War-time Babies Are Below Average
SYDNEY.—Babies were being born smaller (on the average) than before the war. end the number of premature babies had increased 5 per cent Matron Shaw, of Crown Street…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 121
War Service Part of Employment Term
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Employers must now regard employment after war service of any individual as a continuation of previous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in Italy British Pour Over Garigliano
LONDON, Thurs.—British reinforcements are pouring over the Garigliano River (western Italy) to join troops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baths As War Memorial Country Towns Give Lead
It was suggested at a council meeting of Northern District Amateur Swimming Association last night that the proposed Olympic Pool at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Home Nursing of Soldiers St. John Ambulance Scheme
St. John Ambulance authorities have started a movement in New South Wales on the lines of Mrs. Roosevelt's suggestion for training…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. Soldier Charged with Murder
BRISBANE, Thursday.—At the Police Court, Fontaine B. Williams, a U.S. soldier, was charged with having murdered an Australian sailor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suburban and District 25 Soldiers Adopted at Hamilton
Hamilton Parents and Friends' Patriotic Committee last night donated £65 to the Australian Comforts Fond adoption scheme. The money wilt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Courts Newcastle Police Division (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. Sm) Soldier Gaoled
ROy Christian. 21, soldier, was chanted with Healing a wallet and £7 from Frank Schmedel, at Newcastle on January 8…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Repatriation of Returned Soldiers
"Every citizen of Australia should carry out his stewardship to the boys whether in the AIF, Militia or essential workers in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prisoner of War Has Plenty
Writing to his mother, Mrs. M. Weissmann, of Hill-street, Wallsend, from an Italian prisoner-of-war camp, "Poste Militare, 3200."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War-guilt Jurist Chosen by Dutch
LONDON.—Another name has been added to the United Nations Commission for the Investigation of War crimes with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Racketeering Called "Satanism"
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The President of the Australian United Churches' Association (Rev. C. Bernard Cockett) described wartime…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Move To Rescue War Refugees
WASHINGTON, Jan, 23.—President Roosevelt has established a War Refuge Board composed of the Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Pacific War Will Last Several Years"
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—Addressing the Foreign Policy Association, the New Zealand Minister in Washington (Mr. Nash) declared: People…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier's Toes Severed
While on leave at his mother's home in Nelson-street, Wallsend on Saturday. Robert Carter, a soldier, had two toes of his left foot severed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One-man War for Corporal
An Australian corporal, who saw his mortally wounded mate drop 4000 feet to death on Shaggy Ridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Risk Benefits For Seamen Extended
CANBERRA, Monday.—Additional benefits for seamen who are injured through enemy action are provided by National Security Regulations,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Revenge Theory in Soldier's Murder
ADELAIDE, Monday.—Revenge may have been the motive in the murder yesterday of Phillip John Beattie, 24, of Campsie, New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Form New Sub-branch Returned Soldiers at Islington
A provisional committee to form an Islington sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was set up last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Anzac Diplomatic Front
The agreement between the Australian and New Zealand Governments is wider and more fruitful than preliminary reports had…
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