Canteens Fund Helps War Widows
It had always been intended that widows and orphans of ex-servicemen should have a very high priority in assistance from the Services…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1949
369 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 15 of 19
War Bomb Near Hospital
All patients, including stretcher cases, were evacuated from University College Hospital, Gower Street, London, because an unexploded 20001b. bomb, found 40 feet away, may have to be blown up. The bomb…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →India To Tackle Food Problem "On War Footing"
NEW DELHI, Sunday (AAP). —Pandit Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, has called on Provincial and State Premiers to tackle India's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Wounded in Shoulder
SYDNEY, Monday.—With a bullet wound through his left shoulder, a 19-year-old youth staggered into a Matraville home to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Danger Receding
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—The Secretary of War (Mr. Shinwell) said today that the international situation was "more promising than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Monash Records for War Memorial
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A collection of records and relics assembled the late General Sir John Monash during his service…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Life for the Blimp Now a Carrier-based Weapon of War
"Sicily's" crew dash out to hold the aircraft to the deck and to secure her. These unwieldy-looking machines are far from obsolete,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers Borrow Swede Warship
STOCKHOLM, Tuesday (AAP).—Two Swedish soldiers were arrested to-day on a charge of having borrowed a warship from Sweden's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Post-War Developments In Fighters
Development of jet propelled planes has progressed further In Britain than in any country. This statement was recently made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lesson of War
"Europe has learnt many lessons as a result of the war and not the least of these is that comradeship on the battlefield between the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Veterans' Home To Admit Ex-service Women
The Board of the N.S.W. War Veterans' Home, pursuing their policy of expansion, announce that they are preparing to extend their Narrabeen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers' Soup Poisoned; Enough To Kill 100
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Soup intended for soldiers at Puckapunyal Camp last week-end, contained sufficient corrosive poison to kill 100…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District News Urbenville P.P.U. SUPPORTS 8,500 lbs. Basis for Soldiers' Farms
Urbenville branch of the Primary Producers' Union will request the central executive of the union to support the reduction in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Give Lead to Halt Red Menace
MULLUMBIMBY, Monday.—The tens of thousands of Australians who fought in two World Wars for the things for which the British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judge Denies Post-War Association With Australia-Soviet House
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Director of Australia-Soviet House (Mr. John Rodgers) was the Communist Party's secret agent, and the House was used for the party's political ends, former leading…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brave Soldier Fancied for Casino Sprint
Mr. Alec Creighton's promising galioper, Brave Soldier, may score another win at Casino Turf Club's meeting on the South Casino course…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£10 Bonus for Soldier Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The 2000 troops who manned open-cut mines during the coal strike each received a bonus of £10 for their 13 days of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truman Declares: Democracies Arming Only to Avert War
WASHINGTON, Monday.—A warning that European economic recovery would lag if "a haunting fear of military aggression is widespread," was given by President Truman in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Wednesday, August 24, Pattern for War In Yugoslavia
AN OMINOUS similarity to pre-war Nazi "grab" methods has marked the bitter Russian recriminations against…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Veterans' Home Appeal Funds Growing Rapidly
The North Coast and Tablelands War Veterans' Home Appeal is approaching the stage when the project can be proceeded with. This was revealed in a report made at the quarterly meeting…
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