Gaols' All-out War Effort
SYDNEY.—Prisoners in gaols ans prison camps throughout NSW are cooperating in an all-out war effort conducted by the Prisons…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 150
"No War If All Were Objectors"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—If everybody were conscientious objectors, there would be no war, said Thomas Drinkwater, a returned soldier from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Council Sat for Three Hours
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The War Council, at a three-hours meeting to-day, made a thorough review of the war situation in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Female War Workers to Do Shifts
Agreement has been reached between the Federated Ironworkers' Association and the management to permit women and girls to do shift…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What People Think New War Medal
A new war decoration 15 being mooted, and I suggest that as many nations have decorations peculiarly of their own design and name, we in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Health Week Emergency Feeding Of Children In War Conditions
There is no need for mothers of young children to become anxious about the milk supply in emergency wartime conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extra Ration Allowance for Soldiers
MELBOURNE, Thursday:—From Sunday a supplementary ration allowance of l½d a day will be paid to all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recreation Huts For Soldiers
Money raised by the Newcastle Comforts Fund candidate in the May Queen competition. Miss Betty LeCornu, will be devoted to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diggers Desire Anzac March
The President of the Newcastle District Council of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. R. Bates) will be asked by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Effort
VICTORIA LEAGUE.—Mrs. Mitchell, Warner's Bay, was the winner of the victoria League tapestry stool competition. The stool was donated by…
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NEW LAMBTON BED CROSS.—The president (Mrs. S. Brian) reported on the recent meeting of the Evacuation Committee and said that coordination…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Expenditure Over Estimate
CANBERRA: War expenditure for the nine months ended March 31 was £207,475,000 and has almost overtaken the original Budget…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →See War As One, Says Evatt
OTTAWA, Thursday (AAP): "You can't beat Hitler first or beat Japan first—you have to beat them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Problems for Mortgagees in War Damage
SYDNEY: If a home were wrecked by bombing, the mortgagor would have to continue paying interest without receiving any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Killed by Electric Train
SYDNEY, Thursday.—While attempting to cross the line from one platform to another at Central railway way station to-night, a militiaman,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Hostel Staffing Plans
Last week 177 soldiers were accommodated in the ACF Servicemen's Hostel in Wolfe Street, City. The honorary organising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Wounded Servicemen
Taking a blood transfusion at an Ottawa (Canadian) hospital. A hundred such operations are made daily there for wounded servicemen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Inventions Encouraged
MELBOURNE—The object of the Government was to Oder every assistance and encouragement to Australian inventors, the…
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LAMBTON CARNIVAL.—The secretary of the Lombton Patriotic Committee (Mr. A. Gow) last night reported that a total profit of £269 0s 1d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Pensions and Mineworkers
War pensions will not be token into consideration in pensions paid to mineworkers. The Registrar of the Mines…
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