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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 121
A strong warning to miners that they were "frittering away their post-war livelihood" by stoppages now, was sounded by the Acting Minister for Supply and Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) at Cessnock Show this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, March 10. A.A.P.—Nine United States soldiers, were involved in the recent escape of two Nazi prisoners of war from an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →About 30 members of Hurstville sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League were entertained over the week-end by Waratah-Mayfield…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY.—Diamonds valued at more than £150,000 have been produced in NSW and are being widely used in Commonwealth war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wartime necessity has caused a revolution in Australian agriculture and brought Australia out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallsend sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League yesterday authorised Mr. H. Raine to state to the District Council the League's claims for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—While praising the "penetrating intelligence" of Australian soldiers, the Director of Army Education Service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By 14 votes to 13, Wallsend sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League yesterday dissociated itself from the proposed £15,000 memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA. —Although some allen internees have been permitted to return to their homes or perform civil war service, no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY.—"I don't mind going down in history as the stripper of beds." said Miss Powell, new owner of "Travancore"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Monday.—Mrs. Frances Josephine Lynch was found shot through the head in a house in St. Lucia this morning. The shot was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Rugby League decided last night to charge soldiers at the outer gate, but to admit them free to the grandstand enclosure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—The A.C.T.U's. decision against preference to returned soldiers is based on the premises that use of the word "preference" connotes an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CHILDREN'S CONCERT.—In connection with the special Red Cross appeal now being made throughout New South Wales a children's concert, arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pilot-Officer Alfred George Osborn, of Raymond Terrace, who was reported missing after a flight over Berlin, is now officially reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A statement the Sunday Press that the Western Lands Board was granting additional holdings to large land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Men from operational units may be released from the Army regardless of medical class if they have had over three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The president of the Hamilton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. T. Fitzgerald), the treasurer (Mr. A. D. Rees)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hamilton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night decided to cooperate with the District Council of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LASAGHT'S COMMITTEE.—March 24 was fixed, at a meeting of the Lysaghts Send-off and Welcome Home Committee as the date for jumble said to…
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