Effects of War on Missions Baptists' Work in Three Spheres
At the 11th Good Friday Convention of the Newcastle and Northern Baptist Church held in the Maitland-road Church yesterday…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 121
3 Soldiers in Road Fatality
BRISBANE, Friday.—Three soldiers were killed and four injured when a heavy Army truck overturned on the Oakey-Kingsthorpe…
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Another returned soldier problem has arisen for Greater Newcastle Council. An employee, W. H. Mitchell, is…
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SYDNEY.—Taken ill in a train on the way to Sydney, Alexander Holmes McKenzie, 40, a returned soldier, died in the…
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MELBOURNE.—Federal Diana for post-war land settlement of ex-servicemen are expected to be announced soon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intensify War Loan Drive
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A greatly improved daily rate of individual subscribers would be necessary for the remaining four weeks of the…
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EX-NAVAL AUXILIARY.—The women's [?]uxillary of Newcastle branch of the Ex-Naval Men's Association will meet to-morrow at 11 am to complete…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stopped War To Wish Nazis Happy Easter
LONDON, Sunday.—American troops stopped the war on a mile of the Garigliano front (Italy) on Saturday to wish the Germans a happy Easter…
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NEW YORK, April 9.—A.A.P.—"The anniversary of Vimy Ridge has brought into the forefront the impatience of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.I.F. Soldiers Decorated Shaggy Ridge Battle
Under the shadow of Shaggy Ridge, scene of the most bitter fighting in the Finisterre Ranges, decorations were yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paid for Soldiers' Work
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Secretary of the Waterside Workers' Union (Mr. B. Mullins. M.L.C.) said that wharf labourers had been awarded payment for…
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SYDNEY.—Soldiers who did wharf-laboring work should be paid wharf-laborers' rates, said the NSW secretary of the…
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NEW LAMBTON SOCIAL AID COMMITTEE held a successful dance in the New Lambton Parish Hall last night in aid of the patriotic and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Married Women Lose More Time in War Jobs
LONDON, Monday.—Married women lose three times as many working hours as single women in war factories and should not take on full-time jobs if they have homes and families to look after…
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One Australian unit in New Guinea subscribed £1500 in one day to the Victory Loan. Another unit topped the £1000 mark the same day. Troops are shown filling in loan application forms. At desk is Mr. F. Gaulton, war loan official, visiting…
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Servicemen at battle stations scattered all over the vast Northern base are prepared, not only to light the war, but to pay for it as well…
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SYDNEY, Monday—The New South Wales Secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. J. R. Lewis) said soldiers who carried out…
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HAMILTON-BROADMEADOW SEN-OFF AND WELCOME HOME COMMITTEE last night decided to make gifts of £50 to the ACF Button Day appeal,…
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LONDON, April 11. A.A.P.—Moscow Radio states that Marshal Zhukov has been awarded the Order of Victory for "skilfully carrying out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post-war Supply of Electricity
The Department of Local Government and Housing has sent a circular to all councils asking for estimated electrical supply needs…
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