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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Anzac Day. "Chronicle's" Publishing Arrangements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 1

Owing to Tuesday next being a public holiday, the "Chronicle" will be published on MONDAY, 24th APRIL. Advertisers please…

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Anzac Day Tuesday Next Local Commemoration

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 2

Anzac Day will, as usual, be commemorated in Scone on Tuesday next. Wreaths will be placed on the Soldiers' Memorial at the School of Arts…

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Anzac Day at Kurri March and Service

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 1

Anzac Day will be commemorated at Kuril, when a procession will be held from the Memorial Hall to Hector's corner and…

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Anzac Day Services. St. Alban's, Muswellbrook. Tuesday, April 25, 1939

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 8

The services on Tuesday next, Anzac Day, will be as follows:—Celebration of Holy Communion in the Soldiers' Chapel at 7.30 a.m. Returned…

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The Anzac Day School Sports Procession Will Be a Highlight

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 6

Much interest is being taken in the procession which will precede the school sports on Anzac Day. At 11.45 a.m. a parade of large numbers…

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War Veterans' Home a Chance to Help

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 8

In that dramatisation of active service-"Journey's End"-- one character on the eve of battle said of departed comrades: "It can't be so bad over…

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Ultimatum to Landholders P. P. Board Declares War on Rabbits No More Leniency

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 5

The Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board decided, at its monthly meeting on Tuesday, to declare war on rabbits in the area, under its control, and to compel landholders to take immediate steps to clean up their properties and maintain them in a rabbit-free condition…

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"To Prevent War" Roosevelt on His Aims. Mixed Views in U.S.A. WASHINGTON, April 16

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 4

Speaking at a Press conference, after he had released the text of his messages to Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini, President Roosevelt said…

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Old Soldiers Never Die!

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 5

NEARLY TWENTY-ONE YEARS HAVE ELAPSED since the last shot was fired in the Great War, but it is a matter for commendation that Australia, despite the passing of a decade, still pays tribute to the memory of her 60,000 gallant sons who…

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Big Parade, For Hitler's Birthday 50,000 Soldiers Berlin, April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 1

A march of 50,000 soldiers past Herr Hitler to day occupied fou hours, during which time the Fuhrer stood saluting. Every…

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Anzac Day Dawn Ceremony

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 6

In the still hours of the dawn next Tuesday, at the memorial in the West Maitland park, will be remembered the 24th anniversary of the…

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Post Office on Anzac Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 6

Postal arrangements at the West Maitland Post Office for the public holiday on Anzac Day, Tuesday, April 25, are…

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Four-wheel Drive Motor Trucks Best Fitted For War Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 8

Wartime needs, in many instances, greatly differ from peacetime needs, and in a major emergency, conventional practices have…

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Motor WORLD Petrol and Rubber Vital Essentials in Event of War Huge Reserves Sought

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 8

Petrol and rubber are important factors in to-day's preparations for war. Both products are vital essentials without which no prolonged military activities would now be possible. In the world war one of the first shortages that Germany…

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To-morrow's Anzac Programme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

Following is the programme for to-morrow's Anzay Day ceremony:- 4.30 a.m.: Dawn…

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Anzac Day To-morrow Local Commemoration

The Scone Advocate · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 1

Anzac Day will, as usual, be commemorated in Scone to-morrow. Wreaths will be placed on the Soldiers' Memorial at the School of Arts…

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War Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

A war bridge evening conducted in St. Mary's Hall Scoti-street West Maitland in aid of the church funds attracted a large attendance and all…

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Anzac Services Messages from the Churches National Problems

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

In his Anzac Day service yesterday, Pastor B. Gilbert Wright, of the Maitland Baptist Church, said that the intrepid during, the unswerving loyalty and the self-sacrifice of Anzac were needed more to-day than- such qualities were needed then. They…

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Our Inheritance Memories of Anzac Landing a Nation Born

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

as they trusted, we the task inherit, The finished task for which their lives were spent;…

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"The Muswellbrook Chronicle" MONDAY, 24th APRIL, 1939. Anzac Day

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

THE approach of the dawn of another Anzac Day reccals the valorous deeds of the sons of Australia on that morning 24 years ago when their…

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