India to Develop War Industry
NEW DELHI, Jan. 11.—The Indian Purchasing Mission has placed Lease. Lend orders in America for nearly £7,000,000 sterling. The orders are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 150
Progress of Radio in War
LONDON, December 9 (Air Mail): Remarkable progress in the application of radio to war purposes has been made in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Boy Scouts' Part in War
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The Office of Civilian Defence announced that Boy Scouts in the United States will be used as fire-watchers,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Training of Workers "Needs Much Thought"
It was not the intention of the union to interfere with production by suggesting that military training should be given to workers in heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sun Australia's Voice In The War
THE proposal of the Government to organise an efficient Australian publicity is timely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beach Beauty Quest Big Help for War Funds
Promoters of Newcastle Commercial Travellers' Club's Beach Beauty Quest have been encouraged to keep the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Voice in Pacific War Council Mr. Churchill's Reply Due This Week
CANBERRA, Sunday.—A reply from Mr. Churchill to the War Council's request for an authoritative voice in the war councils of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Editor of London "Sunday Express," John Gordon, Says— Experts Have Erred Often in This Queer War
Experts argued that an enemy landing in Malaya would be impossible. Capture of Crete across 100 miles of sea was "impossible" in the face of its defences. Hongkong Island was the impregnable Gibraltar of East Asia, well able to withstand siege, said the experts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Hurt Bottle Thrown From Train
When the Tamworth Mail was neat East Maitland on Saturday afternoon a jagged piece from a smashed bottle thrown from the train lacerated the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese War Plans Revealed
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—The Washington correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance reports the discovery of a sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War's Toll on Family
LONDON, Dec. 9. (Air Mail). —Enemy notion in three different places has caused the deaths of a London osteopath,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bigger Loan Spending on War
CANBERRA, Monday. — Evidence of the acceleration of Australia's war programme is provided by Treasury figures. They show an increase…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Workers Need Regular Holidays
CANBERRA—Workers, particularly in war industries, need regular vacation breaks to maintain efficiency and prevent factory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Industries Work or Drill Is Policy
MELBOURNE: Strikers of military age with an unjust cause may find themselves suddenly in militia camps. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helping the War Efort Lysaght's Women's Offer
Women members of the Lysaght's Send-off and Welcome Home Committee are willing to offer their services, in case of emergency to any women's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News Service for U.s.a
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that President Roosevelt will establish a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greater Use of War Council "Best Method," says Mr. Curtin
The best method of effective co-operation in the crisis was to increase, in certain respects, the authority and functions of the Advisory War…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland and District Magistrate Warns Soldiers "Disturbances Must Stop"
Drastic measures would be taken in future to quell disturbances by soldiers in West Maitland, said Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., in West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Soldier Believed Drowned
Acting Corporal Phillip Costello, of Newcastle, is reported missing, believed drowned, as the result of enemy action. He had previously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What People Think Soldier Preference
"H.S." writes:— I have a son 15 years of age and another 13 years of age. If the war is not over by the time they are old…
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