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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

6,874 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Call to Employers to Put Soldiers in Jobs

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

An appeal to all employers for full co-operation with the department in placing ex-servicemen in jobs will be launched soon by Manpower. Announcing this today the…

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Bewildered soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 8

SIR,--Close observation of returned, soldiers in the streets reveals in many of them a look of worry and distress…

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Soldier Fined Over Pistol

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 13

Frederick Thomas Sykes, A.I.F., was fined £20 at Central Court today for having an unlicensed pistol in his possession…

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U.S.A. Headquarters Picketed Soldiers Demand To Go Home Unrest Grows in Philippines

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 6

MANILA, Tuesday.--Carrying banners inscribed, "We want to go home," American soldiers yesterday picketed the headquarters of the Commander in the Western Pacific…

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Soldier Fined Over Pistol

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 13

Frederick Thomas Sykes, A.I.F., was fined £20 at Central Court today for having an unlicensed pistol in his possession…

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Soldier Fined Over Pistol

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 13

Frederick Thomas Sykes, A.I.F., was fined £20 at Cental Court today for having an unlicensed pistol in his possession…

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Soldier Fined Over Pistol

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 7

Frederick Thomas Sykes, A.I.F., was fined £20 at Central Court today for having an unlicensed pistol in his possession…

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Welcome Home Dance Guildford Comforts Fund

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

Despite electricity rationing, Guildford Comforts Fund held their usual monthly welcome home dance on Saturday night, December 15. Emergency lighting having…

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Australian War Graves

Construction · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

Australian War Cemeteries have been established as follows: Middle East: El Alamein, Halfaya, Salum, Tobruck, Acroma, Benghazi, Tripoli, Sicily, Italy…

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War bride replies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 10

SIR,--I cannot but admire John Carpenter's letter about war brides in the Telegraph on Monday…

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Arms Back From War

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 15

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Millions of pounds' worth of weapons are pouring back to Australia from former overseas…

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Method of War Trials

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (A.A.P.) —The Solicitor-General, Mr. J. H. McGrath, asked the United States Supreme Court to refuse to review…

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The Post-war Laundry

Construction · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 7

Much concentrated thought has been focussed on the design of the post-War kitchen and the domestic laundry is now due to receive a corresponding degree of attention. The electrical washing…

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Post-War Jobs For Pathfinders

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 5

LONDON.--It was announced recently that to date The Pathfinder Association Ltd., of which many R.A.A.F. and R.N.Z.A.F. men…

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Post-War Jobs For Pathfinders

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 5

LONDON.--It was announced recently that to date The Pathfinder Association Ltd., of which many R.A.A.F. and R.N.Z.A.F. men…

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Strange Dunkirk Story Corporal Charged With Murder "Mercy" Injection for Wounded Officer

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 5

A strange story, containing all the elements of a fictitious mystery yarn, was told in Birmingham Magistrates' Court…

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War Service Homes Special Priority Announced

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

Applicants for war service homes who are prepared to build their own homes will be given special priority, the…

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War Service Homes. Applicants May Build Their Own

Construction · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

The Commonwealth Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Lazzarini, said on January 3rd. that to accelerate the production of war service homes it had been decided to undertake a special…

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New Forms of Frightfulness Preparing for a "Germ" War

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 9

Wartime research into bacteriological warfare in Britain uncovered some important and startling information…

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Was A Censor In West Indies During the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 6

Four years' work as a censor in Bermuda. Trinidad. Barbados. Granada. Tobago, and St. Vincent is a part of the varied experience…

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