Fine Display by Soldiers Sports and Review at Showground
"While we have the type of man seen here to-day, I do not think we need have any fears for the future of this Commonwealth," said Mr. D. Watkins, M.H.R.,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 179
Yugoslav Soldiers Are Tough
THE YUGOSLAVS have more than 1,000,000 men under arms, and full mobilisation will bring the army to a 1,500,000. It is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers on Trek Pass Upper Colo
SYDNEY Sunday.—Marching more than 20 miles daily an anti-aircraft battery of 321 men is making good progress in a trek from Singleton to Ingleburn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' League and Seamen
Wickham-Carrington Returned Soldiers' League desires the league's ranks opened to merchant seamen. At a meeting last night it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helping War Effort Junction Red Cross
Junction-Merewether Red Cross will hold a gala day in Newcastle on Friday, May 2. For some time the members have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steel Industries' War Effort Window Displays in City
So employees of the iron and steel industry, as well as residents of Newcastle district, may see the part steel produced by local industries is playing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Must Pay Duty Australian War Films in Indies
BATAVIA, April 7. A.A.P.—The release of Australian Department of Information films, showing the Commonwealth's war effort, has been held up here pending a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Change Stands War and Budget Shocks London
The Stock Exchange stood up remarkably well, considering the Middle East news, coupled with the uncertainties inherent in the Budget…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Issue of War Service Badges in Two Weeks Sydney
Army authorities at Victoria Barracks announced to-day that the issue of war service badges will begin in the Eastern Command a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"U.s. at War in Six Weeks" Is Forecast New York
"A state of war will exist between the United States and Germany within four to six weeks," the Vice-President of the U.S.A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Has Record Budget Compulsory Savings to Provide Post War Nest-egg London
Two novel provisions in to-day's British Budget, which look ahead to the post-war period, distinguished it from all its predecessors. One provision creates a fund upon which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women's Transport Service for Sick Soldiers
In response to a request received from Sydney last Thursday, the Newcastle branch of the Red Cross Society is organising a voluntary transport service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W.A.N.S. Gift for Greek Soldiers
In response to gift of comforts from the Newcastle W.A.N.S. to the Consul-General for Greece (Mr. E. C. Brisakis) for Greek soldiers, Mrs. J. R. Young has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Picnic Postponed
The picnic of the Wickham-Carrington Returned Soldiers' League, which was to have been held on Easier Monday, has been postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drive to Raise £250,000 for Soldiers
A meeting called by the Mayor (Ald. Young will be held to-night at the City Hall to organise a campaign for Newcastle's part in the drive for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Balkans War Warms-up Yugoslavs Doing Well, Say Turks Nazis Now Facing Main Greek Positions (Continued from Page One) LONDON
Ankara and Athens credit the Yugoslavs with considerable success in Northern Albania, where their advance is meeting with little resistance, and they are also said to have penetrated Bulgarian territory near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day at Kurri
A street procession and n memorial service are being organised by Kurri Returned Soldiers League as part of the Anzac Day ceremonies in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Memorial Procession at Mayfield
As in former years the Mayfield Anzac Memorial Procession and Commemoration service will take place on Sunday, April 20. The Waratah Band…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day Wreath Party Hamilton Send-off Committee
Hamilton Send-off and Welcome Home Committee has decided to form a wreath party for the purpose of laying a floral emblem on the cenotaph on Anzac Day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Comforts Depot
Among donations made yesterday to the Patriotic and War Fund Comforts' Depot was a large parcel from the R.A.A.F. Comforts Fund. This included…
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