Helping the War Effort
WARATAH RED CROSS.—To assist of the effort of the Weratah-Mayfield Red Cross branch in connection with the Air Race to Geneva competition, the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 121
Sees World War Against Russia
NEW YORK March 29. A.A.P.—The Argentine Minister of the interior (General Perlinger), in his first statement to the Press,…
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Professor Bland, who occupies the chair of Public Administration at the Sydney University, stated recently that there was obvious…
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Mrs. H. Furby, of Brunker-road, Broadmeadow, has been informed that her husband Lance Corporal Cecil Wilfred Furby, late of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Loan Quiet at Most Banks to Date
Quiet turnover for the First Victory War Loan is reported so far by most banks in the Newcastle district, according…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The Parliamentary Elections (Wartime) Bill, which covers the voting by members of the forces and C.C.C. personnel at the…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday—A New Zealand soldier, Thomas Rex Beagle, 19, was committed for trial on a charge of having…
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Officials of Newcastle League clubs are not optimistic that the soldier-player rule proposed by the…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Under holiday regulations Anzac Day (April 25) will be a holiday for all persons except those engaged on…
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SYDNEY.—The State Secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. J. R. Lewis) will confer with the Premier (Mr…
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MEREWETHER SEND-OFF AND WELCOME-HOME COMMITTEE last night presented gifts to 23 members of the Services who have enlisted from…
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R.A.A.F. armourers are handing out bomb tails from a jungle dump in New Guinea. The tails are protected in transit by cardboard containers seen at left, and these require large quantities of waste paper for their manufacture…
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LONDON, March 30. A.A.P. —The Nanking correspondent of the "Evening News" says that since December 23, 1943, the Japanese have…
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NEW CASTLE will probably have a community centre, perhaps even three of them, before the war ends, according to the National…
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CANBERRA, Thursday—War Cabinet has adopted a provisional plan for the official history of Australia's part in the war, the Chairman of…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said that from October to March 25, 6864 soldiers had been released for…
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First hopes that New South Wales Rugby League might compel soldiers in camp in the Newcastle area to play with Newcastle clubs, even…
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IN A LETTER to the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant), the former international Soccer player and coach,…
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CANBERRA—The Government, in the House of Representatives last night, faced the unpleasant task of…
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Cessnock Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has protested against the Government's order for the closure of hotels on…
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