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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

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Fought with Soldier Offensive Behaviour Charge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1

For having behaved in an offensive manner in Vincent-street, on the night of January 28, Sidney Waller, of Abermain…

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A Day in the Life of a Soldier

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 3

The working day of a soldier commences at reveille, which is 6 a.m. in the summer, and an hour later in the depth of…

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Milk and Fruit Urged For Soldiers in Camp. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2

According to experts of the Dietetic Association of New South Wales, daily menus for troops in camps are not equal in certain nutritive elements to…

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Soldiers in Brawl Five Injured. Clash with Civilians

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

Soldiers, police, and civilians clashed in a fierce brawl at the corner of Campbell and George Streets, city, on Saturday night. Later five…

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Execution Squads in Poland German Soldiers Tell of Horrors Youth's Defiant Death London. February 5

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1

The Copenhagen newspaper "Politiken" describes how German soldiers returning to their homeland from Poland confess to the relief they have…

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Annual Meeting Dungog Returned Soldiers Relief Payments Dungog

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

The regrettable fact that there were some members of the Returned Soldiers League who obtained assistance when in need…

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High Regard For The Finns Strong Feeling In The United States (Daily War Conservatory issued by the Department of Information) MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

The arrival of the famous Finnish [?]lete, Paavo Normi, in New York to appeal for fends for his country emphasises the strong bood of affection and respect between the smell Scandinavian republics and the mighty American nation…

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Drama of the War Fight Against Spies

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 6

If ever the screen brought to flaming life the headlines of the moment it is in [?] 20, Columble’s successor to “Clonds Over Europe,”…

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Higher Dividends During War Condemnation by Premier

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 4

Questioned on Monday whether he considered it right for trading concerns td pay higher dividends now, the Premier (Mr A. Mair) said he…

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Loyal Ulster Big War Effort (“Mercury” Service) LONDON, Feb 6

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 7

Broadcasting on Ulster’s wartime effort, the Prime Minister (Lord Craigavon) declared that Britain’s difficulty was Northern Ireland’s…

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Reduced Charges Soldiers Visiting Cessnock Baths CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 1

The Cessnock Municipal Council agreed to make a reduction from 4d to 2d for admission of soldiers from Greta camp, provided the men…

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Best on Record E M . Soldiers’ League Credit of £41

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 4

“It was a wonderful real to conclude the year so successfully and it [?] most [?] [?] for our lecture. We are…

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Enormous War Costs

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4

Sir George Schuster, the well-known financial expert and former finance member of the Government of India, in the course of a speech estimated the war…

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War on West Front

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4

Infantry fire across the Rhine between Strasbourg and Lauterbach, hitherto the quietest sector marked the end of five months of war on the Western Front…

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Idle War Rumours Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 12

The Minister for the Army. Mr. G A. Street, again urged Australians war rumours He stressed that in the past few weeks a certain…

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Germany’s War Aims Well To Remember Some Declarations “Fight and Conquer” (Daily War Comm[?] issued by the Department of Information)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 10

The first speech by Mr. Oliver Satnley the new British Secretary of Sates for War has been takes very make armies by the Nazi Propaganda machine In an [?] an Mr. Stanley on February [?] the organ of the Berman Foreign Office clamed…

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Germany’s False “Peace PLan” Part of Nazi Strategy (Daily War Com[?] lessed by the Department of Information)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 7

During the last fever days there have again have [?] of a [?] which was said an [?] would put [?] at the [?] of Germany According to the place Germany was to inside [?]…

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Year Reviewed Dungog returned Soldiers Annual Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 10

The report submitted to the annual meeting at the lan[?] Solderes [?] that [?] John had been…

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Anzac Day

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 3

A long discussion ensued on the subject of Anzac Day commemoration, as to where the service would be held, and who would deliver the…

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The Latest War Aims

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 3

Tu quoque, or "you're another", has usually been thought a form of argument hardly worthy of adults and totally unsuited to persons engaged…

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