Cooperation Needed Employers and Returned Men
More cooperation between employers and returning service men and women, widened scope of training schemes, and increased technical…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 105
Wounded at Balikpapan
Mr. and Mrs. Doll Campbell, of the E.S. & A. Bank, Newcastle, have received advice that their son, Neil, has been wounded in action…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The War. Gratuities Bill, providing for 2/6 a day for overseas service and 6d a day for home serviced, passed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping The War Effort
NEW LAMBTON CIVILIAN AID COMMITTEE at a special meeting held at the home of the president (Mrs. Shayler) decided that all the stock of clothing that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£150 Million War Loan Planned
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Authority to raise another loan of £150 million for war was sought by the Government in a bill introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Pensions to Cost £13,100,000
CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Expenditure on war pensions for the current financial year is estimated at £13,100,000 compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in Action
Mrs. J. Weichert, jun., of Sunderland-street, Mayfield, was officially advised that her husband,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Building Home for War Widow
Members of the Wallsend and Waratah - Mayfield R.S.L. sub-branches, with workers in the Bir mingham Gardens and Shortland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Damage Fund May Benefit More
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Consideration was now being given to widening the definition of war damage to enable compensation to be paid to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquiry Urged on War Department's Spending
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Fadden), in the House of Representatives to-day asked the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian-made Cars After War Forecast
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A postwar ear made of local materials will be produced in Australia to meet the economic needs of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Divorce Bill Only War Time Measure
CANBERRA.—Deserted Australian wives of U.S. servicemen are to be enabled to secure divorce in Australian courts. This is provided by the Matrimonial Causes Bill, introduced today in the House of Representatives by the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Demented Woman Had U.S. War Secrets
NEW YORK, Thursday.—A woman menial patient, formerly employed at the hush-hush office of Strategic Services, wandered the streets of New York for months, carrying documents of great secrecy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Soldiers Free Provost Captive
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Four soldiers forced a provost sergeant to release a prisoner in Pyrmont. The affair, which occurred while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nazi Spy Posed as U.S. Soldier
NEW YORK, July 19. A.A.P.—Officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have arrested Karl Wacker, 20, alleged to be a German…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →400,000 U.S. Soldiers Return
NEW YORK, Thursday. — More than 600,000 American soldiers were brought back from Europe between the surrender of Germany on May…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed in Action
Mr. P. J. Lord, of Minmi, has been notified of the death in action on June 26 of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Prisoner's Death
Mc-Namara. died of cholera in Thai Camp on June 18. 1943. Mr. McNamara was notified on August 25. 1943. that his son was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy War Damage Claims in Britain
LONDON, July 20. A.A.P.—War damage claims for the last year of the raids against Britain rue likely to be the heaviest of the war, says…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Leopold Believed Nazis Would Win War"
LONDON, Friday: "My personal opinion is that King Leopold is not a traitor, but he believed Germany would win the war," said the Belgian Premier (M. Van Acker,) today. The Chamber of Deputies debated…
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