Cruiser Cut in Two Captain Tells of War Tragedy
LONDON, June 12. A.A.P.—The tragedy in which 25 officers and 313 ratings lost their lives when the liner Queen Mary collided with an…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 105
War Has Brought Big Increase in Standard of English Education
War conditions had been responsible for a "really extraordinary" improvement in the standard of education in England, said Dr. C. R. McRae at this afternoon's sessions of the Education Conference…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Teachers' Leader Urges 1/ on Education for Every £1 on War
THE Federal Government should spend at least 1 on education for every £1 spent on war, the President of the Teachers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Wasting Time in Camp" Soldiers Complain to Welfare Man
"Men in a Northern camp are tired of training and camp routine. Many men who have served overseas are yearning for something to do,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Choice of Land for Polish Soldiers
LONDON, Tuesday.— Officers and men of the Polish Army are to get first choice of land taken from Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flying Nurses for Borneo Wounded
With confident looks to match their neat and snappy appearance, these nurses of the Medical Air Evacuation Unit at Moratai, in the Halmaheras, are ready to assist in evacuating wounded from Borneo as soon as the airstrips are ready. From left to right they are: Senior Sisters M. Budd, of Rushworth, Vic., M. A. Braid, of Perth, Sisters M. E. Craig, of Sydney, J. Rodwell,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping the War Effort
RED CROSS MEETING.— The annual street day appeal to be held tomorrow was discussed at yesterday's meeting of the Newcastle Red Cross Society. The…
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Sir,—Under Federal Government control. Soldier's Point-road is a disgrace. It is under the control of the Minister for the Interior (Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Belgian Civilians Than Soldiers Killed
BRUSSELS, June 13. A.A.P.—It is officially announced that 6400 Belgian soldiers were killed in Belgium in 1940, and 1264 died in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Australians Are world's Best Soldiers": Wakehurst
WASHINGTON, Wednesday: The spirit of Australia's fighting men in New Guinea was electric — something out of this world. Lord Wakehurst said today. There were no finer soldiers, no finer human beings on this-globe, he added. EVERYONE was on his toes, each…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Special Beer or Tobacco for Soldier's Reunions
CANBERRA: Applications for a special issue of beer and cigarettes for returned soldiers' reunions were always refused, the Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator Keane) said today. He was commenting on a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →17 U.s. Soldiers Killed in Crash
LONDON, Wednesday. — Seventeen American soldiers were killed and three injured when a Liberator crashed into a hill in South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →King Honors War Workers
LONDON, Thursday.—Key workers in the final spurt to victory, including aircraft-testers, mapmakers. ordnance factory superintendents,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lift War Regulations, Say Motorists
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The lifting of wartime regulations on petrol and motor vehicles was urged by the Australian Automobile…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japan's First Act of War
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Some hours before the Pearl Harbour attack. Japanese fighters shot down a Catalina flying boat in the Gulf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Legacy Appeal For War Orphans
War Orphans' Day, to be held on July 20 under the auspices of Sydney Legacy Club, has been arranged to raise funds for a community centre…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Crime Trials in Three Weeks
LONDON, Thursday.—War criminal trials will begin within three weeks, according to diplomatic correspondents. The "Daily Mail" says that Josef Kramer, the Commandant of Belsen, where 23,000 political prisoners and other victims…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Orange Growers Declare War "Meet Boycott With Boycott"
GOSFORD, Thursday.—War was declared on the Fruit Shopkeepers' Association of Sydney by a mass meeting of orange growers of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suburban and District Wallsend Recognition of War Service
The problem of recognising was service, beyond the presentation of framed certificates, was discussed last night by Wallsend Farewell and Welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Not Out of Proportion" War Earnings of British Shipping
LONDON, June 14. A.A.P.—The wartime earnings of shipping companies have not been "disproportionate to those of other enterprises…
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