Marching Order for Soldier (Dorothy Dix.—Copyright.)
Dear Miss Dix,— I am a lonely soldier, and I am very fond of a girl who has turned me down. I tried to make it up, but…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
4,844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 69 of 243
Adamstown Anzac March
Adamstown Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League has completed arrangements for the annual Anzac smoke on Saturday night, April 20, in the…
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With Sergeant-Major A. Stapleton as marshal in charge, the sixth annual Anzac memorial procession and church parade arranged by Rev. W. G. Reekie,…
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The sixth annual Anzac memorial procession and church parade at Mayfield will take place on Sunday, April 21. All sections will assemble at Mayfield tram…
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THE DANISH newspapers report that a naval, fight took place off the Sartoros Islands, on the Norwegian coast…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Comforts Depot Opens on
The Newcastle and District Patriotic Comforts Depot will be opened on Monday at 10 a.m. Donations of comforts will be welcomed…
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The Newcastle District Patriotic and War Fund will benefit from a concert which is to be Riven in the Central Methodist Mission Hall on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Balkans on Edge Turks Ready For War LONDON
Official circles see a declaration of war by Turkey against Germany as inevitable after any German move against Yugoslavia,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gift to Air Force Recruits Cigarettes from War Fund
Before the first batch of Air Force recruits leave Newcastle for Richmond on Monday they will be given packages of cigarettes by the Newcastle and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Turning Point in War? What. Happens In Norway WASHINGTON
Diplomats believe that the out- come of the war itself may hinge upon the outcome of the battle in Scandinavia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sweden's Neutrality An Advantage Consul-General. On The War SYDNEY
Sweden's neutrality is an undoubted advantage for the Allies and Norway, in the opinion of the Swedish Consul-General (Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRINGING U.S.A. Into War Canada Will Not Intervene OTTAWA, April 12
The Government had not thought of attempting to intervene directly or indirectly in the affairs and policies of the United States in relation to war,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Expunge War Motion Direction to N.S.W. Labour Party Federal Executive Acts Sydney
The Federal Executive of the A.L.P. to-day directed the New South Wales branch to expunge from its record the "Hands off…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Will Fight with Allies Norway Informs France "At War with Germany" (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, April 12
Norway has officially informed France that she will fight side by side with the Allies against the German invasion. "We are at war with Germany,"…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Anzac Day Ceremony Programme
Arrangements already completed, and intimations from various organisations of their desire to take part, augur well for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War News Flashes
The German Press and radio are now preparing the people for losses in a long struggle in Norway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North's Team Meets South in Sydney on Anzac Day
The Northern Division's team to meet the Southern Division team at Arlington Park in the annual North-South match on Anzac Day is—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Baptist Women's War Work
The Baptist Women's Patriotic League has completed another 40 pairs of socks. These have been received by Mesdames Winton and Pearce, who are in charge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle War Comforts Depot Opened
The comforts depot to be administered by the Women's Committee of he Newcastle District Patriotic and War Fund, was opened in Scott St. to-day. The picture shows the president of the C.W.A. (Mrs. W. E. Hutton), the vice-president of the Women's Patriotic Committee (Mrs. W…
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THE FRENCH War Office has accepted khaki for uniforms as it is impossible to keep the blue mixture uniforms clean…
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