Merewether Anzac Day Service
Merewether Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to hold the Anzac Day service on Sunday, April 20, in, the Merewether Methodist Church All…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 179
War Production Must Come First
LONDON, March 5. A.A.P.—The President of the Board of Trade (Captain Lyttleton) announced in the House of Commons a vast scheme for closing down…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend Dance for Police War Fund
The Wallsend Masonic Hall was gaily decorated last night when the Wallsend Police and Citizens' Committee held its first…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Helping War Effort Lambton Greek Appeal
The sum of £22 8s will be forwarded to the Australia Greek Appeal Fund by the Lambton Greek Appeal Committee. The amount included £18…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →U.s. War Hospital for Britain
LONDON, Mar. 5. A.A.P.—A complete hospital with 125 beds, staff quarters for 80 and a fully-equipped laboratory is being transported, section by section, across…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Navy's Part in the War
Manoeuvring against air attack. British destroyers guarding ships in convoy through the Mediterranean to Greece turn at high speed to meet an air attack. On watch. British men-o'-war stand guard near Gibraltar, to cover Mediterranean convoys carrying assistance to Greece. The warships are: Aircraft-carrier Ark Royal, an unidentified…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stadium Night for War Funds Support Wanted for Plan
The Superintendent of Police (Mr. A. H. C. Jones) yesterday appealed for the support of public bodies for the movement to organise a boxing and wrestling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wants Move by War Council A.C.T.U. and Wage Increase
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Efforts are being made by the Australasian Council of Trade Unions for the Advisory War Council to consider an increase in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Costs N.Z. £700 for Each Soldier
WELLINGTON, N.Z., Wednesday.—It was costing New Zealand £700 to equip every man sent overseas, and £7/5/ a week to maintain him, said the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricketer—soldier
Ray Robinson, former Test cricketer, of Stockton, who is with the A.I.F. in the Middle East…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Swansea Returned Soldiers
Swansea sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided to arrange the usual celebration of Anzac Day with a street procession and a service at the band rotunda…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →District Council Criticised Stockton Returned Soldiers
Captain G. Whatton presided at a meeting of the Stockton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night. He reported that after visiting Port Stephens sub-branch he…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Merewether Returned Soldiers' League
The Merewether sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to support the nomination of Mr S. F. Webb (Waratah) for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Golfers to Help War Fund
Members of the Maitland Golf Club decided at the annual meeting not to take port in the Bettington and Pogonoski Cup competitions this year, but to endeavour to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stadium Night for War Funds
Eddie Scarf will be suggested as an opponent for Leo Jensen at Newcastle Stadium on April 10 in the main wrestling event on the programme being arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Britain's New Secret War Planes
LONDON, March 6. A.A.P.—Five new types of British aircraft may now be mentioned. The first is the Hawker Tornado, which is a single-seat fighter, fitted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →All-night Punt Wanted for War Workers
Because there are so many men on night shifts on war work, Stockton Progress Association claims that it is necessary to have a continuous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helping War Effort New Lambton Red Cross
The President of the New Lambton branch of the Red Cross Society (Mrs. S. Brian) reported on the progress at the Newcastle and District Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Cause of Youth Depravity London
Loss of a sense of security—destruction and death had become almost a commonplace and life was a matter of to-day, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Why We Won in Libya War Minister's Superior in Surprise and Manoeuvre London
How a mighty army of Empire has arisen from the ashes of Dunkirk to stay the invader at home and carry the flair to victory abroad was described by the Secretary for War (Captain D. H. R. Margesson) when presenting the Army Estimates…
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