Soldier Remanded on Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Sunday.âAt Central Police Court yesterday bail was refused to William Ernest McDonald, 40, soldier, when he was remanded…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 150
Soldiers Want To Leave Office For Field Work
SYDNEY.— The decision of the Minister for the Army that all physically fit men under 45 in the army now doing inside work will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Jockey Wounded
Newcastle jockey, who has been wounded in action and placed on the dangerously ill list. He joined the A.I.F. at Singapore, where he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Anzac Day Holiday Suggested
HOBART, Monday.—A resolution requesting the Federal Executive not to declare Anzac Day a public holiday this year was adopted by the State…
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CANBERRA.—Radical changes in the law relating to conscientious objectors have been made by new National Security…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Guilt Trial Rebounds
LONDON, Monday (Our Special Representative): Fear of evidence implicating Marshal Pelain may lead to a…
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WALLSEND POLICE FUND: Good progress has been made by the Wallsend Police and Citizens' Queen nominee, Mrs. J. Armstrong, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Lang and War Council
Members of the Mayfield branch of the Official Labor Party did not agree last night with suggestions made recently by other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Council Reviews Pacific Defence
CANBERRA, Monday.—Vital problems affecting the defence of the South-west Pacific were discussed today at a meeting of the Advisory…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—Regulations validating the war damage insurance scheme for property and personal possessions were gazetted to-night. They provide for voluntary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Damage Insurance in Newcastle
No official information has yet been received by Greater Newcastle Council regarding the compulsory war damage insurance…
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LONDON, Feb. 23.—Described as "the toughest man in Whitehall," Sir James Grigg, Permanent Secretary to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Darwin War Damage Can Be Insured
SYDNEY: Persons whose property was destroyed or damaged when the Japanese raided Darwin last week can…
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MELBOURNE. — Negotiation by the International Red Cross with the Japanese Government to allow ships with supplies to…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Returning a finding of accidental death at the inquest on Gunner Gordon Robert Greentree, 21, the City Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →4600 British Wounded in Singapore
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Tokio Radio, quoting the Domei news agency, says that 4600 wounded British soldiers are in the Cathay Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Growing War Output
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Defence materials listed by the Government as having immediate priorities were being speeded up as much as…
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WARATAH RED CROSS: Mesdames E. Silcock Ward and W. Tripet were elected yesterday as the executive of the Waratah-Mayfield Red Cross first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Damage Insurance For Property Owners
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The war damage to property regulations enforced yesterday affected every property owner in Australia and its territories, the Chairman of the War Damage Commission (Mr. A. W. Coles, M.H.R.) said in a…
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SYDNEY: So great is the rush for war damage insurance in Sydney that insurance companies' counters were lined three deep…
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