First War Loans Mature on August 15
SYDNEY, Sunday.—First of the Commonwealth loan securities issued in the present war will mature on August 15, said the Prime Minister…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 105
Commonwealth Wants Post-war Control of Prices
MELBOURNE: The States at the next Premiers' Conference will be asked to agree to the continuance of Commonwealth price control after the war. If the States refuse to delegate their price fixing powers to the Commonwealth during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Fall in War Effort Mr. Chifley on Budget Saving
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Australian war effort had not fallen below that contemplated by the Government When the Budget estimate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Death in Camp
John Francis Kelly, soldier collapsed and died at a district military camp on Saturday. An inquest will be held by Cessnock District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tobruk Tourist Trip for Soldiers
CAIRO, July 15. A.A.P—North African Army Forces Institute has inaugurated tourist trips for troops to Tobruk on a special train, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Raffled a Clock for a Soldier"
"This man was raffling a clock for| an invalid soldier and did receive any personal benefit." said Sergeant H. Larkin at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded in Action
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Fry, of Dumaresq-street, Hamilton have received word that their youngest son. Private Robert Ellis Fry has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Was Wounded by Dead Japanese
MANILA, July 16.—An American soldier, John Bryant, was wounded by a dead Japanese during the fighting in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Future Of Young Soldiers Call-Ups May Continue Even After War
CANBERRA: Army call-up of 18-year-old youths is likely to continue, and compulsory military training may go on even after the end of the war with Japan. THIS is the prevailing official…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conquered Disease In Pacific War
RANGOON, July 16. A.A.P.—In an address to troops, the Commander-in-Chief, South-east Asia (Admiral Mountbatten) emphasised the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Restore Families Broken Up By War"
LONDON, July 16. A.A.P.—The Archbishop of Canterbury (Most Rev. Geoffrey F. Fisher), addressing the Canterbury Diocesan Conference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Predicts Open War In Arab Areas
WASHINGTON, Monday.—"Open warfare throughout the Arab world may result if the Big Three fail to solve many problems of the Middle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Senator Keane May Join War Cabinet
CANBERRA, Monday.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Beasley) has been asked to act as Attorney-General, and the Minister for the Navy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appeal to Big Three Italy at War With Japan
LONDON, July 16. A.A.P.—The Italian Premier (Signor Parri) in a message to Mr. Churchill, President Truman and Generalissimo Stalin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italy's Declaration of War
The Italian declaration of war against Japan has no military significance, but is a gesture which should have a favourable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Palace" Prison for Top Nazi War Criminals
LONDON. Tuesday.—The secret prison where Goering Doenitz. von Ribbentrop and other major war criminals are being hold, is the i magnificent Palace Hotel at Londorf, a summer resort in Luxemburg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Tip Early End of War "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, July 17.—Of 25 Australian and American war correspondents stationed at Guam, only five think the Pacific war will be over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Public Shows Many Signs Of Restlessness At War Living Gordon Gilmour's London Diary
That usually unaggressive animal—the British public—is showing signs of becoming irritated by the thousands of pinpricks of wartime living. Vigilantes have seized houses for the homeless, and people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Surrender to British Leader of Indian Women Soldiers "Herald" Service
LONDON, July 17.—"Captain Lakshmi," an attractive, wealthy Indian girl from Madras, who formed and commanded the "Ranee of Jansi…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Smokes Doubled for Soldiers on Leave
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Custom officials at Mascot to-day doubled the allowance of cigarettes permitted to be landed by Australian servicemen…
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