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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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War Agricultural Committees to Cease Operations

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

District War Agricultural Committees should generally cease operations not later than March 31, 1946, said the Minister for Commerce and…

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Sir William Webb Head of War Crimes Tribunal

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 1

TOKIO, Tuesday: The Australian, Sir William Webb, has been appointed president of the International War Crimes Tribunal…

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Release of War Tools R.S.L. Complaint

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Thousands of returned men were unable to do anything about their rehabilitation because the Commonwealth…

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Eloquent Address By Attorney General At Civic Reception War Against Monopolies; Important Reforms Promised

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 1

In one of the most eloquent and dynamic addresses ever heard from a public platform in Leeton, the Attorney General of New South Wales, the Hon. C. E. Martin, M.L.A., in responding to a civic welcome at the Court House on Friday afternoon, outlined a number of…

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"She's a Soldier Too"

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

Headed by Beulah Bondi, Nina Foch, Percy Kilbride, Jess Barker and Lloyd Bridges. "She's A Soldier Too" will be the second special attraction…

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Wife and Soldier Shot in Sydney Husband Suicides

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 4

Theatre-goers frantically miled their way out of the area when an ex-serviceman shot his wife and a soldier in Martin Place, Sydney, on Saturday…

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Settling Soldiers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

There is a good deal of criticism of the authorities over the delays in settling on the soil the returned men who want to go in far primary…

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How Returned Soldier Lost Flat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 4

WOLLONGONO, Monday: A man who claimed priority to a flat as a returned soldier wag beaten for possession by a magistrate it…

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Nazi War Horrors Screened Nuremberg Trials

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Tuesday (A.A.P.): The court room of the international Tribunal was darkened yesterday while photographs and snapshots…

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War Memorial

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 2

Donations to Hillston and District Memorial Association:— £50—Hillston Sub-Branch Returned Soldiers' League…

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British War Brides

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 2

It is likely that the Commonwealth will ask the British Government to tend out the remaining British brides on one of the two…

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War Agricultural Committees to Cease Operations

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 1

District War Agricultural Committee should generally cease operations not later than March 81, 1946 said the Minister or Commerce and…

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Influence of the War Amateurs and Pros on Same Level

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: "The first post-war season at Lords will [?] marked by the long-awaited reform in the treatment of amateurs and…

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"Welcome Home" to Stony Point Soldiers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 1

A VERY large company gathered is the school on January 25th, when a welcome home social was tendered to about 30…

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Wagga Life Saving Club Welcomes Returned Men

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

The Wagga Beach Life Saving Club on Wednesday night tendered a welcome home smoke social to about 40 ex-servicemen who were…

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Land Settlement Scheme For Servicemen Mr. Enticknap Addresses Returned Men

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 1

THE heavy rain on Sunday evening did not stop between 30 and 40 ex-servicemen from attending the meeting held in the Cabaret Hall, to hear Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A., lecture on land settlement proposals…

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War Guilt Court Former Finland Officials Sentenced

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: "The former president of Finland, Rytl was sentenced to ten years" hard labor, and the former Prime Minister. Rangell,…

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Mirrool House, Griffith Purchased for Soldiers' Club

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 1

THE well known accommodation house in Griffith, known as Mirrool House, has been sold to the Griffith Ex-servicemen's Club…

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Increase in Meat Prices "War Against Black Markets"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: The war against black marketing in the meat industry was on, declared the Commonwealth Prices…

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Correspondence Anti-fascist War (To the Editor, "The Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 2

Sir. As one who has followed with more than cursory interest the efforts of Australian Communists to…

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