More Cheques for War Fund
A cheque for £90 from the Newcastle Technical College Staff Patriotic Fund was received by the Newcastle Patriotic and War Fund yesterday. Others…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 179
Women's Appeal for War Victims
The women's committee of the British war victims' appeal has received a donation of £10 from Mesdames Larkin and Donoghue, of Sandgate, being commission…
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LONDON, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—The British Treasury has withdrawn permission to send money to prisoners of war, as it involves too great a drain on Britain's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pleasure Boats' War Work Sydney
A small band of Sydney yachtsmen who foresaw the need of such a body in the event of war started the Volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia's War Plans Mr. Fadden Tells Premiers
CANBERRA, Friday.—An outline of Australia's war policy to cover every contingency as the struggle develops overseas was given to State Premiers by the Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swarming Over Japan Nazi Agents Urge War
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—German advisers are swarming over Japan, urging the country to go to war, declared Sir Victor Sassoon, the well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Would Declare War Now Ex-Ambassador on Aid Bill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—Mr. J. W. Gerard, a former United States Ambassador to Germany, told the Senate Foreign Relations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Discuss War Problems Delegation to Go to New Zealand
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Federal Government has decided to send a delegation to New Zealand to confer with the Dominion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women Heroes of War Grim Air-raid Episodes Braved Bomb Hail in Course of Duty London
Outstanding examples of the heroism of British women in air raids, are related in the announcement of awards for service in danger zones. One woman drove a petrol-laden lorry to replenish the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boolaroo Returned Soldiers
Major Howie and Mr. Cupit, who are recruiting for Newcastle and District Carrison Battalion, addressed Boolaroo sub-branch of the Returned soldiers League…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Explains Tax on Soldiers Sydney
Describing as misleading, certain allegations that taxation was hitting soldiers, the State Treasurer (Mr. Richardson) yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Veterans' Reunion
People of the British Empire were united in their determination to win the war, speakers said at the annual reunion of the Naval and Military Veterans'…
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CANBERRA, Sunday.—A national publicity campaign, will probably be embarked upon shortly by the Ministry of Information. It will deal with industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Is Changing Woman's Outlook
WOMEN of Britain secured a new freedom—and short skirts—in 1914. If the skirts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Study Courses for War Prisoners
One of the most interesting international activities of the Red Cross Society is the Prisoners of War Bureau. The Australian Red Cross Society has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Orders From East Planes and Munitions
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The Minister for Supply (Senator McBride) announced yesterday that orders to the value of £2,000,000 have been placed in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Liaison Officer in Each State Mr. Holt on Post-war Planning
CANBERRA, Sunday.—An appeal for State cooperation with the Commonwealth in vital problems of post-war reconstruction was made by the Minister for Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Control of Transport If War Occurs in Pacific Sydney
The possibility of the Commonwealth Government assuming the complete control of transport should war develop in the Pacific was envisaged to-day by the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender), in a luncheon address to the Constitutional…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Want Britain to Win War 90 Per Cent of Irish People
LONDON, Feb. 2. A.A.P.—Mr. J. L. Hodson, a well-known author and journalist, in an article in the "Sunday Times, following a recent visit to Eire, says: "I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East African War (Continued from Page 1) Italians in Four Retreats London
Four Italian retreats are now under way in East Africa: From Agordat towards Keren and Massawa…
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