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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

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Name “Anzac” Reserved Far Men Of Gallipoli Armidale Motion [?]

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 9

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Grip of Winter Cold Dominates The War Russia’s Chance (Daily War Commentary l[?]uced by the Department of Information)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 7

Europe is sill] la the pip of the most server winter in living memory. The artists around Demark which link the Baling with the North Sea, are freren over, and motor receives are operating between various island of the Danish…

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“Fight or Suffer” War Minister in France (“Mercury Service”)PARIS. Feb 15

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 1

The night [?] states: There has been actually of our [?] one suffered some [?] crossing the German lines,”…

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Middle East Safeguards By Allies German Activities (Weekly Commentary on War, learned by Department of Information)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 7

While the [?] are still offering fire [?] to the incise [?]preserve on the [?] and opration on the…

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Boom Expected In Electric Vehicle Effect of War (From a Special Correspondent) (By Air Mail) LONDON, January 80

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 8

The war, with the rationing of petrol it has entailed, has increased the hopes of a rapid [?] of [?] in Britain of the [?]…

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Street Affray Two Men Wounded In Melbourne MELBOURNE. Monday

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 6

In a street affray in Therry-street Melbourne, late on Saturday night, a middle-aged man and a youth were shot down anti were admitted to…

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Name "Anzac" Not for 2nd A.I.F. Armidale Resolution

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 4

Armidale sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League moved to have the name of "Anzac" reserved for those men who served at…

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Altmarck a War Vessel. What Statistics Revealed

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 1

A search of shipping statistics published in January, 1939, in Germany shows that a vessel named Altmarck was marked with cross-swords, and…

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Winning War Exports Play Vital Part Straight Talk

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 6

Britain’s exports are going to play a vital par[?] in shor[?] the war said Mr. R. S. H. [?] Minister for Overseas Trade, is a…

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Aerial War Germans Claim (“Mercury” Service) LONDON, Feb. 18

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 5

A Berlin communique states that [?]enemy aeroplanes penetrated Helingoland Bight and tried to reach island hases but were engaged by German…

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If Germany Sank United States Ship Excitement, But No War

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 1

Senator Pittman said in the United States Senate that if Germany sank a United States vessel it would be a brutal act and…

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Why Australia Is At War Independence And Freedom At Stake

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 4

It would be a very grave mistake to assume that Australia’s participation in this war is a mere following of the British lead, or that Australian feel their war effort to be in any way a mere fulfilment of their constitutional obligations as…

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The Crisis in Finland Appeals for Assistance (Daily War Comm[?], Supplied by Department of Information)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 5

A [?] has been reached is the Haven-Finish war. The [?] weight of the [?] attack on the [?] is gradually…

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English Bride Wants To Help In China War From a Special Correspondent (By Air Mail) LONDON, January 30

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 5

Miss Jan Katherine Gordon Balfour, of Bayswater, London, who married Mr. Kho Sin Kie, the famous Chinese lawn tennis star…

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In Camp Two Brothers Enlist

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 4

Mr. Charles Alkin, son of Mrs. Amy Cohen, M.R.E., of Lorn, who has enlisted in the Australian Air Force, entered camp in the Sydney area…

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“War Victims’ Dat” Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 2

A “War Victims’ Day” will be held in Sydney on May 3, when a joint appeal for the polish, Finnish, and Czechoslovakian funds will be made…

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Heavy Federal War Spending Almost Million Deficit

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 2

The Commonwealth consolidated revenue fund deteriorated by more than £600,000 in January. The deceit at the end of the first seven…

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War Finance Four Principal Sources Points Explained

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 5

The phrase [?] idea of money of the spending of [?] to have a [?]…

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