M's. H.R. Watch Interests of Fellow Soldiers
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A meeting of ex-service men of all political parties in the Federal Parliament, convened by Senator Brand…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 57 of 150
Soldiers' Comforts Fund £30,867
So far the people of Newcastle have subscribed £30,867 to the local division of the Australian Comforts Fund for comforts for…
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(From F. R. Peterson at General) Headquarters of the South-west Pacific).—Thirty American. British and Australian war…
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NEW LAMBTON RED CROSS.—Dah[?]as and chrysanthemums decorated the stage of the New Lambton Parish Hall yesterday, when a juncheon arranged…
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Battered by bullets and worn by travel, the Australian YMCA mobile canteen "Dinkum" has returned to Australia alter two…
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WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AAP): Evidence which he claimed supported his allegation that cartels were interfering with the…
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WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AAP): The US War Productions Board has assumed nation-wide respon[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.a.f. Bombs French War Plants
LONDON, April 30.—R.A.F. bombers last night heavily attacked the Gnome-Rhone aero-engine factory and adjoining Goodrich rubber works at Gennevilliers, 10 miles from Paris, announces the Air Ministry. Large fires were…
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General Headquarters, South-west Pacific, Thursday.—As a result of an aeroplane accident, Brigadier-General Harold H. George, of the United States Air Corps, and Melville Jacoby, "Time" and "Life" military correspondent,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Y.M.C.A. Officer Opposed to War Appeal to Court
The Acting General Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association at Newcastle, Clifford Taylor Turnbull, of Ordnanee-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Manpower Total War means every man and woman is in the front line. Here a special writer further examines the problem— We've only just started the great revolution to streamline the nation for war ! Millions To Go From Civil Industry
To maintain half a million fighting men in Australia's front lines another three and a half million more civilians have to be drafted into the war industries behind them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lambton Gives £25 for Soldiers' Hut Fund
Responding to the appeal on behalf of the Newcastle branch of the Comforts Fund by the Mayor (Ald. Young), New Lambton Send-off and Welcome…
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BERNE, May 1.—Two thousand motor vehicles had been received in Switzerland from Germany for conversion into producer-gas cars. Most…
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HAM NET CLASS: It is hoped the first meeting of the Wickharm welfare and Welcome Home Committee's Camouflago net-making class in…
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LONDON.—Abraham Lincoln's statue in Parliament Square, London, has been stripped of its protecting Iron fence to increase…
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LONDON, May 1.—A special miners' international conference in London to-day decided to establish a provisional…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to Editor Take Soldiers Home
Sir,—In reply to Canteen and Buffet Workers' claim that men of the-services do not like home entertainment, I can speak with authority,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Diggers' Critical Anzac Day and May Day Marches
"I think the Government was only soliciting votes from the trades unionists by permitting; the May Day march to-day…
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SOLDIERS AT STOCKTON.—The Stockton Women's Auxiliary last night entertained 50 men of the fighting forces at supper and a concert in the…
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LONDON, Sunday (Australian Associated Press): "After this war there must be none of those gross…
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