Allied Aims in Pacific War
GUAM, February 28. A.A.P.—Admiral Nimitz, acknowledging congratulations from Generalissimo Chaing Kai-shek and China's War…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 105
Strike Over War Prisoner Labour Averted
SYDNEY, Wednesday—The threatened stoppage of work at 7.30 a.m. to-day by members of the Australian Workers' Union engaged in the fruit…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—An eviction summons against a soldier of the Eighth Division who had been a prisoner of war since February,…
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That Newcastle, in early post-war years, will become the most important competitive cycling centre in Australia, was the determination expressed by enthusiastic members at last night's annual meeting of the Greater Newcastle League…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Norman Ralph Brook, 26, a soldier, was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Lance-Corporal Jack…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—About 1000 soldiers recommended for discharge by Manpower for essential civilian work had refused to accept…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Striking coalminers who were conscripted into the Army in 1944 and then released a few weeks later are entitled to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Owning of Two Homes "Disgraceful," Say Returned Soldiers
It was time to consider whether it was right for people to own more than one house in wartime, when so many servicemen wanted homes…
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Walking wounded infantryman being helped along the Mawaraka- Mosgietta track, in south-western Bougainville, where the Japanese have resisted the Australian troops' advance most bitterly. —Australian Official Photo…
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MOSCOW, March 1. A.A.P.—It is confirmed in Moscow that American and British war prisoners released by the Russians have reached…
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BROADMEADOW RED CROSS has nominated its president (Mrs. H. D. Quinlan) In the popular mother competition arranged by the Australian Red Cross…
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NEW YORK, March 1. A.A.P.—The Provisional Korean Government has declared war on Germany and Japan, reports the Chungking…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—New manpower allocations do not provide in many instances for the achievement of targets set for June this year. Thousands of men now…
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The Secretary (Mr. H. Knight) reported to the New Lambton-Lambton Returned Soldiers' League that no reply had been received from the Town…
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CANBERRA, Thursday—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said the statement that soldiers who did not want to drink were forced to…
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LONDON, March 2. A.A.P.—Lord Queensborough, President of the Royal Society of Saint George, in a personal message to the society,…
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Sir,—In reply to "Realist," I would prefer to credit a man of the calibre of the Dean of Canterbury than of Walter Taylor. Could…
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Addressing the Industrial War Loan panel at the Trades Hall last night, the Assistant Northern War Loan Organiser (Mr. H. McGlynn)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Persia at War with Japan
LONDON, March 2. A.A.P.—It is officially announced in Teheran that Persia (Iran) has declared war on Japan. The declaration became…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Prisoners in Good Heart
LONDON, March 2. A.A.P.—Five hundred British Empire war prisoners, who have arrived in Odessa, are "in good heart, and bubbling over…
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