Soldiers' Concerts
Sir,—An appeal has been made to the citizens of Newcastle to attend free concerts in the City Hall to meet and welcome soldiers to our…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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Sunday Afternoon Concert for Soldiers and Public
The second of the series of Sunday afternoon concerts for soldiers and members of the public will be held in the Newcastle…
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At the request of the Premier (Mr. McKell), as Chairman of the New South Wales Post-war Reconstruction Advisory Committee, Greater…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Current Topics War Pensions Payments
IN FUTURE, war pensions will be paid at Newcastle Post-office on Wednesdays, instead of Thursdays. The alteration applies only to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Golf for War Funds
A mixed four-ball competition is to be held by Cessnock Golf Club each month in aid of patriotic funds. The first will be held on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →30,000 Notices in War Insurance Scheme
THIRTY THOUSAND notices will be sent out by Greater Newcastle Council within the next few weeks asking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Doubles Its Quota In War Loan
It was reported this afternoon by the Town Clerk of West Maitland (Mr. E. W. William) that the contribution for the Liberty Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waratah Anzac Service
The Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will hold its Anzac service this year as usual. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wounded From Darwin Ambulance Train in Sydney
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Australia's first ambulance train reached Sydney to-day, carrying 90 wounded men, representing the three fighting…
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Donations in Newcastle for the prisoners of war fund are increasing daily The drain on this fond to meet oversea commitments is enormous…
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MAYFIELD AUXILIARY.—Several new members have been enrolled by the Mayfield auxiliary of the Australian Comforts Fund, in the absence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Village Lives on War
CAIRO, Wednesday. (From John Hetherington).—In the middle of the 25 miles wide no-man's-land in Libya stands a village whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tribute to War Homes in Newcastle
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Repatriation and War Service Homes (Mr. Frost), who returned to Sydney this morning after a tour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Near in Brazil, Riots Against Axis
NEW YORK (OSR and AAP): Enraged by the sinking of Brazilian ships, Brazilians are smashing Axis shops…
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SYDNEY.—"Instead of arranging bridge parties in the afternoon housewives should arrange camouflage net parties…
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HAMILTON RED CROSS.—Mr. Bernard Riley, honorary director of the Red Cross Bureau of Wounded and Missing and Prisoners of War, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Absenteeism Remains War Problem
LONDON, Friday: While the vast majority of workers are anxious to do their utmost in the war effort, absenteeism remains a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How Australia Built for War
"The rapid transformation of Australia, an agricultural land, into an industrial nation, which a visiting British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War's Urgency Invades a Sanctuary
Footprints of Time have been indelibly planted on one spot above all others in Sydney. More than 100 years ago. Camperdown Cemetery was in the country. The metropolis grew around it; it became part of the city: then a dense factory area. To-day the cemetery, long closed to burials, is criss-crossed with air raid shelter trenches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Sapping Nazi Youth Morality
LONDON, March 13.—The German Government spokesman, broadcasting throughout Germany, stated: "Everyone is complaining about…
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