Negro Soldier for Trial
SYDNEY, Thursday.—After inquiring into the death of Gunner Burns at the 113th Australian General Hospital, allegedly from injuries…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 121
103,460 Anzac Day Passengers
On Anzac Day the Newcastle road transport system carried 103,460 passengers—67,360 on the trams and 36,100 on the buses…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mrs. Jean Lillian Dowling, who would have celebrated her 15th birthday to-morrow, was shot dead, and her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South African War Gratuities
CAPE TOWN. Friday.—The Minister for Welfare and Demobilisation (Mr. Harry Lawrence) announced in the House of…
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ISLINGTON JUNIORS' GIFT.—Children of the JRO Circle at Islington Public School, from various recent efforts for funds have given £21 to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pictorial Record of Pacific War
LONDON. Friday.—The London office of the Australian Department of Information has carried out a wide scheme of pictorial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian War Dead Not to Be Moved
CANBERRA, Friday.—It was stated officially to-night that the Commonwealth Government decided some time ago that Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Tops £200,000 In War Loan
The £200,000 mark was passed to-day by Newcastle in the First Victory War Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Cooperation After War Dewey in Favour
NEW YORK, April 28. A.A.P.—Cooperation by the United States with other nations, especially Britain and Russia, to maintain peace…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to Editor Soldiers' Parcels
Sir,—I have two sons in New Guinea. Last year I sent 31 parcels of comforts and 841 bundles of books and papers to one. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Soldiers Stop Manager From Entering Factory
NEW YORK, Friday.—Soldiers to-day prevented Mr. clement Ryan, president or Montgomery and War Mail Order firm, from…
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HAMILTON-BROADMEADOW Send-off and Welcome-home Committee will hold its next meeting in the Oddfellows Hall. Hamilton, on May 9. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Issue for War Council Why Gordon Bennett Resigned
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A demand for a full statement on circumstances surrounding the resignation of Lt.-General Gordon Bennett from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carrington Rsl Is Opposed to Soldier Preference
Wickham - Carrington subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League was opposed to the priniplc of preference to returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Courts Soldier Remanded (Before Mr. B. Woods JP)
Leslie A. Morrison, 21. soldier, was charged with being found in the yard of a house at Cram Street, Hamilton, on April 29, with intent to steal, H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returned Men Need the Help of All
Whose responsibility is it to give the soldier that place in civil life to which active service entitles him? That question has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chemists' Work for War
How the Australian munitions Industry had been stepped un by the work of a number of BHP technicians…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post-war Plans Expert Says New Power Station for Newcastle Vital
Further references to the plan to build a new coal-fired power station near Newcastle to serve both Newcastle and Sydney and to link it with Brisbane as part of an important post-war plan have been made by the Chief Electrical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Demand Soldier Preference
Islington sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night signified wholehearted support of soldier preference. Delegates will inform…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Give Soldiers Passes in Newcastle
"Local officials of the Transport Department are willing to do what they can to give servicemen on leave from battle stations passes for trams…
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