Secret War Tunnels Made In N.Z.
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.—One of New Zealand's wartime secrets, the construction of an elaborate tunnel system at…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 105
Wants Gratuities Made Tax-free Avoid Last War Abuses
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—War gratuities should be tax free because the issue of bonds after the last war resulted in many abuses, said the Parliamentary committee on gratuities…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—War gratuities of 2/6 a day, or £3/15/ a month, for overseas service, are recommended by the…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—An A.W.L. soldier was severely manhandle and struck on the head with a pair of handcuffs when four…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—An invention which Craftman L. V. Malee. A.I.F., submitted two and a half years ago for remote…
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The first of the series of "Anzacs in India" will broadcast to Australia to-morrow at 12.45 p.m., and will include…
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When the Governor (Lord Wakehurst) opens Anzac House temporary premises, on April 6, Newcastle Diggers will be there by invitation,…
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SYDNEY.—By insisting that Anzac Day should be entirely devoted to solemn commemoration, the Federal Government…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—"Walking wounded" back from battle areas ridiculed the recent public statements that Australian military operations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Gratuities for Civilians
LONDON, March 8. A.A.P.—War gratuities would be extended to whole-time civil defence workers, Mr. Churchill announced in the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Chances of survival of prisoners in Japanese bands are now better than previously, according to five British soldiers who…
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PARIS, Thursday.—A Red Cross train from Switzerland has entered Germany with food and medical supplies for more than 100,000 Allied…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Allies Cross the Rhine Goebbels Predicts Sudden End Historic Moment Of The War
LONDON, Thursday.—American First Army crossed the Rhine at 4.30 on Wednesday afternoon. It was one of the war's most historic moments. They crossed the river at Remagen (12 miles south of Bonn) while the…
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Greater Newcastle Council advised Stockton Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League that a committee would meet representatives of the sub-branch…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Plant From War Gear
A farmer in a northern battle area, unable to get a cultivator, made himself one from materials on the spot. Now it has been adopted by the Army Inventions Directorate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazis Lose the Radio War
LONDON.—Germany has lost the radio war. An all-wave station guide today reads like a list of Allied victories…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"British Fleet Is Being Crowded Out Of Pacific War"
NEW YORK, Friday: The Washington correspondent of the "New York Post" says that the British, who want to participate in the Pacific war, are actually being "crowded out" because the U.S. Navy feels they will be more trouble…
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A soldier who said he did not remember if the other defendant was his brother was charged before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at…
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BRISBANE.—Edward William Culverhouse, 28. a soldier, was found guilty of manslaughter with a recommendation to mercy. Acting…
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MANILA, March 11. A.A.P.—Five hundred Japanese Navy wounded were killed in the Philippines Women's College by…
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