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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 121
LONDON, Monday: The German radio announced last night: "The Allies have thrown into battle unheard of forces of men and material. They are using 1000 tanks and daily bringing up new forces." A German High Command broadcast said the fighting compares in fury with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ALGIERS Tuesday.— Australian and New Zealand prisoners of war who left the Swedish ship Gripsholm here on their way home…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CESSNOCK.—Cessnock Council last night approved of the recommendation of the Cessnock Patriotic and War Fund committee for the allocation of gifts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth Government will adopt war orphans as a prelude to the commencement of its proposed large-scale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.—If manpower were not required for more essential purposes idle munition factories could be turned immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE.—An Important message to scientists which will be of interest to members of the public will be broadcast by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Issue of suits to soldiers on discharge would he discontinued temporarily, the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—"I'm sorry," was the reply of a man when a soldier found him in bed with his wife and abused him for taking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The formation of a joint insurance committee in Melbourne to cooperate with the Commonwealth Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the request or the Newcastle sub-branch, Newcastle District Council of the Returned Soldiers' League last night agreed to call…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New [?]moton Send-off and welcome home Committee will hold a presentation social in the New Lambton Scout Hall presented to one woman and six men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Returned Soldiers' League is to take on the case of compassionate leaven pay to soldiers. At present men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charlestown Send-off and Welcome Home Committee last night enrolled five new members. Arrangements were completed for a social on June 9…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW LAMBTON RED CROSS BRANCH will hold a musicale in the New Lambton Parish Hall next Thursday in aid of its candidate in the Red Cross Air…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW DELHI, May 25. A.A.P.— In the past three or four months, India's war effort has been doubled or trebled, says a review by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Since the beginning of the war General Motors Holdens Ltd. had delivered to the Australian Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, Thursday.—Heads of U.S. Service Commands have been ordered to get all able-boded enlisted men abroad for combat duty as rapidly as possible. Simultaneously, a vigorous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Intending applicants for Qualification Certificates for land under the War Service Land Settlement Act. 1941, can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OTTAWA, May 26. A.A.P.—The New Zealand Minister to the United States (Mr. W. Nash) predicted that the 10 years after the war will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Steggles, of Denison Street, Hamilton, have been notified that their son, ing Officer…
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