A Very Quiet War
WEEKS have passed since the Government initiated its "campaign to smash the racketeers." With a great blaring of publicity…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 105
War Newcastle Day by Day
AIRY PERSIFLAGE…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—The conclusion of the European war should not be allowed to cloud even temporarily the importance of finishing the…
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Twenty-five subscribers from a staff of less than 50 at T. C. Pollard's engineering works. Carrington, yesterday subscribed £370 to the Third,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Shipping problems would limit the transfer of huge masses of men and equipment to the Pacific immediately the war in…
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Modern conveniences are not a part of general Army issue, but much can be achieved by improvisation and cooperation—an old kerosene tin serves its purpose well when used as a shower. Australian official photograph taken in the Jacquinot Bay…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—Already one Canadian serviceman in Australia has married an Australian girl and several others asked permission…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—The Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Frost) said he was gravely concerned by the acute staff shortage in repatriation…
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LONDON. Tuesday.—Demanding a reduction in working hours from 52 to 48 a week, 94 Italian prisoners of war employed on land drainage in…
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TRUE LOVE: A marriage which shocked America, Mary Lon Bram, 13, who left school to marry Ralph Houdeshell (47), father of 11 children, photographed with her husband at their farm home in Montana. They say it is a case of true love…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Move for War Memorial Hospital
The Repatriation Commission would not oppose the establishment of a convalescent home at the Lake for returned soldiers, although it did not…
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A branch of "Free Enterprise," a movement which has as its main object the implementation of a plan to influence the public towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weakens Nazis in Italy Swiss Ban on War Goods
WASHINGTON, March 20. A.A.P.—The Swiss Government has agreed to prohibit the passage through Switzerland of was materials,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Service Leave to Be Uniform Entitlements, Payments to Have New Footing
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Members of the Australian Navy, Army and Air Force should be credited with war service leave for service abroad, War Cabinet decided. War Cabinet drafted decisions to achieve uniformity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Soldiers Set "Wife Problem"
WASHINGTON, March 20. A.A.P.—Mr. Eliot Coulter, of the State Department revealed that 1846 visas had been issued to Australian wives…
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Two watches, a pair of shoes and two rings were among the articles reported to Newcastle police last night as having been stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →R.A.A.F. Enlistments
The R.A.A.F. Recruiting Officer at Newcastle (Flight Lieut. F. J. B. Dawkins) announces the following enlistments:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anzac Day Celebrations at Hamilton
Hamilton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night decided to hold its Anzac Day commemoration service on Sunday, April…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Diggers Attack "Wowser" Anzac Day
"To hell with whatever party is in power if they cannot keep their hands off Anzac Day and allow the returned soldier to have some privilege," said…
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"Anzac Day is our day, and no party is going to take our privileges away," said the President of Hamilton Returned Soldiers' League (Mr…
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