Sad Delays in Soldier Settlement
EX-SERVICEMEN who were planning to acquire land under Government soldier-settlement schemes are having their patience severely tried. In fact, the position that confronts them is really…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
6,874 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250
Soldiers Are Disappointed
STATEMENTS by Federal Ministers indicate that demobilisation is ahead of schedule. Of the thousands of men being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plea For Better Dwellings For Soldier Settlers
UNDER the War Service Land Settlement Bill not more than £750 can be spent on the erection of a dwelling for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Lashed For Delay In Settling Soldiers On The Land
RECENTLY demobilised himself, Mr. W. A. Chaffey, Country Party M.L.A., for Tamworth, during a speech in the Legislative Assembly recently, vigorously criticised the delay in providing land for soldier settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers Condemn ALP-BHP Link
Why did the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, with a big Labor majority and the backing of the entire trade union movement, fail to legislate for the 40-hour week and increased basic wage?…
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TWELVE members of the 56th Australian Port Craft Co.. AIF, have signified their intention of supporting the trade union campaign for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier's Sad Death. Killed on Roadway
A native of Rockdale, commanding the highest respect, Private Ronald Robinson met his death on Christmas Eve under tragic circumstances. Early in the evening…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Families in Rooms Agents Say Only 30 In Each 100 Get Homes, Flats
Hundreds of ex-servicemen and their families are living in one and two rooms in the metropolitan area, because they cannot find other accommodation…
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Land would be available within two months for soldier settlers, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) said yesterday. He was commenting on a report that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →U.S. Soldier Beheaded On Death March
MANILA, Friday.--During the infamous Bataan death march, an exhausted American soldier who fell by the wayside was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Tech" Old Boys' Honour Roll
The names of former pupils of Sydney Technical High School who served in the war are required for the school honour roll, which is being prepared…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Returned Men Kept Out of Jobs Hundreds like him
REGULATIONS governing dilutees employed in the electrical trades are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cost Of War
BASLE, Jan. 11 (A.A.P.).— The war cost approximately £170,000 million—four times the cost of the 1914-18 conflict…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Post-War Defence Proposal
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The preliminary plan Tor Australia's post-war defence will be submitted to Federal Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-War Defence Proposal
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The preliminary plan for Australia's post-war defence will be submitted to Federal Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World Foundation for War Waifs
NEW YORK, Friday.--American servicemen left 5000 illegitimate children in French North Africa, and at least 3000 in Italy, says Mary Rizzotto,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Happy Ending To Strange War Romance
LONDON. -- The strangest and most romantic love story of the war had a happy ending at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Happy Ending To Strange War Romance
LONDON. -- The strangest and most romantic love story of the war had a happy ending at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Happy Ending To Strange War Romance
LONDON. -- The strangest and most romantic love story of the war had a happy ending at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Civil War" Tension Seen In America
NEW YORK, Friday.--The tension that existed in Spain before the civil war is now present in the postwar U.S., says Alexander Uhl, in New York PM. "Though not so grave as in…
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