Seek Enlistment Ban For Foreign Armies
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A ban on Australians going to Palestine to join either the Jewish or Arab forces as mercenaries to train…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1948
559 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 28
Deal With U.S. To Buy War Gear On Islands
CANBERRA, Monday.—Australia had completed a deal with the United States Government to buy wartime equipment and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Driver Remanded
Douglas Allan, 20, soldier, of Greta Camp, was remanded until May 10, on £40 bail, when charged before Mr. V. R. Jenkins, J.P., at West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Anzac Day Services Interrupted"
Merewether R.S.L. will ask District Council to make representations to have all traffic stopped for a short period in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kicked Football During Anzac Service
Footballers kicked a ball about the oval while the Anzac Day service was being held in Mitchell Park, Mr. R. Patrick said at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. War Plants Kept "In Reserve"
WASHINGTON, Wed.(A.A.P.): The Munitions Board has earmarked 309 war plants for a "national insurance reserve." Defence Secretary, Mr. James…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£5,400,000 Paid Already In War Gratuities
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Central War Gratuity Board estimates that £5,400,000 has already been paid, including slightly more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Acquittal For Soldiers
By his commendation of the Australian forces in Japan, the Presbyterian Chaplain-General (Rev. A. H. Stewart) has absolved the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schools Contribute To War Memorial
Although the quota system was introduced to Newcastle convent schools only four weeks ago, £40 had already been received,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surrey Match War Scars On The Pavilion
LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.): Kennington Oval, where the Australian cricketers will play Surrey to-day, will not be seen by visitors in its pre-war glory…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Enough Oil In U.S.A. To Fight New War
WASHINGTON, May 7. A.A.P.—A House sub-committee, in a report in the relationship of petroleum to national defence, warned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Citizen Soldier Returns
Reopening on July 1 of recruiting for the new Australian Militia Forces, including the 2nd (City of Newcastle) Battalion,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Pensions "Too Low"
Wallsend A.L.P. decided last night to ask the Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Frost) to consider increasing the war pension to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soviet Army "Ready For Hard War"
MOSCOW, May 10. A.A.P.—The Russian Army is ready for a hard, prolonged war, according to Major-General Zamintin,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Pilots Here For Air Week
Hundreds of war time fighter pilots, bomber, radar, pathfinder and transport crews, air and ground staffs of the R.A.A.F., are expected in Newcastle from May 24 to begin Air Force Week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japs Surrender 3 Years After War
GUAM, May 12. A.A.P.—Two ragged but healthy Japanese soldiers came out of the jungle yesterday and surrendered, two years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Egypt Ready for War State Of Siege On
LONDON, May 12. A.A.P.—The Egyptian Government has decided to declare a "state of siege" throughout Egypt from Saturday, when the British mandate in Palestine ends, says…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seek Home Subsidies For Ex-Soldiers
THROUGH its State branch, Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League will move to ask…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British War Plants Aid Export Drive
LONDON, Hat. (O.S.R.).—British ordnance factories are now turning out machinery for making nylon and silk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At War, Say Arabs Troops Move As British Quit
LONDON, May 14. A.A.P.—A formal declaration of a "state of war" against Palestine Jewry was issued by the General Secretariat of the Arab League in…
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