Proposed Hostel for Soldiers City Hall Meeting Lapsed
War fund workers in Newcastle are wondering what is to become of the proposal to build a hostel for soldiers in the city…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
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First Six Months of the War Surveyed Navy Supreme, With Growing Ascendancy in the Air (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 1
On Sunday Great Britain and France will have been at war with Germany for six months. In that time the struggle has been pursued mainly on sea and in the air. The first few days even saw dramatic events on sea and in the air. It is in those…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →War News Flashes
A French military court has sentenced seven members of a Communist organisation to terms of imprisonment varying from one to five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War 25 Years Ago
SNOWSTORMS have been hindering operations on the Western front. Despite these, progress continues between Penthes and Beau-Sejour. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fijians May Serve in War Wellington (N.z.)
Plans are being made to send Fijians overseas for war service Major Clive Brewster, New Zealand Government representative in Fiji, said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Germany Will Win the War"—Goebbels BERLIN, March 3
"No single German doubts that the war will be concluded victoriously," said the Nazi Propaganda Minister (Dr. Goebbels), opening the Leipzig Fair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dean Sums Up on the War "Different From Previous Ones"
"This present war is different from previous wars of history. We are told that it is a war of ideas. The Allies are fighting for one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Newcastle Is Playing Its Part Well Response To First War Loan
"Newcastle is playing its part extremely well," said banking officials today, referring to the district response to the first war loan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bishop Would Send Older Men to War First Wellington (N.z.)
The Anglican Archbishop of Waikato (Dr. Cherrington) would leave the young men at home and send men of 45 and over to the war. Addressing men from H.M.S…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Only Choice for Allies Moral Protest Against Persecution Bishop on Christian Aspect
If the only alternative to armed resistance was—as it certainly was—to stand aside and allow the nameless horrors of the concentration camp, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Corio's Swing to Labour Almost Unassailable Majority Mr. Menzies' Longrange War Plans Melbourne
Represented by a Nationalist or United Australia Party representative for more than 22 years, Corio has swung back to Labour as a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest War Cables Fuel to Belgian Anger Foreign Planes Over Capital Outcry Against Assault From The Air LONDON
The appearance of a large number of foreign aircraft over Brussels to-day brought to a head the anger which seized the people yesterday when a German bomber shot down three Belgian scout planes, killing one of the pilots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers' Annual Meeting
The adjourned annual meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia will be held in the Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War News Flashes
According to latest reports there are two more submarines sunk. One was sunk by bombs from a R.A.F. plane off the River Elbe, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War 25 Years Ago
THE ADMIRALTY states that the battleship Triumph (11,985 tons), Ocean (12,950 tons), and Albion (12,950 tons) on Monday entered the Dardanelles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Activity Relieves Unemployment Ottawa, March 4
A survey has convinced Canadian experts that, as a result of the war activity, mass unemployment will be ended by the middle of summer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Speedway Riders and War Work London
Five Australian speedway riders, who stayed in England after the outbreak of war, are now engaged in war work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Affects U.S. Exports Washington, March 4
The Department of Agriculture reports that the war has curtailed exports of United States primary produce and that there is no immediate prospect of an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Watkins on Corio Backing for Labour's War Policy
"Despite what the Prime Minister and the Press may say about the Corio by-election to detract from its political importance, the result was the verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ring As Link with Another War London, January 15
Not all rings return to their owners as did the ring of Polycrates which thrown into the sea was swallowed by a fish that was later caught in…
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