Wickham-carrington Soldiers' League
A tribute to the work of the Wickham-Carrington Returned Soldiers' League was paid last night by the Central Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 150
Japanese War Bill
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—The 18,000-000,000, yen extraordinary war appropriation has been passed by both Houses of the Japanese Diet, says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Books in Demand
CANBERRA: War books and works dealing with technical subjects associated with the services form the biggest percenatge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Austrian Princess's War Romance
LONDON, Jan. 30.—A princess's war romance culminated in a wedding in London. The bride was Princess Nadejda De Braganca, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Prisoners May Help Fruit Harvest
SYDNEY, Friday.—Withdrawing its blanket objection to the employment of war prisoners in fruit-growing areas, the A.W.U. Convention…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Cabinet to Meet at Canberra
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) announced to-night that the War Cabinet would meet in Canberra on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Embroil Eire in War I.R.A. Conspiracy
DUBLIN. Jan. 30.—"It cannot be denied that a conspiracy exists to embroil us in war," said the Minister of Local Government (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women Showed Courage Perilous' Trip From War Zone
A story of courage and endeavour lies behind the arrival in Australia of a number of women and children who, to use their own words, were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Helping The War Effort 2/6 Field Regiment Comforts Fund
The 2/6 Filed Regiment Comforts Fund. at its meeting yesterday, decided to commence a sewing bee. The President (Mrs. W. Fyfe)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brothers Killed in Action
SINGLETON, Sunday.—Two brothers, Corporal R. V. Ivers and Lance-Corporal E. R. Ivers have been killed in action with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America's First War Strike
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The walk-out of 1180 independent welders in a Tacoma shipyard spread last night to a further 1200 shipbuilding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ace Airman War Prisoner
LONDON, Feb. 1.—The German radio reported that Squadron Leader R. R. S. Tuck, one of Britain's best-known fighter pilots, who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air War Methods Criticised
LONDON, Sun, (O.S.R.).—Critics of Britain's air-war strategy are becoming more numerous and more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Adoption of War Orphans Yet
LONDON, December 21 (Air Mail): Legal adoption by foster parents of war orphans in Britain will not be permitted until…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Strings on War Effort of the Miners
"We are not prepared to light with picks and shovels or with dynamite alone, but we are prepared to fight with the best…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.Z. Views on War Council in Washington
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Mr. Walter Nash, New Zealand's first Minister to the United States, said at a Press…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping The War Effort Kotara Younger Set Dance
A dance arranged by the Kotara Younger Set was held in the Progress Hall on Saturday night. Proceeds were to assist the Kotara N.E.S. first-aid post…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Planes Go To War Zones Via Africa
LONDON, Sunday (Our Special Representative and A.A.P.).—"American aircraft men and supplies are arriving on the west…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australians will be taught a new art of war.... Bomb Disposal Squads To Be Trained
Level-headed volunteers from the Army who have nerves of steel are to be taught at a special bomb disposal school how to make delayed-action and unexploded bombs harmless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Enlists Recruits in People's Army
Names of the men prepared to fight in the People's Army, formed last night at Cessnock, were taken to-day at the various…
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