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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Hitch Over Pre-war Milk Delivery

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A pre-war milk delivery system starting date could not yet be fixed, an official of the Health Department said…

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War against Russia Not Inevitable, Says Former US Ambassador

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday: Mr. Harriman, former Ambassador to Moscow, in a broadcast interview with Quenin Reynolds, said he did not consider a war against Russia inevitable, but he emphasised that the future…

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Soldiers' Rest House Building Fund

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 2

Additional subscriptions to the fund being raised to construct a modern Rest House at Rainbow Bay, Coolangatta, under the…

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Letters To The Editor Homes for Soldiers

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 2

Sir,—I also agree with "One of Many's" letter in the "Northern Star" of 1/3/'46. Why build a Town Hall when housing…

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Welcome Home to I.o.o.f. Ex-servicemen

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

"No less than 3000 members of the I.O.O.F. in N.S.W. enlisted in either the A.I.P., R.A.A.F., or the R.A.N.," said Bro. E. Spedding in…

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East Ballina War Service Auxiliary

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

BALLINA, Tuesday.—East Ballina War Service Auxiliary, after six years of patriotic work, will hold its final meeting on March 7…

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Franco Backed Down on Promise to Enter War with Hitler

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: Franco promised Hitler that Spain would enter the war against the Allies, but backed down after protracted negotiations about supplies and assistance…

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17 Killed in Riots at Alexandria Mob Murders Two British Soldiers

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: Riots in Alexandria yesterday caused the deaths of 17 persons, including two British soldiers, who were beaten to death by mob murder. A total of 299 were injured…

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Welcome Home At Woodburn

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 2

A large gathering assembled at the Woodburn Oddtellows' Hall to welcome home another contingent of Woodburn and district…

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War Bride Transport "Disgusting"

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Members of the Husbands of British War Brides Association are disgusted with the response to date to their repeated requests that their wives be brought from England to Australia…

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Move to Stop Rural Workers Enlisting

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 1

GRAFTON, Wednesday.—A ban on the enlistment of rural workers from the North Coast in the Occupation Force to Japan has been…

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Stock Fond Move to Aid Soldier Settlors

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 4

A move for the opening of a stock fund to aid returning servicemen to settle on the land on the Far North Coast was made at yesterday's meeting of Lismore branch of the P.P.U…

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Welcome Home at Old Bonalbo

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 2

A second welcome home to discharged service personnel was held in the Old Bonalbo Memorial Hall. A large attendance was present to…

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Shire War on Weeds

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 2

Tweed Shire Council decided yesterday to employ two men on full time with a truck and power spray for…

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13 Japanese War Criminals Executed

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday: At dawn yesterday 13 Japanese war criminais condemned for foul crimes against Australians were…

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Methodists Honor Former War Prisoner

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 2

A welcome and a farewell were combined in a function held by the Murwillumbah Methodist Community on Tuesday night last…

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£3500 in Ballina District War Memorial Fund

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 4

BALLINA, Thursday. — Ballina and District War Memorial Fund has a credit balance of £3500. This was stated at a meeting of the…

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Cudgen Soldiers' Welfare Club

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 5

There was a poor attendance of the general public at the special meeting called by Cudgen Soldiers' Welfare Club held in Cudgen…

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Soldier on Bond for 12 Months

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 1

Pleading guilty to a charge of offensive behaviour at the Exchange Hotel, Kyogle, on January 29 Thomas Larracy, a returned…

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Heavy Nazi U-boat Losses in War

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Friday (AAP). — Of 1174 U-boats which the Germans commissioned since they began rebuilding the fleet before the war,…

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