War Cabinet Announced Meet Almost Continually Six Ministers Chosen Canberra
The Prime Minister (Mr. R. G Menzies) announced to-day the personnel of his war Cabinet. It will consist of the following…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1939
2,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 129
"No Hatreds" Rotary International and the War Past President Visits Newcastle
"The one encouraging feature of the war in which we are all involved is that there is no jingoism and no hatred of those against whom we are fighting,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boer War Veteran Aids N.e.s. Makes Splints in Home Workshop
A Boer War veteran, Mr. H. P. Agland, who lives in Dumaresq-street, Hamilton, is doing, his bit for the National…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →V.R.C. GESTURE Profits for Patriotic or War Purposes MELBOURNE
The committee of the Victoria Racing Club to-day unanimously decided to seek approval of its members to permit the expenditure for war and patriotic…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Aims of 1914 AND 1939 Freedom and Justice Cannot Be Crushed
There is a striking similarity, allowing for differences in styles of oratory, in the British declarations of war aims in 1914 and 1939. Here are typical statements, some of them couched in the prose that deserves to live for all time…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australia's Volunteers Patriotic Move at Start of Crimean War Days Of Big Reforms
Australia's first volunteer defence force was formed in the early 'fifties during the patriotic fervor that, attended the Crimean War…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman's Realm Women's War Work Seamen Not Forgotten Meeting to be Held at Stockton
In their efforts to assist all those who are giving service to the Empire in time of war, the women of Newcastle have not forgotten the men who sail the seas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Blockade Scores German War Supplies Are Seized Navy Destroys Enemy Submarines London
The British contraband control system already is playing havoc with Germany's supplies of war materials, large quantities of which have been intercepted and seized. It is officially stated that a number of German…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Africa's Attitude Entered War Freely "Neutrality Would Have Been Fatal" (Australian Associated Press.) Cape Town, September 15
"We cannot wait until the steamroller is on us," says General Smuts, South Africa's new Prime Minister, in a message to the people on the Union's war…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War on High Seas Search for Enemy Mother-ships Convoy Eludes Two Submarines (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, September 16
British and French light cruiser and destroyer squadrons have begun a widespread systematic search for freighters and tankers…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Labour Police on War Control Raw Materials and Factories Gift to Britain A.L.P. Federal Executive Meets SYDNEY
Labour's policy on war was defined at a meeting of the Federal Executive of the party to-day. It was urged that the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Serve at Home or Abroad Infantry Division to be Enlisted Immediately Mr. Menzies' Announcement Whole of Militia to Receive Month's Training CANBERRA
One infantry division, with its ancillary units, comprising 20,000 men, will be enlisted immediately by the Commonwealth Government for service at home or abroad as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rush of Volunteers to Join Army Midnight Line at Barracks Eagerness to Enlist Sydney
From dawn to-day there has been a continuous stream of volunteers at Victoria Barracks, eager to join Australia's volunteer army…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rush To Enlist (Continued from Page One) Recruiting Depots Enlistments for New Force Sydney
Until further notice from Army Headquarters in Melbourne, Victoria Barracks will be the recruiting headquarters in Sydney, but…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Civil Air Reserve Plan Will be Altered to Meet War Conditions Proceed in Meantime Payments to Clubs and Schools CANBERRA
The civil air reserve scheme announced by the Government recently will be altered to meet conditions Which have arisen as a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Germans Were on French Soil Bur Were Hurled Back Again War Still Rages On Reich Land Furious Air and Big Gun Duels London
Fighting on the Western Front was intensified to-day with big-gun duels and grim air battles. It is now unofficially reported…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-Kaiser's Grandson Killed in Action LONDON, September 17
PRINCE OSCAR of Prussia, a grandson of the ex-Kaiser, was killed in nation in Poland. He was aged 24…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How a Young Woman Sees War
AS a modern young woman, I am supposed to have few illusions; war, at least, is not numbered among them. I cannot, even at this early stage, take refuge behind a mental barricade of glamor and gallantry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Worry: German's Death PERTH
William Stueffert, 78, who is thought to have been worried over the war, was found dead at Meckathara Masonic Hall. Police believe that he committed suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"General Tank" Has Big Role in War
The noise of battle has a new note to-day, in that long narrow ribbon of Europe between the French and German frontier defences where the Allied troops are steadily moving forward to the main positions of the Siegfried Line…
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