"All War-workers" A.L.P. Council Discusses Housing
The State Government's housing scheme for war workers. on which it Is proposed to spend £1,000,000, was the subject of questions at the meeting…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 150
Current Topics Tried to Enlist at 87
''THEY TOLD ME I was too old," mournfully remarked George Carter, of Northbridge. whose application for enlistment in the A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What Every Soldier Prizes Above All— Strong Leaders and Quick Thinkers
Whose leadership is best, theirs or ours? We shall be asking ourselves this question one day if the Japanese invade Australia because upon the answer will depend the fate of the Commonwealth. France fell when the Panzer divisions crossed the frontier because her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Verbal Will of Soldier Valid
SYDNEY.—As he climbs to his place in a plane about to bomb Naples, an R.A.A.F. gunner may remark to the observer. "If I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clinic Wanted for Soldiers
Provision by military authorities of a clinic at Newcastle to provide treatment for members of the forces stationed in this district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reorganise War Finance
Sir,—In 1933, at the Economic Conference in London, the Japanese spokesman said that "cheap money and free credits must be continued."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Next War Loan to be Biggest
The next war loan would be the biggest ever floated by the Government, Mr. H. R. Randerson, an official of the Commonwealth War…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swansea Baths Stand Over Until After War
Adopting a suggestion by the Department of Lands, Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to allow the construction of baths at Swansea to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pay Up for War, Says Sir Marcus Clark
"Grumblers" and those who failed to give of their best for the war effort were criticised to-day by Sir Marcus Clark in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Charged with Wrecking Cafe
BRISBANE, Monday.—Stating that six soldiers who were charged at the Police Court to-day with having wrecked a cafe at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cook's Hill Welcome Home Committee
The balance sheet tabled at the annual meeting of the Newcastle and Cook's Hill Soldiers' Farewell and Welcome Home Committee last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jap. Wounded Crowd Hospitals at Saigon
SINGAPORE, Wednesday: Chinese intelligence reprts state that 5000 Japanese wounded are crowding the Saigon (Indo-China) hospitals. Urns containing the ashes of another 5000 are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Britain at War"
OTTAWA, December 14 (Air Mail).—The vital and distinguished part which the artiste of Britain are playing in this war, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Loan Funds
The number of subscribers investing in Australian war loans was not so great as that of the last war, said Mr. R. H. Randerson, an official of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Damage in France
LONDON, Tuesday. (A.A.P.). —Seventy thousand houses were destroyed and 200,000 damaged during the fighting…
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LONDON, Tuesday (Our Special Representative): Demands for speeding up war production, and particularly for the appointment of a supreme authority, continue as Mr. Churchill studies home problems before he makes his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Holiday for War Workers
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. —The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) has directed that, to maintain efficiency of war production, all Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Use War Prisoners, Refugees, Aliens
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—"I am absolutely determined, in view of the serious state that the war has reached, that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping The War Effort Hamilton Presentations
Hamilton Send-off Committee will entertain 23 serviceman in St. Peter's Parish Hall on Saturday night. Six returned soldiers also will be welcomed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australia Insists Voice in Whole War Strategy
LONDON, Jan. 20.—Japan's sudden and treacherous attack brought new problems of high policy and strategy, and…
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