Abyssinian War South Africa to Pay Part Cost
CAPE TOWN. Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Field-Marshal Smuts) disclosed to the House of Assembly yesterday that an…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 121
Two Soldiers Killed in Road Accident
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Two soldiers were killed when a military truck overturned near Duntroon. They were Driver Leonard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Declare Views on Preference Hamilton Soldiers Demand to Ms.P
Hamilton returned soldiers will ask district members of Parliament to declare how they intend to vote on preference to returned soldiers…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister representing the Prime Minister told Senator Collett in the Senate that the present cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Civic Soldiers Criticised
Civic returned soldiers should have consulted Hamilton sub-branch before deciding to hold an Anzac Day dawn service in Gregson Park,…
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Critics of the proposed £15,000 soldiers' memorial ward at Newcastle Hospital were attacked by Mr. W. Ferrer at Hamilton returned…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday—When Pte. L. H. Phillips, on leave from New Guinea, collapsed in the city yesterday with malaria, he…
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Hamilton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night decided to ask local Members of Parliament to state their…
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Merewether Returned Soldiers' League will ask local State and Federal Parliamentarians to give every support to proposals to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cut Firemen's Hours After War
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The working week for permanent firemen is to be reduced from 78 hours to 56 hours under a bill introduced in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Prisoners to Harvest Peanuts
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Prisoners of war are to be diverted to harvest work on the Queensland peanut crop until additional labour can be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain's War Bill £15,000,000 Daily
LONDON, March 16. A.A.P.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Anderson) said in the House of Commons that the vote of…
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LONDON, Thursday. — The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Anderson) told the Commons that war expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Convert Extra Tax To War Savings Is Plan Of C.P.
CANBERRA. — Branding the 25 per cent, extra tax to achieve pay as you earn as unnecessary the Country Party is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Battle to Save Soldiers' Lives
CANBERRA, Thursday—Behind the air battle over Germany was a plan by Allied leaders to economise in Allied soldiers' lives, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MLA's Allegation Soldier-Farmer Needed For Regimental Band
SYDNEY.—A soldier needed for productive work on his father's [?]ig farm is kept in the Army to play in the regimental band…
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CIVIC sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night appointed Mr. W. Daniel as Organising Secretary of the dawn service…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wounded Home From Middle East
LONDON, Friday.—A number of British wounded from the Mediterranean area recently arrived at a British port aboard the…
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DIGGERS' REUNION.— The ninth annual reunion of former members of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions of the 1st Infantry Brigade, AIP, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Best Coal Output Since War Began
Coal won on the Newcastle and Maitland Coalfields and the Northern country centres this week was the highest weekly total since the…
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