Surplus War Goods
Sir.—The sale of millions of pounds worth of equipment by the Disposal Commission from the various military depots will be welcome news to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 121
Germans Move War Prisoners
LONDON June 7. A.A.P.—Berlin Radio said that when the Germans moved Allied prisoners during the invasion to prisoner…
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WICKHAM P.O.W.—An appeal has been made by the Wickham Prisoners of War Committee for three more collectors. It is believed that if these…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—For the first time in Victoria in this war a divorce was granted in the Supreme Court to an Australian…
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ROME, Thursday.—Eight thousand wounded were left in Rome's hospitals by the retreating Germans, the Allied Commander…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Industry After the War
The risk that employment on the New South Wales coalfields after the war will be prejudiced by loss of markets was pointedly…
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Extension of adult education after the war was predicted by the Assistant Secretary of the WEA (Mr. Alan Foristal) last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£120,000,000 for War Food Needs
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Commonwealth Food Control this year will buy £120,000,000 worth of food for war needs—an amount exceeding the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Popular Mother Contest Soldiers' Ward Appeal
Several schemes to raise funds for the returned soldiers' memorial ward in Newcastle Hospital were discussed by the committee last night. The…
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An A.I.F. soldier, 21, had his left leg severed and right foot crushed last night when struck by shunting trucks at the goods yard,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pope Receives War Correspondents
LONDON, June 9. A.A.P, More than 100 Allied war correspondents were grunted a special audience by the Pope in the Vatican Palace on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Invasion Details for War Council
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A cable giving details of the progress made in France by Allied forces was studied by the Advisory War Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Suits for Ex-servicemen War Cabinet Acts
MELBOURNE, Friday.—War Cabinet his agreed to issue improved civilian suits to servicemen on their discharge. A sub-committee of…
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Heeding the appeal of returned soldiers for the establishment of Anzac House, to be used as a club for returned men in Sydney, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Know Little of Atrocities" Soldiers' Congress Discussion
BRISBANE, Friday.—"We have heard only about 1 per cent. of the truth about atrocities by our enemies," said Mr. J. C. Boyes at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Want to Select Land
SYDNEY, Friday.—More than 4200 soldiers bad already applied for certificates to select land, the Minister for Lands (Mr. "Tully)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposed Soldiers' Hospital Conference
Returned Soldiers associations in the area bounded by Gosford, Quirindi and Coff's Harbor, together with other patriotic bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Correspondent Killed in Action
LONDON, Suriffay.—The Admiralty announces thai Arthur Thorpe, naval war correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph News…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese General Killed in Action
LONDON, June 11. A.A.P.—General Li Chiun-yu. Commander-in-Chief of China's 36th Army Group, was killed in action during heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded Go by Air
LONDON, June 11. A.A.P.— Wounded men are being brought back from France in Ninth Air Force Dakota troop-carriers, using, take-off…
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