No Pay Rises for British Soldiers
LONDON, Tuesday.—Replying to questions in the House of Commons about Mr. Eden's promise last week that the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
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Homes Needed for Returned Men
Mr. W. H. Rowlands suggested to Adamstown Returned Soldiers' League sub-branch last night that support should be secured from…
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Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will hold its annual Anzac celebrations on Sunday, April 23. Permission…
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Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to hold its annual demonstration on the Sunday preceding Anzac…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trace War Insurance Defaulters
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) announced in the House of Representatives that a search was in progress to trace…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Air Plans After War
A senior officer of the Civil Aviation Department will be sent to Newcastle soon to discuss with…
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An exhibition of captured war equipment may come to Newcastle early in May to help the First Victory War Loan. A letter from the NSW National Savings Campaign organ-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Sinkings Equalled by Ships Built
WASHINGTON, Wednesday. Exactly the same amount of shipping was afloat on January 1, 1944, as at the outbreak of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central Council Orders Strikers Back on Tuesday Mr. Curtin Wants Peace Production for War
The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday instructed striking South Coast miners to return to work next Tuesday. No guarantees wee demanded from the Federal Government, and the instruction to the miners carried no provisos…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—An American soldier, a sergeant, who was on leave from a military hospital was found murdered at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suggests Soldiers for Canneries
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—There would have to be strong reasons for the call-up of women for canning factories on Sunday before he could…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Service Homes Civilians, Not Soldiers, in Occupation
While men returning to Newcastle after service in the present war were unable to find houses in which to live, many…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Secretary of the Department of Home Security (Mr. A. W. Welch) has been appointed Director of War…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"War Prisoners Not Given Arms"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—No guns or ammunition were issued to prisoners of war on the Wakool irrigation area, said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civilians in War Service Homes Diggers' Bad Bargain
The majority of War Service homes in Mayfield to-day were occupied by civilians because Diggers had been unable to keep up payments,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Free Passages For Soldiers' Families
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Free passages from England to Australia of 700 wives and 200 children of Australian servicemen may be granted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suburban and District 524 Enlistment Gifts at Wallsend
At the annual meeting of Wallsend Farewell and Welcome Home Committee the Secretary Mrs. W. A. Burns) reported that 136 enlistment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preparing for Anzac Day
Arrangements are in hand for the celebration of Anzac Day (April 25). The Acting Secretary of Newcastle sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers'…
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Phyllis and Nancy, Little, two Welsh enacuees, now living at Mayfield, who have collected £160 for the Red Cross Prisoners of War Fund in a few months, and now started a war savings stamps sales campaign. The girls have been in Australia…
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SYDNEY.—An Australia-wide campaign for the salvage of old rags from homes and factories will begin immediately, the "Rags are absolutely essential to the war effort," he added. "The services" requirements alone for waste ram this year is close…
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