Vast Output of War Materials
NEW YORK, Monday (Our Special Representative): Evidence of Increasing war production in the USA is contained in a report…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 150
Big Fund for War Damage
SYDNEY: Insurance companies up to Friday had paid to the Commonwealth War Damage Commission £1,700,000 collected in…
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LONDON, Tuesday (From Trevor Smith) : While united in their determination to give unstinted support to the winning of the war, apprehension regarding its whole direction has been renewed in the British people…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.e.u. Strike at War Factory
SYDNEY, Monday.—Nearly 500 members of the A.E.U. at a country war factory are still on strike. Unless there is a settlement within the next few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War May Last 10 Years, Says Rickenbacker
NEW YORK, Monday (OSR).—Barring miracles this wa will lat a least five years—perhaps test Colonel Eddie Rickenbacker…
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(By F. R. Peterson, at Allied Headquarters): When instructors in Australian army camps want a bit of action from their men, they don't say, "Step lively, men" any more. They say, "Give it the works," and that means all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huts in City and Suburbs Recreation For Soldiers
Following complaints at a public meeting last night that servicemen were wandering aimlessly in the streets because suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Niece Soldier's Trial Begins
SYDNEY, Monday.âMrs. Florence Emily May Peisley, giving evidence at the trial of her brother, William Ernest McDonald, 40,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huts for Use of Soldiers
"The result of the meeting last night will afford outside organisations the opportunity not only of offering financial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Hut Scheme at Newcastle
The decision at a public meeting in Newcastle last night to establish recreation huts in the city and suburbs for servicemen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Taxation of Soldiers
SYDNEY.—A clause providing for the taxation of members of the fighting services three months after their return to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Service at Waratah Church
The Anzac memorial procession, which has been conducted annually for eight years by Waratah-Mayfield Presbyterian Church, will not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surgical Advance Through War
This war, like the last world war, had been responsible for great advancement in surgery, said Major C. R. Blomfield (AIF), a…
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SOLDIERS' RECREATION HUTS.— Hamilton Send-off and Welcome Home Committee last night appointed the president (Mr. J.E. Wiggins),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prayer Meeting At. War Office
LONDON, Tuesday (OSR): A half-hour prayer meeting, held at the War Office to-day, Is the first of a series of weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Roll Grows in War Exercise Accident
LONDON. Tuesday. (AAP).— Twenty-three officers and men are now known to have been killed during realistic war exercises at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Insurance Notices To Go Out
It was stated at the City Hall this morning that 4000 war insurance notices would be posted to property owners in the City ward…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Review Australia's Part in War Strategy Springboard or Defensive Zone
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Importance of Australia in the war strategy may be reassessed by discussions which, according to cables from Washington, are taking place between Britain and America…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vast Lease-lend Aid for Britain Budget Reviews Mounting War Costs
LONDON, April 14.—Presenting his Budget in the House of Commons to-day, the Chancellor of the Exechequer (Sir Kingsley Wood) announced that the nation could be assured that the movement of munitions and other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Site for Soldiers' Hut Inspected
A block of land at Stockton, which has been mentioned as a suitable site for a soldiers' recreation hut to be established by Newcastle Division…
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