Helping the War Effort
NEW LAMBTON BOMB VICTIMS AUXILIARY held its annual meeting in the New Lambton Scout Hall yesterday. The president (Mrs. E. Dunkley)…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
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Chinese War Effort Praised
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Admiration for the effort of the Chinese people was expressed at the Advisory War Council to-day by…
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NEW YORK, April 5. A.A.P.—"The South Pacific was has reached a dead end with the occupation of Emirau Island," says…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday—British officers of the Indian Army who have been fighting with Australian troops in New Guinea…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. W. M. Hughes) has decided to rejoin the Advisory War Council. Announcing this to-night, Mr. Hughes said he had taken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Glad to Do Gutter Sweeping, Says Discharged Soldier
A MAN who served four years in the Army and has been discharged as medically unfit, said yesterday he would be glad to do street…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The growing demand by soldiers for hand was indicated by the number of applications for qualification certificates…
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CANBERRA Wed.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said soldiers who lad malaria for the first time after they had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Church
Named "St. John in the Swamps," this Anglican church was built by soldiers in Dutch New Guinea out of palm trees…
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C. J. O'Hara, a member of the United States Forces, yesterday in Perth purchased a colt at the yearling sales for 90 guineas…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Dig at Us" Diggers and Anzac Observance
"Mr. Curtin is telling us we cannot celebrate Anzac Day as we wish and have been accustomed to celebrating it," Mr. A. H. Longworth…
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Subscriptions to the First Victory Loan were hanging fire in a most disappointing manner, said the Northern War Loan Organiser (Mr…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—As a measure to relieve the housing shortage sleepouts will be made available in future to those…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Germans Thinking of Next War"
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Germans are already thinking in terms of a third world war, according to two officers of the Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cannot Buy Tobacco Sick Soldiers at Randwick
The only tobacco obtained by soldiers in Randwick Hospital was an dunce a week, distributed to them by the Red Cross, and they had no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supports Change in Constitution Dr. Evatt Quotes Soldiers' Charter
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) said the charter adopted by the national conference of the Returned Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Branxton Anzac Services
As has been the custom for many years, the services to ba held at Branxton in commemoration of Anzac Day will be a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Service at New Lambton
Lambton-New Lambton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League Anzac Day celebrations will commence when members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accident Victims Exceed War Casualties
LONDON, April 7. A.A.P.—Mr. Noel Baker, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport, declared the total number of people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pacific War no Sideshow Defeat Japan by Bombing, Invasion
PEOPLE are making a mistake in thinking too much of Germany as the supreme enemy and Japan as a mere sideshow…
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