Justice for the Soldier
In considering amendments to repatriation legislation, the Labour Caucus should be guided by two cardinal principles. In the first…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1943
2,543 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 128
Tea and Supper for Soldiers at Hamilton
In the Hamilton Council Chambers last night, Hamilton Send-off and Welcome Home Younger Set entertained more than 60 service men to tea, and…
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A move has been made by the Returned Soldiers' League to secure reductions in radio licence fees for service pensioners. The…
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NEW DELHI, Sunday,—The audacity of two Indian soldiers which, alded by a perfect disguise, enabled them to go clean…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping the War Effort
NEW CHAIRMAN OF ANZAC DIVISION IN U.S.A.—News has been received from New York that Mr. Harold Robling has been appointed chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Work for Some Married Women
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Letters are being sent to all childless married women in Melbourne, asked them to undertake part-time war work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Install Raid Siren "After the War"
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—"Regret application cannot be approved. Advise you to defer application until after the war." This was the reply…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"War Can Be Lost" U-Boat Menace
LONDON, Jan. 2.—he "Daily Mail" has initiated a campaign to bring home the seriousness of the U-boat menace with an article by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. Citizen Soldiers Prove Their Mettle
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Lew-Is Sebring, writing in the "Herald Tribune" from Australia, joints out that 34 of 35 Distinguished Service…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Pensions Move for Clause in Repatriation Act
CANBERRA, Monday-Some members of the Labour Party will press at the Caucus meeting to-morrow for incorporation in the amending…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WANTS A.C.F. to Help Smokes for Soldiers Returning
Hundreds of pounds are spent on entertaining soldiers in Newcastle, yet there is a reluctance to spend mo[?] on eiga[?]ttes for troops…
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SYDNEY. — Four young wheelers of Wallerawang Colliery, who threw the pit idle when they received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unfit Soldier Fined
SYDNEY.—Discharged from the AIF because of medical unfitness. David Allen Tilley. 23 laborer, was fined £3 with 8s costs…
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NEW LAMBTON SEND-OFF AND WELCOME HOME COMMITTEE has voted £10 to the appeal of the Newcastle Australian Comforts Fund for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excise Annoys War Worker
"That sort of thing smacks of Fascism in spite of all the talk about Democracy," the President of New Lambton Send-off and Welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Life as Prisoners of War
Four years ago Misses Ellen and Jessie Neve left Australia for a trip to England and the Continent. They returned to Newcastle a few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Too Many War Plant "Expediters"
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—The Rubber Administrator (Mr. Jeffers), at a Government conference, demanded that "Army and Navy loafers be kept…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Longer Hours in War Industries Unlikely
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—There was little possibility of the Government increasing the working hours in war industries, said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rickenbacker Sees War's End September 1944
WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I US ace. cannot sec final victory for the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£14,000,000 Daily War Cost To Britain
LONDON. Tuesday.—Moving votes of credit for £1,000,000.000 and for £900,000.000. the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir…
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