War Fund Queen Contest
Considerable amplification of the scope of the queen competition proposed to be run in aid of the funds of the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1940
4,844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 243
The War 25 Years Ago
IT IS REPORTED that an explosion sunk the German cruiser Karlsruhe at the end of 1914 off the American coast. Her supply ship…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Technicians to Train in Newcastle
THE FIRST group of young men who are to be trained in Newcastle as technicians for the war will arrive next Monday. Fifteen men will undergo a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Assist War Fund Rugby League Match
The Newcastle League decided last night to organise a match for the War and Patriotic Fund Committee. As the season's programme is still…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British War Loan London, March 18
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon) told the House of Commons to-day that the new £3000,000,000 loan had been over-subscribed. The largest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Money Needed for War Effort Certificate Plan Appreciated
"By its simplicity the plan for the sales of War Savings Certificates to raise money for war purposes only appears to have commended itself…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mayoral Ball Proceeds to War Fund Ald. Wiggins's Offer Accepted
A proposal by the Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) that a mayoral ball be held this season, and that proceeds be devoted to the Newcastle and District Patriotic and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Hughes and Sir H. GULLETT May Be Omitted From War Cabinet CANBERRA
The personnel of the War Cabinet and Economic Cabinet will probably be completed at a meeting of the Full Cabinet to be held in Melbourne on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fears General War Soviet to Build New Defence Line on Finnish Frontier (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 18
According to a report received in Helsinki from Moscow, the Soviet, fearing the outbreak of a general war, proposes to build as quickly as possible a Voroshilov…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Threat by Nazis Discounted Wage Inexorable War Follow Up Scapa Flow Raid (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 18
Germany is now determined to wage a hard and inexorable war, declared the Berlin radio last night, referring to the air raid on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plans Arranged Wallsend Soldiers' Committee
The social and organising sub-committee of Wallsend Soldiers' Farewell and Welcome Home Committee, at its first meeting last night, discussed plans…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War News Flashes
Soon after British Members of Parliament were demanding retaliation for the German air raid on the Orkneys, the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War on Commerce
Whatever may be in store for the British and French armies in the spring, it is certain that the return of warmer and less…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War 25 Years Ago
THERE is a lull in the operations in Smyrna. The Turks are repairing their forts and batteries…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Munitions From Coal By-products
GOAL'S primary use as fuel for industry, shiping and the home has tended to obscure the vital wartime importance of its many by-products. Production of many of these by-products has reached…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Groups for War Savings Certificates System Is Extended
"More than ever now that the decision has been made to increase our forces abroad and to strengthen our defences at every other point, is it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fifteen Thousand Finns Were Killed In The War LONDON
Finland's total casualties were 58.500 of whom 15,700 were killed, declares the Helsinki correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Policy of Britain Denounced War Urged by Indian Extremists London
Immediate and uncompromising war against British policy on India was urged by the extremist leader. Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not Suspended Allied Negotiations for U.S. War Planes WASHINGTON, March 19
The Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. H. Morgenthau, junr.) last night denied that the Allied Purchasing Commission had suspended its negotiations for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"What Are We Doing ?" Debate in Commons (Continued from Page 1) Liberalleader and War Moves
Continuing the debate, the Liberal Leader (Sir Archibald Sinclair) said: Everybody is asking what Hitler and Stalin are…
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