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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
4,844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 243
Thousands of soldiers are hacking their way through snow rifts across ,the blizzard-swept plateau of Anatoli, in a desperate attempt to succour victims of the earth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As a gesture of their appreciation of the hospitality of the townspeople, soldiers of the Second A.I.F. in camp at Raymond Terrace invited all citizens of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A committee of nine was elected last night by the Newcastle and District Patriotic and War Fund to examine the details of a scheme to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The home of Misses Sylvia and Elaine Lavender. Park-road. Tighe's Hill, was the scene on Saturday night of a farewell party to several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THAT for lack of refrigeration in the camp at Ingleburn the food of the soldiers becomes contaminated, is no credit to the department which planned and controls the camp. Two months ago, in reply to a chorus of praise of the camp…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ten thousand Russians are fleeing towards the border from the fateful battlefield at Suomussalmi. Seven thousand of their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia's oversea trade balance improved by £4,423,000 (Australia) in December, the favourable balance at the end of that month being £4,769,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Central Committee of the Communist Party considers that Australia and the rest of the world should be given the opportunity to hear the policy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japan's export trade has been considerably stimulated as a result of the European war. According to the Far Eastern Trade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World output of tin has increased substantially since the outbreak of war. Production, amounting to 10,800…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is high-time that the normal business and civil activities of London—so far as they can be normal in wartime—should be allowed to function again by the return to the city of staffs hastily evacuated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Because of the war there will be no conference of Commonwealth and New Zealand cancer experts this year. The Federal Director-General of Health…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It was learned authoritatively that the rate of interest to be offered for the first war loan will not exceed 3¾ per cent., the effective yield being about £4…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Those close to the Prime Minister are emphatic that there is no question of a change of policy at the War Office, or any interruption to army reforms made…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Although neither Rome nor Budapest will confirm or deny the reported conclusion of a military alliance between Italy and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The remnants of the 44th division of the Soviet army, which was put out of action by the Finns at the week-end, are in full flight…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The fact that the Patriotic Fund Committee has decided to establish a hostel does not mean that the Church Army will abandon its 50-bed project. Not…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—With reference to a paragraph in your Wallsend news on Tuesday headed "Soldiers' Farewells," I would like to advise that although it would seem to be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—This agitation for soldiers' accommodation intrigues me. In the early stages of the last war, we were allowed to leave camp for the stipulated period—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Kurri Kurri Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has been refused an allotment in Lang-street as an addition to the war memorial…
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