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UNDER the Prisoners of War Convention, prisoners are not entitled to be repatriated at the conclusion of hostilities, but this can take effect after the conclusion of peace, according to the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde). GERMAN and Italian prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →CANBERRA, Saturday.—General Douglas MacArthur will give the "cease fire" order to Australian forces serving in the South-West Pacific Theatre when peace is declared, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Brigades from nine stations subdued a fire which broke out in the bulk store of Dangar. Gedye and Malloch, Harris Street, Pyrmont, early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).-- One person was killed and others wounded in Salonika (northern Greece) today when police fired…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This group of merrymakers clambered over a fire-engine which was called to deal with outbreaks in Martin Place last night, when wild elements of the crowd set fire to two flower-stalls…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hoodlums imperilled Sydney with fire during last night's premature peace celebrations which culminated in some of the most disgraceful scenes of mob hysteria and wanton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Because of the risk of fire, the Maritime Services Board points out that the Port of Sydney regulations prohibit the firing of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Bartholomew Gay Ellis (53) is dead, and Mrs. Iris Hamilton (38) and Sgt. Arthur Bulhrbok, A.I.F., are both in a critical condition as a result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New YORK, Tuesday.-- Thirteen persons were burned to death or fatally injured by a fire and explosion which destroyed the Export Box and Seal Company's Detroit plant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BRISBANE, Tuesday. --After stabbing a soldier and trying to incinerate a woman in bed, a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Baulkham Hills Council last week decided to ask the Public Works Department again that air-raid sirens in the shire be handed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GUAM, Tuesday.--The repatriation of Allied war prisoners in Japan will begin the moment the fire order is given. Experience in the Philippines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was announced in a dramatic midnight broadcast from London by British Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) and heard in Sydney today at 9.a.m. The Emperor of Japan has also undertaken to give the necessary orders for surrender of Japanese armed forces wherever they may be. The Emperor will broadcast to his people today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Commonwealth Disposals Board told Baulkham Hills' Council last week that only ¾ inch hose was available for purchase and supply to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THEY told me I was wasting my time. I was looking for a good speaker for our election campaign, and when I heard of old Tom Reed, I picked on him. But they told me he wouldn't do it, that he was burnt out and bitter. THEY told me more than that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (A.A.P.). —Emperor Hirohito issued two orders to-day, according to Tokyo Radio One instructed all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nearly 300 arrests were made—more than on any day since the war began. The charges ranged from assault to petty vandalism and drunkenness. The Provost Corps had one of the busiest days in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Thursday. -- More, than 24 hours after the Allies had received Japan's surrender, Tokio radio announced today that Emperor Hirohito had ordered all Japanese armed forces to cease fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Army supply store, formerly the Roxy Theatre, Mount Street, North Sydney, was badly damaged by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FIRE which broke out in the cabin of a ship at a Sydney wharf today is believed to have been started by oxy-welders working on a deck…
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