Ex-soldier Assvmes Japanese Name
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Frank Loyal Weaver, 22, a former B.C.O.F, soldier, has assumed a Japanese name by deed poll…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
369 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 19
Disagreement Over Size of Soldier Blocks
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Disagreement between the New South Wales Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) and the Federal Minister for Post-war Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) on the size of soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.s. Protest Over Soldiers' Trial
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—The United States Embassy in Prague has sent a note of protest to the Czechoslovak Foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Freight War By Dutch
LONDON, Thursday: Dutch shipping lines have opened a freight war against British and Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Heroine to Contest Barton Seat for Liberal
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mrs. Nancy Wake was tonight selected as the Liberal Party candidate to contest the Barton seat at the next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oldest Living Soldier of the Irish Guards
The oldest living soldier of the Irish Guards, Sergeant George Cornelius Murphy, D.C.M., M.S.M., aged 81, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →America Blamed For "Cold War"
LONDON, Friday (AAP).—blaming the United States for the "Cold War," Czechoslovakia's Foreign Minister (M. Vladimir Clementis) said in Prague that the fateful question "Will there be a third world…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Widows, Children off to Picnic
Over 220 war widows and their children were entertained by Lismore Legacy Club at its annual picnic in perfect…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Rabbits to Aid Production
LONDON, Sunday: The British Government committee of experts on productivity wants the Government to declare war on rabbits…
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WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP).—Mr. Paul Hoffman, Economic Co-operation Administrator, in a report presented to the Senate yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Condemned Soldier To be Released
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—The War Office has announced His Majesty has withheld confirmation of the death sentence on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.z. Returned Men for Anzac March
WELLINGTON, Monday: Fifty members of the New Zealand Returned Services' Association will leave Auckland by the Wanganella…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flowers For Nimbin Anzac Services
The President of Nimbin R.S.L. Women's Auxiliary (Mrs. S. K. Upton) has requested that flowers for wreaths for the Anzac Services…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Widows Urge Pension Rise
A formal application through Legacy and the local Federal representative will made for an increase in war widows' pensions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tweed Soldiers' Club to Open
MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. —By the end of next month the Tweed district servicemen's memorial clubroom will be opened…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →R.S.L. Proposal On Anzac Day Collections
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Returned soldier organisations had submitted a proposal that legislation be introduced providing that a fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Guerilla War in Greece Flares Up
ATHENS, Tuesday (AAP).—Fighting between Greek troops and guerillas south-west of Mount Grammes is continuing with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Atom Bomb, Only One of Future War's Weapons
ATLANTA (Georgia), Tuesday (AAP).—General Jacot L. Devers, American Chief of Army's field forces, said today that the atom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Estates for Soldier Settlers
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The N.S.W. Legislative Assembly to-night carried a motion for the resumption of the following estates:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →400 Ex-pupils of Kyogle School in Last War
A total number of 408 ex-pupils of Kyogle Central School served in the 1939-45 war. This was disclosed at the meeting of…
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