Fewer War Pensions Than In 1914-18
CANBERRA.—Casualties in the four and a half years of this war have been much lighter than those in the 1914-18 war…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 121
Curtin on Coal and War Effort Coal Bill
CANBERRA,—"There would be abdication of the functions of Government were any group of workers or employers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May Return to War Council Mr. Hughes Indefinite
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A strong likelihood of the return of Mr. Hughes to the War Council, from which he resigned as a…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Total payment to incapacitated soldiers of this war and their dependants would involve an annual liability of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Dug in Like Rabbits
On the precipitous side of the captured Pimple, New Guinea, Australian infantrymen live in burrows, which extend all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City March On Anzac Day
Arrangements for the Anzac march in Newcastle this year have not yet been made, but it is planned to hold the commemoration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wanted War Insurance Returned
A motion by Ald. Jenner to apply for return to the ratepayers of money collected in the last two years for war damage insurance received…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Change in War Prophecies
NEW YORK, Feb. 23. A.A.P.—"A sharp turnabout by Allied leaders from their recent predications that Germany would be beaten…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wants Cricket Tour After War
LONDON, Feb. 23. A.A.P.—After the war a tour by Australian cricketers from the forces, on the lines of the 1910 A.I.F. side, would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frenchman's Preference Of War Heroes
LONDON, Wednesday.—Paris radio's military commentator, Jean Pa[?]uis, in a tribute to General Wilhelm Stemmerman, whose Ger…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Helping the War Effort Adamstown Presentations
Adamstown Send-off and Welcome Home Committee will hold a presentation dance and social in the Adamstown Soldiers' Memorial Hall next Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Hughes Given Time to Consider Sir Earle Page on War Council
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Appointment of Sir Earle Page as a member of the Advisory War Council to fill one of the vacancies caused by the resignations of Mr. Menzies and Mr. Hughes was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Body of U.s. Soldier Mutilated
NEW YORK, Wednesday. —Shockingly mutilated by Japanese, the body of a young American soldier has…
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HAMILTON RED CROSS YOUNGER SET.—Arrangements for a dance at Tyrrell Hall on March 2 and a party at the Hamilton council chambers on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Curtin on War Council Vacancy
CANBERRA, Thursday—Mr. Cameron (U.A.P., S.A.) asked in the House of Representatives if both vacancies in the War Council caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Press Leader's View of War Effort
MELBOURNE.—"If the Germans and the Japanese could see the military and industrial might of Britain and America winding-up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Friction with Army Officers Official War Writer Resigns
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Mr. Kenneth Slessor, who was appointed Official War Correspondent in 1940, has sent his resignation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Inside Germany" Report War Council Studies Defence Problems
CANBERRA, Thursday.—A report from authoritative sources on the internal position in Germany was submitted to the Advisory War…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Soldier Criticises Doctors "Disbelieving Attitude"
Repatriation doctors adopted a disbelieving attitude in dealing with applicants coming before the Pensions Appeal Tribunal. Mr. D. T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Build Soldiers' Homes Now"
"The Commonwealth Government must be persuaded to make and available for purchase by servicemen and women for the building of…
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