Soldier's Praise for Post Office
Pte. T. E. Storey of Mayfield has a word of high praise for the Post Office. He enlisted for service early in the war. and went to Palestine as a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 179
Fadden's Appeal to Australia to Be Calm War Cabinet Faces Crisis Position Is Still "Most Serious" "Best Plan Is to Carry on Normally" Sydney
Although the War Cabinet met to-day in a tense atmosphere, the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) later issued a message in which he appealed to the people of Australia to remain calm. "The warnings issued have been regarded as necessary so that everyone may…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fund for Wounded London
Including gifts or £800 from Lima, and £150 from Chile, the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund for Wounded has now reached…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Help War and Dahlias
The 10th annual exhibition of the Newcastle Dahlia Society will be held this year in the Newcastle City Hall on Saturday, March 8…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attended the War Council
Army Chief Lt.-General Sturdee and Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin, Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, who have been conferring in Sydney with the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) on the situation in the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian War Service Leaders in Sydney
Service chiefs, who rushed from Melbourne to attend yesterday's critical meeting of the War Cabinet, hold an early conference with Mr. Fadden. From left to right: Sir Charles Burnett (Air), Lieutenant-General Sturdee (Army). Sir Robert Brooke-Popham (British Far-Eastern Commander), Admiral Sir Ragnar Colv in (Navy) and the Acting-Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rhubarb in War Munitions London, Jan. 10
Yorkshire is going with sticks of rhubarb—and surplus sticks at that! Thousands of acres of rhubarb are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Cabinet Tension Is Easier Sydney
Indications are that the strain which kept the War Cabinet and War Council sitting continuously in Sydney this week, dealing with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping War Effort Muswellbrook C.U.S.A.
The Muswellbrook branch of the C.U.S.A. organisation, which was formed six months ago, has carried out splendid work during that period…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War of Weapons Britain's Firm Confidence London
"At this stage, in the fight we face grave dangers and no doubt must expect and experience sore tribulation, but we view this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"No Imminence of War" Says Japanese Spokesman Desires Peaceful Relations with Australia Tokio, February 14. A.A.P.
"We do not see any imminence of war in the Pacific, in which sense we agree with President Roosevelt's comment of a few days ago. The atmosphere is serious and we must prepare against every possible contingency. True,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Abermain Returned Soldiers
At the annual meeting of the Abermain sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, the election of officers resulted—President, Mr. A. C. Eade; Vice-presidents, Messrs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soldiers' Rest Home at Maitland
The new soldiers' rest home in Bulwer Street. West Maitland, is practically completed. The Younger Set of the Country Women's Association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Circulation of War Money
An aspect of the war finance of Australia that deserves attention because of its important implications is that the increased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wife Wounded in Legs and Hand by Bullet Sydney
John William Metcalf (21) was charged before Mr. Hardwick, S.M., at Parramatta Court to-day, with having, on Saturday, at Campbelltown,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping War Effort Hamilton Send-off
Disappointment was expressed by members of the Hamilton Send-off and Welcome Home Committee on Saturday night when only five of the 27…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Savings Rally On March 2
March 2 has been fixed as the date for the big War Savings rally in Newcastle. Preceded by a week of district effort, a public rally in the city on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Or[?]y Change Over British Post-war Planning
LONDON, Feb. 16.—Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Minister portfolio, whom the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) has charged with special responsibilities for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War with U.S.A. Not Liked London
Nothing would be more unpopular in Japan than a war with America, reports the Tokio correspondent of "The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disturbing Waste of Resources Mr. Beasley on War Effort
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Government could not claim that the peak of possible production had been reached while 28,000 workmen in New South Wales alone were…
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