Helping the War Effort
THE MERCHANT NAVY AUXILIARY OF THE VICTORIA LEAGUE held its first meeting of the year at the Great Northern Hotel, Miss Marion Reid…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 121
Japan After the War
The statement of the Federal Leader of the. United Australia Party (Mr. Menzies), that a prosperous Germany and a…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Federal Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) said plans would he prepared for the standardisation of railway…
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"It's all right as long as our men are kept in work by the Government, but if they are put out of a job before they are…
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LYSAGHT'S COMMITTEE.— Officers of the Ly[?]aght's Send-oil and Welcome Home Committee were all re-elected to carry on in 1944 at the committee's…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—General Sir Bernard Montgomery is fed-up with, the war and wants to finish it off this year…
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LONDON, Wednesday. — A Cyprus girl student, aged 21, who was serving a sentence of 30 years for helping British soldiers in Greece has been freed by them in Italy…
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SYDNEY.—Falling asleep on the parapet of the Bed Cross Club last night, Sergt. Therman Reddock (25), an American soldier,…
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LONDON, Thursday.—An attempt was made yesterday to kill the Police Chief of Milan. Signor Nicolini, while he was driving to…
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JUNIORS' BIG GIFT.âA contribution of £20 from the JRC Circle at Stockton Public School has reached Junior Red Cross Headquarters, for the relief…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Tokio official radio's Filipino commentator has written an article severely criticising the "un-Christian practices of the…
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Mr. N. McDonough, recently appointed assistant science teacher at Newcastle Boys' High School, is a returned soldier from the present…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.—A table of war casualties, published by the "Baltimore Sun," gives this comparison—…
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CANBERRA.—War Cabinet decided that all non-commissioned personnel repatriated to Australia from Germany and Italy shall get…
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LONDON, Feb. 3.—The Berlin correspondent of the Scandinavian Telegram Bureau quotes a German military spokesman as…
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LONDON, Feb. 3.—Mervin Clare McEwen, 35, a Canadian soldier, of Ontario, has been executed in Leeds prison for the murder of Mark…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—A young returned soldier who lost both hands overseas and was wounded in the left knee and right eye has…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Servicemen, reinstated in pre-war jobs must be kept there at least six months…
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Sir,—The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) apparently thinks that after we have defeated the German army and cleaned out all the…
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LONDON, Feb. 4.—The Government of Turkey is drawing up a decree forbidding Turkish embassies and consulate broad to issue visas…
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