Could Not Reach Canberra For War Council
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Bad flying conditions to-day caused a postponement of the Advisory War Council a next Thursday…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 121
Plan Post-war Reserve of 1000 Liberty Ships
WASHINGTON. Tuesday.—The Maritime Commission Is studying a plan to place 1000 Liberty ships (10.500 tons) in reserve for use…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—War Cabinet decided to extend the field of vocational or professional training under the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidental Shot Killed U.S. Soldier
PERTH, Tuesday.—An American serviceman, Louis C. Buckstrom, 28, was killed by the accidental discharge of a pistol while it was being handed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For Returned Men Uniform £5 Gift "Impracticable"
A recommendation by the Carrington Send-off ana Welcome Home Committee that other committees should adopt its practice…
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Sir,—For the benefit of those misguided people who even now do not appreciate the part played by Russia it saving the world from Fascism…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exhibition of War Souvenirs
A khaki handkerchief on which was painted a desert scene and a crumb trav dated 1878 were among articles at an exhibition…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Acting Prune Minister (Mr. Forde) announced to-night that full Cabinet had decided to reappoint Mr. H. B…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drop in War Spending
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—War expenditure last month totalled £39,853,000, a drop of £13,375,000 on the previous month's figures. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oppose Lease of War Factories
SYDNEY.—Government factories at Wagga. Albury, Tamworth, Young and Katoomba had been allowed to go into the hands of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Keep Naval Shipbuilding Industry After War
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— The Federal Government's decision to build a cruiser and destroyer in Australia is the first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Migration Scheme Until After The War
CANBERRA.—The Government migration scheme of assisted passages and settlement in industry will not begin until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Demand Award Rates for War Prisoners on Land
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Immediate withdrawal of Italian prisoner-of-war labour from farms and other holdings in the Central-western…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Or Food—Manpower Issue: Curtin Tells Prime Ministers
LONDON, Wednesday: Australia's population of 7,000,000 is incapable of keeping its fighting forces at their present level and simultaneously meeting United Nations' demands for more foodstuffs. This forthright exposition of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Support Soldiers' Preference
That its delegates should support returned soldier preference at the State congress was a decision of Adamstown sub-branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allies Rescue Prisoners Sikh Soldiers From Singapore Tell of Atrocities
Allied forces at Hollandia have freed 621 Allied prisoners captured by the Japanese, including 462 troops of a Sikh Regiment. Australians, Americans, Dutch, Chinese, Filipinos, Poles and Czechoslovaks were also among the freed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adamstown Soldiers' Monument
Members of the Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League last night at the general meeting rejected the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Critically Wounded in Stabbing
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A 10-year-old member of the A.I.F. was stabbed in the abdomen near the corner of Oxford and Riley Streets, City,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Helping the War Effort
MAYFIELD FUNCTION—At a function in the Mayfield Masonic Hall last night the Waratah and Mayfield Send-off and Welcome-home Committee made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Retain Factories After War Ministers Promise Ironworkers
CANBERRA, Thursday—The Acting General Secretary of the Ironworkers' Union (Mr. J. McPhillips) said he had received a Ministerial…
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