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

Convicted in the Special Court in Sydney on a charge of having dismissed a returned soldier, without reasonable cause, the…

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Possum Creek Welcome Home

Northern Star · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 2

A welcome home was tendered Cpl. H. W. Thomas, R.A.A.F., and Pte. Ron Baker, A.I.F., at Possum Creek. There was a record…

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Welcome Home at Cudgen

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 2

Cudgen Memorial Hall , was packed to the doors for its Second welcome home to returned servicemen on Friday night last…

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Names Wanted for Welcome Home

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 2

At a meeting of Murwillumbah branch of the Welfare Association held last night it was decided that friends and…

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Returned Men As Lib. Candidates

Northern Star · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Nominations of Liberal candidates for the forthcoming Federal elections have been received for the majority…

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Next Welcome Home: Decision on

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

Certificates for presentation to district servicemen at the next welcome home social are expected in Kyogle today, and in consequence a…

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11,000 War Criminals Listed

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: The 26th list of war criminals was issued after a meeting of the United Nations War Crimes…

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£1M a Week Sales of War Goods

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Average weekly sales of the Disposals commission were £1million, the general manager, Mr G. A. Davis…

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Jap Rules for Treatment of War Prisoners

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 6

SINGAPORE, Thursday: The principles laid down by the Japanese High Command for the treatment of prisoners were…

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Hunt for Escaped Soldiers

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: Armored cars and armed military and civilian police in pairs last night searched southern England for…

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Work for Soldiers

Northern Star · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 3

Sir,—"Resident," of Alstonville, agrees with my contention that insufficient effort is being made towards the immediate…

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Letters to the Editor Homes for Soldiers

Northern Star · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 3

Sir,—I would like to know what is being done to house returned men. I fail to see any sense in having hundreds homeless while…

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£225 For Mullumbimby Welcome Home Fund

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 2

Acting on advice received from headquarters that the NSW Division of the ACP would cease functioning in March…

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Onus on People for Success of Welcome Home

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 2

"The onus of success of the welcome home to the boys on March 28 will rest on the people," said the chairman of…

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When Does the War End ?

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 2

THE National Security Act, under which war-time regulations were made, provides that shall, hot continue in…

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Welcome Home at The Risk

Northern Star · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 2

Mrs. Robert Anderson (nee Miss Elaine Wilson) was the guest-ofhonour at a kitchen tea held in The Risk hall. The large…

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Honours Of War

Northern Star · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 2

Like a little poppy bud, with silken hair, Yet half-revealed his loveliness, My baby came…

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FRANCO — Spanish Traffic at Standstill U.S. Fears Of War Increasing

Northern Star · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (AAP). — Commercial traffic between Spain and France has comp Setesy stopped and no ships bound for France are allowed to leave Spanish ports, says Reuter's correspondent from Madrid…

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Nimbin R.S.L. Anzac Day Arrangments

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 7

The general meeting of Nimbin R.S.L. sub-branch was held in the Diggers' Club Room. The President (Mr. A. G. McDougall) occupied the…

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War with Russia Not Inevitable

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday (AAP).— The former United States Ambassador to Moscow (Mr. Harriman) told Quentin Reynolds in a…

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