Soldiers' Children to be Entertained
Hamilton Send-off and Welcome Home Committee will entertain children of Hamilton soldiers at the Presbyterian Hall on King's Birthday. It was originally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
3,571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 87 of 179
800 Nazi Soldiers Among Dead in Serbian Ammunition Explosion New York
Eight hundred German soldiers are dead among 5000 persons killed or injured in a terrible ammunition explosion at Semendria (Serbia). Cetniks (Yugoslavian irregulars) are believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Churchill Gives War Losses
LONDON, June 10. A.A.P.—The German losses in Crete, Mr. Churchill said, were—Men: 5000 drowned: 12,000 killed or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fix Policy for War Loadings
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Expressing the opinion that an individual claim for a war loading would not be dealt with by the Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helping War Effort Red Cross Home
The Secretary or the Newcastle District Red Cross Convalescent Home Auxiliary (Mrs. C. Russell) acknowledges receipt of the following Goods:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Industries to Work on Holiday
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Full shifts in war industries will be maintained on the King's Birthday. The State Director of Munitions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Fund Depot To Be Extended
Because of the increase in work, the Patriotic and War Fund Depot at Bebar-falds is to be extended. More space on the fourth floor is to be given by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Reply on Crete War Council to Discuss
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Advisory War Council is to meet in Melbourne on Thursday. It is expected to consider a reply from the British Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Spending Lags £49,000,000 Behind Schedule
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—With one month of the financial year remaining Australia's war expenditure is £49,000,000 behind schedule…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Loading for Rail Salaried Staff Sydney
The Fun being Bench of the industrial Commission to-day granted a wartime loading of £8 a year for adult railway, tramway and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homes for War Workers State Makes £100,000 Available
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The State Government will make £100,000 available immediately for housing, and will concentrate its efforts as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →First Indian V.C. of the War London
Second-Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat, aged 22, of the Corns of the Indian Engineers is the first Indian winner of the Victoria Cross in this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Prisoners of War to Be Interned Here Sydney
A substantial flow of Italian prisoners and certain German prisoners were expected to arrive in Australia, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mussolini Scorns U.S. As War Factor; Puts Up Jap. Bogey Rome
Scorning America as a factor in the war, Mussolini, in a speech to the Fascist Chamber, on the first anniversary of Italy's entry into the war, said: "An actual declaration of war by the United States will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War-scarred City of Ancient and Modern Days East and West Meet in Damascus
Damascus, of unknown origin, and believed to be the oldest inhabited city in the world, gains new interest as British troops draw near it. Damascus is a familiar name in the Bible (it is mentioned, as the scene of a battle, in Genesis), but its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Vital to War Effort Judge's Stirring Appeal Dump of 200,000 Tons for Newcastle
A stirring appeal for every ounce of production to build up coal reserves in this and other States was made by the Chairman of the Commonwealth Coal Board (Mr. justice Davidson), addressing members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assassin Implicates Mussolini in Murder Plot Now Prisoner Of War In British Hands LONDON
Mussolini's complicity in one of the greatest political crimes of the century was proved to-day in dramatic fashion. On June 11, 1924—17 years ago to-day—Signor Matteolti, leader of the Reformed Socialists in Italy and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →26 Soldiers Injured in Smash
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Twenty-six members of the A.I.F. were injured when an Army truck skidded and overturned two miles on the Melbourne side of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tried to Stop Soldiers Store Manager Was Attacked
The General Manager of the Newcastle and Suburban Cooperative Store (Mr. G. Sanders) described in Newcastle Police Court yesterday how he had seen three…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nazis Use Wounded As Screen London
Further details of the German use of wounded New Zealanders as a screen in Crete, referred to by Mr…
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