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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
4,844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 243
A public meeting at Wallsend last night discussed the formation of a farewell committee for soldiers going abroad. The meeting also discussed cooperation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister for the Army (Mr. G. A. Street) to-day emphasised that the National Security Regulations safeguarded re-employment of soldiers in their former…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Merewether District Send Off and Welcome Committee will entertain its first party of soldiers on Tuesday night when a number of Merewether…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In reference to the complaint by "Soldier's Mother" re the soldiers' mail: My boy also received no mail at Fremantle, though I posted one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →So pleased were five Western Australian members of the military forces in Rutherford camp with the hospitality shown them by Mrs. D. Lloyd…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"This is not only a mysterious, but an invisible war." The comment is by Mr. Beverley Baxter, M.P., on whose glimpses of the Western front this article is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A man was critically wounded and a young woman, who until recently had been a sister at the general hospital, was seriously wounded in a shooting affray at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Much gallantry was displayed in the fighting at Ypres. The general position is unchanged. Some of the workmen employed an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War workers in Newcastle face an exceptionally busy, time this month organising functions for the Lady Cowrie fund. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Newcastle Hospital Women's Auxiliary held its first meeting of the year yesterday afternoon when the President (Mrs. Mackenzie) welcomed several new members. This picture shows some of the delegates who attended the meeting. Next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glimpses of the Western Front, as seen by Mr. Beverley Baniter, M.P., during a lecture tour. Near Verdun are the famous trenches…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE FINNISH leaders have appealed for more war planes. Now that the Swedish Government has refused to permit the passage of troops for Finland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"For the present war and for all the horrors of Nazism, Germany is responsible as a State and the Germans are responsible as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Customs figures for the first eight months of 1939-40 do not reflect any effect of the war upon Australia's international trade…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The first war loan of £18,000,000 was more than half subscribed when the first day's business closed to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Germany is conducting a war against our seamen only describable as murder." says the Oslo newspaper "Tindens Tegn."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Complete reorganisation of the Air Force to incorporate the Empire air training scheme was announced to-day by the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →With all the talk of what the war will or will not do to Hollywood, it is interesting to look back to the beginning of the last conflict and what was happening then in the world's movie centre (writes Sheila Graham, from Hollywood)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two soldiers were injured when an armoured car overturned on a hill near Croome railway station this morning. The car was taking part in army…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—Politicians should inquire into the calls-up for labour and men who are willing to work. Men who have family obligations are turned down…
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