Care of War Memorials Duty of Council
The Mayor (Ald. Norris) said that an inspection would be made to see if complaints about the condition of Wickham was memorial were…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 121
1000 U.S. Soldiers Lost at Sea
NEW YORK, Feb. 18. A.A.P.—The sinking of an Allied troopship at night in European waters, with the loss of 1000 American soldiers, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"No German Soldiers in Papal Villa"
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. A.A.P.—Speaking on behalf of the Vatican, the Apostolic Delegate (Most Rev. Amleto Cicognani) denied a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chinese Soldier Could Not Stand Insults
SYDNEY, Friday.—When Private Albert Kenneth Chue, 26. a half-caste Chinese member of the A.I.F., appeared before a Court-martial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned at Sea Soldiers' Families From England
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Frost) revealed in the House of Representatives that a number of Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rehabilitation Of Soldiers
LONDON, Friday. — "When the time comes, we are not going to leave demobilisation to be chaotically dealt with." said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Select Home Sites
CANBERRA.—Returned soldiers from this war are selecting sites in some of the better Sydney residential areas for homes to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War Council
The decision of the United Australia Party to leave the War Council is regrettable. The council is a link between the parties…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helping the War Effort
AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND depot roller for the coming week: Tuesday. Cheerio Club; Wednesday, Police Women's War Auxiliary, RSS and A1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Party Will Still Support War Council
CANBERRA, Sunday.—At a conference between Mr. Curtin and representatives of the Country Party, a reconciliation of views on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Darwin Has Hit Back Hard In Two Years of War
IT WAS two years on Saturday since enemy bombs first fell on Australian soil—two years since the first and most severe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frozen Vegetables For Soldiers
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A factory to freeze vegetables for men in the fighting forces will be opened in Sydney shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket Trophies for War Effort
A recommendation by the Finance Committee that £13/13/ allocated for trophies be distributed to patriotic funds was adopted at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Post-war Problems in Pacific
WASHINGTON, Monday. —"There will need to be the fullest possible cooperation to meet post-war problems in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Current Topics Prisoner-of-War Letters
NEXT-OF-KIN should realise that mail from Australians who are prisoners of war in Japanese hands is irregular and should not be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Be Reaction To-morrow U.A.P. Attitude to War Council
CANBERRA, Monday.—Until members return to Canberra for the resumption of Parliament on Wednesday no important developments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unable to Get Homes "Pathetic State" of Soldiers
"In Newcastle there are numbers of returned soldiers from this war who find it impossible to get house, flats or rooms in which to live,"…
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THE NEWCASTLE RSSAIL WOMEN'S AUXILIARY annual button day will be held on Friday. The auxiliary of which Mrs. Kilgour is president, will have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Return of War Insurance Is Sought
Alderman G. W. Jenner intends to move, at to-night's meeting of Greater Newcastle Council, that application be made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sun Britain's Part In The War
THE BRITISH have a capacity for understatement which frequently leads to a wrong impression of what Britain is doing…
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