Red Cross Holds Big Meeting First Funds Raised For War Work
The meeting of the Newcastle Red Cross Society at the City Hall to-day was concrete evidence of the willingness of women to do their part for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1939
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Send Detachment to War Move by Poles in Australia MELBOURNE
More than 20 Polish residents met in Melbourne to-day and decided to form a Polish information bureau and Press service to give daily commentaries and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trades Union Congress Blames Nazi Dictators for War LONDON, September 4
The Trades Union Congress, with two dissentients, to-day agreed to a declaration of policy on the war situation. "Under the leadership of Nazi…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pontificial High Mass Prayers for "Peace by War" Celebrated at Maitland
Celebrating a solemn Pontifical High Mass at St. John's Pro-catherdral, West Maitland, yesterday morning, the Bishop of Maitland (Most Rev. Dr. E. Glecson,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Risk Rates Terms to Australia Less Than in 1914 LONDON, September 5
A new department of the Board of Trade is operating for the first time since the Great War. Yesterday it published a fresh list of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Davis Cup to Australia No More Play Until After War New York, September 5
It was stated to-day that there would be no Davis Cup competition until the war ended. As Australia now holds the Cup, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Keep Up Morale of People Rotary's Task in War Business As Usual Sydney
At the official luncheon to-day of the All-Australian Rotary Conference, Sir Harbert Gepp said that the present International and social disorder, which had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Cabinet for Australia Five Ministers Likely No Coalition Labour Keeps Separate Entity CANBERRA
There is no likelihood at present of a National Government in Australia, and a coalition between the United Australia Party and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Latest (Continued from page one) Developments on the Western Front Official Communique By The French LONDON
The left wing of the French Army has increased its pressure on the German northern flank along a 100-mile front, says a Paris message to the Associated Press of America. A French Army communique states, "Our troops are in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Will Be Glorified This Spring, Say Fashion Experts ...That is, if the war doesn't last too long!
"In the Spring," said Mr. William Shakespeare, "a young man's fancy lightly turns..."You know the rest. And this Spring the young man will go to the joust in much more colorful clothes than he ever did before—pastel-colored suits, jaunty hats with bright feathers, boldly striped linen shirts, and shoes of new design in colored suedes. Women will have to…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Guard Duty. Plan to Use Unemployed Returned Men SYDNEY
The New South Wales executive of the Returned Soldiers' League has requested the Federal President (Sir Gilbert Dyett) to urge the Prime Minister to call up all…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dominions and the War
The debate in the South African Parliament may be regarded as a test of the isolationist sentiment in certain parts of the Empire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' Sense of Humour Helped in Last War Sir Henry Braddon to Business Men
The soldiers' indomitable spirit of cheerfulness and carefree gaiety in the midst of real danger contributed largely to England's victory in the Great War, said…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warning to War Profiteers Melbourne
"We had an overdose of profiteering in the last war and it will not be permitted now." The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) said…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Greece Bans Talk About War London
In Athens the Government has signified its rigid intention to keep neutral by a new announcement. This states: "Discussion and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chamberlain's First War Speech To-morrow LONDON
The Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) will make his first statement on the war situation in Parliament to-morrow. Members have been urged to submit…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →16 Days' Camp Training Entered on War Records Sydney
Militiamen who are called up for the 16-day training camps will have their attendance entered on their personal war record…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →N.Z. War Pilot Is Missing Wellington (N.z.)
The parents of Laurie Edwards, of the Royal Air Force, a well-known Wellington Rugby football player, have received advice that Edwards is missing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Will Delay Town Plan City Engineer's Report Inquiries in Brisbane
A forecast that the outbreak of war would delay the development of a city plan for Newcastle, although it would be possible to make some progress…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Not Our War" German Socialists to British Labour LONDON, September 6
"The German workers and peasants de not want war. They have nothing in common with the Nazi regime," declare the Independent Socialists of Germany in…
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