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The wars & local soldiers, 1943

2,543 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 128

Soldiers' Political Party Proposal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 2

A public meeting in the City Hall last night set up a committee to organise a branch of the servicemen's political party in…

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Hamilton Send-off and Welcome Home Committee

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 4

Hamilton Sendoff and Welcome-home Committee last night discussed the dismissal of the secretary (Mr. W. H. Rowlands)…

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U.s. Services Want to Abolish War' Production Board

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.—"Fighting for my life against Army and Navy demands for the abolition of the War Production Board."…

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Soldiers May Settle in New Guinea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Many Australian soldiers are considering returning to New Guinea after the war to take up plantations and…

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The Soldiers' Smoke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 2

The reason given by the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) for refusing to exempt from duty cigarettes and tobacco sold to the…

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Soldier Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 2

James Kilroy, a soldier, suffered a compound fracture of the skull when a motor-cycle he was riding collided with a car at the corner of…

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R.a.a.f. Takes One Legged Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A man with a club foot will not be accepted by the R.A.A.F. as air crew, but a man without a leg and having…

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Returned Soldiers at Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Opposing views on the amending Repatriation Bill were expressed by representatives of returned soldier organisations who…

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A New Deal for Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 2

MR. CURTIN'S statement on the amending Repatriation Bill is not in accord with public opinion and facts which have been…

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Anzac Day Services

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 5

The president of the District Council of Returned Soldiers' Sub-branches (Mr. R. Bates) informed members of the…

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Rommel Reported Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—The correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance in Tunisia says it is confirmed that…

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Oppose Change of Anzac Day Celebrations

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 5

Hamilton Returned Soldiers' sub-branch last night instructed its delegates to oppose the notice of motion submitted by…

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Share Anzac Day Funds Hamilton Diggers Reject Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 2

A suggestion from Merewether sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League that Anzac Day marches and services should be organised by…

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Helping the War Effort

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 4

WICKHAM EFFORT.—The first contribution of the Wickham Sub-branch of the Prisoners of War appeal to the funds of the Newcastle Red Cross branch…

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American Post War Pacific

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK. Wednesday: America is mapping a programme to make the postwar Pacific an American…

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Wickham War Memorial's Neglect Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 2

A complaint that war memorials in Wickham had not been treated by the authorities with the honor due to them and to the…

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Prophecy for After the War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO. Wednesday—"We will be in just as tight a corner when the war is over." said Sir Gerald Campbell, speaking at…

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War Savings Campaign Miners' Wives Assist

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 3

Sales of war savings stamps are improving in the Newcastle district and on the coalfields, where miners'…

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Curtin Praises Opposition Members of War Council

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day gave the Opposition members of the Advisory War Council a clean record…

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Onus on Commission to Disallow War Pension

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Moving the second reading of the Repatriation Bill in the House of Representatives…

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