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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
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SYDNEY.—"To the men and women working in Australian factories and essential services we say: 'You are achieving splendidly, but there is still a long way to go yet; and the only way to shorten the struggle and save lives is to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Jan. 4.—"To-day there is no possible doubt that the end of the war is in sight," declared General Sir Bernard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WARWICK (Qld.), Tuesday.—A former prisoner at Warwick Detention Barracks, Pte. R. A. Seymour, said at the District Court-martial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With the intention of forming a sub-branch of the Second Australian Ex-Servicemen's Association, the State president of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle branch of the Australian Comforts Fund has received another letter from a soldier that gives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian Comforts Fund should not disband when the war ends but should care for convalescent soldiers and assist in repatriation schemes, the Newcastle branch organiser (Mr. Trebor Edmunds) believes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Jan. 5.—Nearly 30,000 battle casualties were admitted to Middle East Hospitals between April, 1942, and March, 1943…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WARATAH - MAYFIELD SEND - OFF AND WELCOME HOME COMMITTEE voted £25 to the Australian Comforts Fund at its first meeting in 1944. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON.—A loosening of murals has always been one of the hideous accompaniments of war. says the Bishop of Rochester, Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Wednesday. — British motor care after the war will have glass roofs, air conditioning and central heating. These developments, with bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.— Hesione, with a smart half mile, and Silver Flare, with a dashing three furlongs, were outstanding sprinters on the grass at Randwick to-day. War Effort displayed speed in a half mile trial at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Thursday.—Ninety-five German fighters were destroyed for the loss of 25 Allied heavy bombers and 12 fighters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A big effort would probably be made by the trade-union movement to subscribe for hampers to men on active service, said the Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The State President of the Second Australian Ex-servicemen's Association (Mr. R. J. Griffiths) yesterday invited all discharged members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney.—An American soldier who was dragged unconscious from the Bondi surf early this afternoon died a few hours later…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Addressing a soldier who admitted having cone AWL several times, the president of a District Court Martial to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WARWICK.—Alienations by a prisoner at Warwick Detention Barracks, that Start Sergeant J. Cardigan, a member of the staff,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Except on new buildings, there would be no contributions levy for war damage insurance this year, the Town Clerk (Mr. Wells) said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AS the day of the real second front grows nearer, it is more important than ever that food supplies be kept up to Britain and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON, Thursday.—President Roosevelt suggested solutions to important world problems in his report to Congress on Lend-Lease yesterday. He advocated postwar-international agreement to give…
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