Industrial News Rise and War Bonus Northern Deputies
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Giving judgment on an application by Newcastle District Deputies and Shotfirers' Association for award variations, the Full Bench of the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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Dominions Could Rebuild Commons Mr. Curtin's Post-war Plan
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Reconstruction of the House of Commons by the Dominions after the war was proposed by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Control War Effort State Board Formed Mr. Schroder a Member
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Cabinet has decided on the immediate formation of a permanent State War Effort Coordination…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Comforts Appeal Bowling Galas to Be Held on
Main items of interest for bowlers next Saturday will be the gala days to be held on all greens in aid of the War Comforts Fund. Entries for the Patriotic Fours com-…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Teach Soldiers' Children Anglican Church to Open Fund Synod in Newcastle
The Newcastle Anglican Synod decided last night to open a scholarship fund at Newcastle Church schools to help educate children of servicemen on active service…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farewell 60 Hamilton Soldiers
When Hamilton Send-off and Welcome Home Committee entertains 60 men on June 7, it will have been responsible for sending-off 262 soldiers from that district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Diggers Support War Measures
Delegates to the District Council of Sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League last night resented criticism by a local A.L.P. branch of resolutions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drastic War Measures Newcastle Diggers' Support
Support for several resolutions formulated by the State Executive in relation to measures to be taken during the war came from Newcastle District Council of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Golfers to Play for War Funds
The Newcastle District Golf Association has arranged a four-ball par competition which will be played at the Newcastle Club's links at North Stockton on Saturday, July…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Notifying War Casualties Methodists Want System Changed
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Methodist General Conference expressed strong disapproval to-day of the change made in the former method of notifying war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge U.S. Vote Asked for War Planes
WASHINGTON, May 28. A.A.P.—President Roosevelt has asked Congress for 2790 million dollars for Army planes and 529 million dollars for naval planes,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Enter War to Beat Axis Gallup Poll in Favour
NEW YORK, May 28. A.A.P.—A Gallup poll of families of men at present undergoing military training shows that 68 percent. are in favour of entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War on Mosquito in Malaya Army Doctor Writes to Newcastle
Ald. Pittar, who has strongly advocated adoption of measures by Greater Newcastle Council for the eradication of mosquitoes, read a letter to the Health…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BELIEVES U.S. Will Soon Be in War Japan's Relief, at Speech LONDON
While Japan now regards America's entry into the war merely as a matter of time, the Tokio correspondent of "The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Specific Cases Wanted Hardship to Soldiers' Wives
Specific cases of wives of soldiers on service having been treated harshly by landlords have been asked for by the Secretary of the returned Soldiers' League…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Only 291 Enlisted in W.a.a.a.f
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Although 2069 women have applied for enlistment in the Women's Australian Auxiliary Air Force, only 291 will be enrolled for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Surgeon Killed While Operating on N.Z. Soldiers Wellington (N.z.). Wed
While Major John P[?]mmer was operating on wounded New Zealand soldiers in a hospital in Crete, the building was struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adamstown Returned Soldiers
Adomstown Returned Soldiers' League will hold a dancing and community evening in the Adamstown School of Arts on Thursday. June 26…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Says Soldiers' Families Live in Bag Shanties
Some servicemen who had been unemployed before they enlisted had had no homes, and their families had been left in dire circumstances. said Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Digger Volunteers to Staff Soldiers' Hostel
The District Council of sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to staff the servicemen's hostel in Wolfe Street by…
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