"Be Prepared for Setbacks" War in Ruthless Phase, Says Mr. Spender
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—"The most ruthless phase of the war is knocking at our door," said the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender) in a broadcast…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 77 of 179
Australia Spends 20 Per Cent. of Income on War New York
One year's cost in this war equalled that of the whole period of the Great War, absorbing 20 per cent. of Australia's national income, the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reported Wounded
Of Cessnock, who has been reported wounded in action. He was attached to an anti-tank unit. He enlisted in 1939, and is not yet 20…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wounded Second Time
Advice has been received by his parents that Private Jack Brown, of Cessnock, has been wounded she second time. The first occasion he received a flesh wound In the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Anzac Day March Returned Soldiers Not Satisfied
Arrangements made for the Anzac Day service by Newcastle sub-branch were again criticised by Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Anzac Day Should Be Diggers' Day"
"I think the Anzac Day march has been just a day for auxiliaries, and not for the Diggers at all. It is time we took a stand and said it is going…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan
The response to the Commonwealth £35,000,000 war loan has been exceedingly gratifying. Not only was the loan over-subscribed, but about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Manchester Unity War Effort
Newcastle and District Manchester Unity lodges have raised £200 as a result of a "win the war effort" conducted by the lodges…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Are Assisting War Funds
Prevented from enlisting in the fighting forces, members of the N.S.W. Police Force are playing their part in the war effort by assisting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gala Bowls for War Comforts
Almost every bowling club in the district will be engaged to-morrow in gala day competitions in aid of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Call For Total War
IN MANY WAYS we have not awakened to what a total war means. The Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender), in a timely speech recently, pointed out how unrealistic it was that Ministers had,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping War Effort Lambton Welfare Committee
Lambton Patriotic and Welfare Committee held its first annual meeting in the Lambton Council Chambers last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Delay in War Orders Inefficiency, Says Mr. Beasley
SYDNEY, Thursday.—There was ample evidence that many of the delays in the manufacture of important war equipment were due to administrative…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gladys Moncrieff Has Done a Lot For War Effort
The Australian soprano, Miss Gladys Moncrieff, arrived in Newcastle last night for week's appearance at the Theatre Royal. Accompanied by her favourite pet,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Undeclared War Against Whole of France Meaning of Eden's Firm Challenge LONDON
Britain is now in a state of undeclared war with France. French territories, whether mainland or colonies, ships, military force and air force will be attacked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enlistments Embarrass Goldmines
PERTH, Thursday.—The enlistment of men into the fighting services is embarrassing the goldmining industry in Western Australia. One mine in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Buy Town Hall Waratah Returned Soldiers' Move
Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League instructed the Management Committee last night to draw up a scheme for the inauguration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soldier-poet
The war is making philosophers of many of our fighting men over the other side of the world. Unsuspected talents for self-expression in writing are also being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Home Guard Enlistments
He thought that the required number of men for the Home Guard in this area would be recruited from the ranks of men over the military age…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers' Women's Auxiliary
Profits from a baby show conducted recently by the Women's Auxiliary of the Waratah-Mayfield Returned Soldiers' Sub-branch amounted to £9, the…
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