War Prisoner Welcomed
Private Fred Mason, AIF. who was among Australian prisoners of war repatriated from Germany, was guest of honor at a party at…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
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Clothes for War Prisoners
CANBERRA. Wednesday.—A statement by the Secretary of the Prisoner of War Relatives' Association (Mr. Sydney Smith. jun.) that his…
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LYSAGHT'S SEND-OFF and Welcome Home Committee, at its first ladies' afternoon in 1944, for the entertainment of mothers and wives of…
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LONDON, Feb. 9.—"I am told the people of many parts of Britain are infected with very remarkable optimism and that many think…
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Australians as a people are taking the war less seriously than they did two years, or even one year, ago. A stoppage of street…
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CANBERRA. Wednesday.—A moving, by Senator Foll (U.A.P. Queensland) to secure withdrawal of U.A.P. representatives from the Advisory…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Lieut.-General A. E. Nye, warns against expecting an early…
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"It is difficult to speak in mid terms in offences of this description when a warrant officer is charged with the theft not only of property…
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SYDNEY.—Officials of the Tram and Bus Employees' Union have notified the Arbitration, Court of a pending dispute in the…
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Lieut.- Colonel D. G. Matheson, brilliant Australian intelligence officer and commando leader with the…
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EX-NAVAL AUXILARY.—At the monthly meeting of the Ladley Auxiliary of Newcastle Ex-Naval Men's Association, it was decided to hold a…
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LONDON, Feb. 10.—Because of the gravity of the recent statement by Mr. Eden in the House of Commons on Japanese brutality to…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Despite a feeling in an influential section of the Opposition parties that the Advisory War Council has lost much…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Australia had almost reached the limit of labour power that could be extracted and diverted into the war effort, said…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—It was not true that prisoners of war working on farms each received 6oz of tobacco a week, and that it was…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Government will not recognise the preference for returned soldiers clause in the Repatriation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Soldier's Souvenir
Sapper L. W. Isenhood, of Newcastle, displays a souvenir taken from a Japanese he killed in combat in New Guinea. It is known as "the belt of 1000 stitches." It is worn by the Japanese as a lucky charm around the waist next to the skin. It is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Let Soldiers' Wives Buy Homes
Complaints were made at the annual meeting of the Newcastle Real Estate Agents' Association last night that regulations had prevented wives…
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Members of the Newcastle War Road Transport Pool and the Newcastle and District Master Carriers' Association will review their war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner-of-War Mail
The Red Cross Society has advised from Sydney that letters of air force prisoners of war in Germany should be sent to Stalag Luft 111…
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