Commonwealth War Loan
The Organising Secretary has written to the Kearsley Shire Council asking that a greater effort be made in subscribing to the next War Loan…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
3,819 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 191
Men for War Production
MELBOURNE Tuesday.—The extent of the Labour Government’s decision to regiment all man-power of the nation is just…
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An announcement was made by the Federal Treasurer, Mr. Chifley, that the retrospective operation of the war damage insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Should Play Part Mr. Hughes On War Effort
SYDNEY Tuesday.—Speaking yesterday on “The Hour Has Come” to members of the Constitutional Association at a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Largest Cash Amount on Record. Next War Loan. Musyvellbrook Will Cooperate
Mr. Randerson, representing the New South Wales War Loan Campaign Committee, told the local committee yesterday that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New War Loan Mr. H. R. RANDERSON, Bch. Ecs., at Scone
At a meting held last night at the Shire Chambers, Mr. R. A. Randerson, Bachelor of Economics, and Councillor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →First Letter in Nine Months. Great Rejoicing in Muswellbrook Family. Local Boy Prisoner of War
There is great rejoicing in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Newman, of Hill-street, who yesterday received a letter from their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Whole of Nation's Manpower to Be Regimented All Males of Working Age for War Industry. MELBOURNE
The life of every man, woman and child in the Commonwealth will be affected by the Federal Cabinet's drastic plans for the regimentation of the nation's manpower. Under the Government's scheme a dossier of every male of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Soldiers' Praise
Sapper N. M. Crichton, recently returned invalided from Tobruk, is full of praise for the services he received from the Red Cross in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bicycle Stolen by Soldier
Four soldiers. Frederick John Swales (24), Leslie John Wedlock (23). Douglas Lloyd Fowler (23) and Henry Moncur Laing (22)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lorn Soldiers Write From Prison Camp
Relatives of two Lorn members of the A.I.F., Private Alan (“Faddy”) Guy and Bambordier Philip Atkin yesterday received…
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MELBOURNE Wed.—Major-General Gordon Bennett has advised the Minister for the Army, Mr. Forde, that Lieut.-Colonel…
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MELBOURNE Wednesday— The Vatican radio has reported that Flying-Officer F. T. H. Eggleston, aged 27, younger son of…
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MELBOURNE Wednesday.—“I am absolutely determined, in view of the serious state that the war has reached, that every person who can lawfully be made to give services or labour power to help in the defence of Australia shall be…
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MUSWELLBROOK Wed.—Private Les Newman, who was taken a prisoner of war during the Greek campaign, has written…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboy Lost Leg at the War
Robert Dunstan, son of Mrs. J. R. Dunsian, Of Ranelagh, Mt. Eliza (Vic.) and the late Sapper Dunstan, is back at school again…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia’s Voice in War Strategy
LONDON Jan. 20.—Sir Earle Page, Australian envoy in London, addressing the Royal Empire Society, said that Japan’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters From War Prisoners Private Garvan Maher
Mr and Mrs P. J. Maher, of George Street, Singleton, have just received another letter from their son, Private Garvan Maher, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Starvation Because of the War Lepers in the Philippines
The largest leper colony in the world, situated on Culion Island, in the Philippines, faces starvation because of the war. The American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Returned Men's Register
SYDNEY Thursday.—Since the war began 1209 sailors, soldiers and airmen returned from overseas and discharged from the…
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