Dawn Service on Anzac Day
The Dawn Service on Anzac Day, arranged last year by returned soldiers, will be repeated this year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 150
Aid for Wounded at Singapore
A.R.P. workers, including Chinese, assist air-raid victims from an ambulance on reaching hospital at Singapore. (Department of Information picture from Fox Movietone News.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ministers Study Mr. Churchill's Speech Reference to Anzac Zone Surprises
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—No official expression has yet been given of the Commonwealth Government's reaction to Mr. Churchill's speech in the House of Commons. Ministers are still closely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Prisoners Not Idle
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—German and Italian prisoners of war in internment camps were building huts, cutting firewood, vegetable-growing,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket in England After War
SYDNEY. — England feels confident of fielding just as strong a Test cricket team as Australia after the war…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A.W.U. OBJECTS War Prisoners in Fruit Industry
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Claiming that employment of war prisoners would deprive workers of employment end would tend to break…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR E. Page Appointed Seat on Imperial War Cabinet
PERTH, Wednesday.—Appointment of Sir Earle Page as Australia's representative on the Imperial War Cabinet was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adamstown Returned Soldiers
Members of the Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night decided not to form a special benevolent fund as suggested in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Want 2Hd Station
The District Council, representative of sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League in the Newcastle area, last night decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers and Politics
A suggestion by the Belmont Returned Soldiers' League delegate (Mr. J. Thomson) that ex-servicemen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kevin Parer Killed in Action
BRISBANE. Thursday.—Kevin Parer has been killed in action in the Japanese attack on Salamaua. He conducted an air service in New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bringing in the Wounded
Red Cross men taking an Australian soldier to safety after he had been wounded in action against the Japanese in Malaya. (Department of Information photo.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways War Committee
CANBERRA, Thursday.—In acordance with the Government's policy on representation of employees, the rail transport…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Huge Japanese War Budget
NEW YORK. Thursday (A.A.P.): Tokio radio announces that both Houses of Parliament passed an extraordinary war budget totalling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roosevelt in Charge of War
NEW YORK, Thursday. (Our Special Representative). — President Roosevelt is now recognised as the war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Backing of Private Companies Property War Insurance
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The introduction by the Federal Government of a scheme for war risk insurance on property was to be commended,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Cabinet of The Type of 1917
LONDON, Thurs. (Our Special Representative). — Headed "An Empire at Stake," the "Daily Mail" says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping The War Effort New Lambton Red Cross
A flag bridge party arranged by the New Lambton Red Cross was held in the Parish Hall yesterday. Mrs. S. Brian (President). Mrs. F. E…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judgment Reserved in F.e.d.f.a. War Loading Claim
SYDNEY: Judgment on the application by the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association for an Increase of 12s a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Salaries Criticised Returned Soldiers' Officials
The State Couuncil of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League was criticised last night by the Waatah Mayfield sub-branch…
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