Prisoner of War Coming Home
W.O.H. Roy G. Furey, of Brunker-road, Broadmeadow, is among 61 prisoners of war being repatriated from Germany…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 121
Newspapers Thanked By War Loan Committee
The part played by the Press was the most important in the recent successful First Victory Loan, states the Publicity Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bishop Sees Danger in War Restrictions
Australians should demand a clear understanding that wartime restrictions would be abolished as soon as the state of national…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. W.a.c.s. to Censor Soldiers' Mail
The first contingent of American W.A.C.S. has arrived in New Guinea, where they will serve as cooks, bakers, and other housekeeping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Ward Mayor Sees £15,000 In Six Months
The Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Norris), who is president of the movement, thinks that the £15,000 necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier's 20 Dozen "For A Party"
SYDNEY.—A soldier who purchased 20 dozen bottles of beer "for a party" was fined £3 in the Special Federal Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Views On Drink
MELBOURNE—"Drink is among the small pleasures of living which are natural prey for reformers and narrow minded sections who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"The Tyrants' War"
WASHINGTON, May 31. A.A.P. —Thousands of suggestions had poured into the White House since he had requested a name for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping the War Effort
WARATAH-MAYFIELD RED CROSS.— Receipts from efforts to assist the candidature of Waratah-Mayfield held Cross branch entry in the Air Race to Geneva…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Tribunal on War Pensions
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) said Full Cabinet had decided to appoint an additional War Pensions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I War Correspondent Captured In Yugoslavia
LONDON, Wednesday.— John Talbot (33). Reuters Special Correspondent and Representative of the Combined British Press at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Neurosis Blamed for Job Disputes
SYDNEY: Realising that railwaymen are as subject to war neurosis as any other section of industry, the State Council of the Australian Railways Union had advised members to refrain from taking part in any stop-work meeting or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. War Information £18,200,000 Vole
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.— House of Representatives has approved an appropriation of 58,625,000 dollars (£18,200,000) for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Men in One-man Businesses
CANBERRA. — Soldiers who abandoned one-man businesses to go to the war often found on their discharge, when they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Manufactures Must Help War
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. Dedman) said the Government was sympathetic towards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →679 Japanese Killed, Hundreds Wounded at Biak
In the three days of bitter fighter on Biak Island, off the far west coast of Dutch New Guinea, 679 Japanese were killed and hundreds of others wounded in a series of savage counter-attacks the enemy launched in a determined effort…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded Men Should Be Kept in Army
SYDNEY.—"Until a wounded soldier is able to take part in the economic life of the country he should be kept on full Army…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to War Prisoners
An appeal to Newcastle branch of the Prisoner at War Relatives’ Association from the New South Wales Secretary (Mr. Sydney Smith) to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British People and Pacific War
LONDON, Thursday.—"London's Press is negative to Australian news," says Ian Morrison. "The Times" war correspondent, who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"War Neurosis Cause of Disputes"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Members of the Australian Railways Union have been advised by the State Council to refrain from taking part in any…
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