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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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War Precautions In Australia All Aliens Must Register

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 September 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Defence has announced that police will immediately enforce the Act under which all aliens had to register…

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Canada Declares War On Germany (Special to "The Miner") QUEBEC, September 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 September 1939 · page 1

CANADA has declared war on Germany. A note to this effect was published in an official gazette after word had been receiv…

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Japan's Attitude in European War Readjustment Likely of Relationship Tokio, September 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 September 1939 · page 1

EMPHASISING Japan's non-intervention in the European war the Premier, General Abe, declared that there might in the future be some slight readjustment in diplomatic relations with Russia, America, England and…

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Types In War Zone

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 4

Top—Types of peasants through-out the war zone. Typical of the Ukrainian men are their high-crowned straw hats and shirttails…

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War Funds For Red Cross Lady Gowrie's Appeal Likely Formation of Broken Hill Branch

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 3

LADY GOWRIE, president of the Australian Red Cross Society, has initiated an urgent appeal for funds to enable the society to carry on and expand its humanitarian activities during the war…

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War Basis of 3 Years Nazi Strategy Fails (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, September 10

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 4

BRITAIN'S War Cabinet. rightly anticipated that her Allies would welcome the decision to conduct the…

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Why France Built TheMaginot Line Named After War Hero

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 4

WHO was Maginot?He was a sergeant in the Great War until he was wounded and lost a leg.And he was France's Minister for War at the time when France began to build the most gigantic series of fortifications…

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Submarine Menace Is Worse Than Last War (Special to "The Miner"). LONDON, September 12

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 3

WHILE most contributors to the British press think that generally the submarine me nace is not as great ts in the last war, an Australian shipping authority says it is worse on Australian routes…

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BRITAIN & France Determined Momentous Meeting of Supreme War Council (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, September. 12

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 September 1939 · page 1

THE Allied Supreme War Council met today in France The meeting fully confirmed the firm resolve of Britain and France to devote their entire strength and resources to the waging of the conflict, which has been…

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To Prevent War-time Profiteering

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The N.S.W. Cabinet yesterday took steps to prevent war-time profiteering. A Prices Fixation Commissioner will be…

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War Policy Does Not Go Far Enough

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Speaking on the Bill providing against compulsory service except for home defence, the former Minister for Customs (Mr…

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Lightning War in Poland Efficiency of Plane Attacks (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, September 13

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 3

WRITING from "somewhere in Poland," the correspondent of the American Press Association says that the lightning war…

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Another Declaration Of War

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 6

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War Affects Workers in New Zealand

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The New Zealand Government is urging all employers to retain the services of their employees. The Minister for…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool For Remainder Of War

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 6

CANBERRA, Friday.—For the remainder of the war the whole of the Australian wheat crop will be purchased from the growers and…

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War Raises Problems (Special to "The Miner.") ROME, September 14

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 4

While it did not involve Italian interests directly, the war, owing to its remote causes and inevitable result, raised numerous problems with which…

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War Bulletins Issued to Both Houses Polish Destroyers In British Fleet (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, September 13

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 6

WAR bulletins were given by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) to the Commons and by the Lord President of the…

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"Cannot Wait For Steam Roller" General Smuts Tells South African People War Declaration (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, September 14

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 1

"WE cannot wait until a steam-roller is on us," declared the Prime Minister of South Africa (General Smuts) in a message to his people on South Africa's decision in declaring war…

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Censorship Of War Pictures (Special to "The Miner:")

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 6

NEW YORK, September 14— British and American circles are seriously disturbed at the failure of British war pictures to reach America,…

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Americans AdvisedToLeave Russia Newspaper on War Fever Russo-japanese Armistice? (Special to "The Miner") New York, September 15

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 3

United States' Ambassador in Moscow has advised Americans having no compelling reason to stay in Russia to leave. Latest reports from Moscow say that diplomatic quarters think it improbable that Russia will…

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