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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

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Vast Resource India’s War Effor[?] Planned Employment

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 6

A survey of India’s war [?] falls conveniently under two headings, the growth of the [?] forces and the mobilisation [?] of…

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War Effort Premier’s New Year Message SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 3

In a broadcast New Year's Eye message from Albury last night, the Premier, Mr. Mair, said that Australians had not yet felt the full effects…

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A.i.f. Administrator of 1914-18 War Dead

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 2

Brigadier-General Sir Robert McC. Anderson, who organised the A.I.F. administration in Egypt and London during the 1914-18 war, died, aged…

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National Resolution for New Year "Win the War and Peace."

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 3

"On this night I want every Australian to make a resolution which shall be not only his but for everybody—a national…

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Total of £344,456. Sales of War Certificates At Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 2

The sale of war savings certificates [?] more than £200,000 [?] the last six months. [?] the campaign was launched,…

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Anglo-u.s. Aid Will Prolong China War Japanese People Warned

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 3

Charging Great Britain and the United States with sacrificing the Chinese people in attempting to wear down Japan,…

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Prisoners Join Forces with Factory Workers All Glad to Help War Effort

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 3

Three thousand- prisoners in British gaols have joined forces with factory workers in obeying Herbert Morrison's appeal to…

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War Will Continue To The End Hitler's Boastful Message To The German People (Australian Associated Press) London, Dec. 31

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 1

Hitler, in a New York message, refers to Germany’s glorious victories. “You have not only overcome the fighting forces of the enemy by the power of armies, but you have morally conquered occupied territories by your proud bearing…

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War Neurosis Cause of Some Road Accidents Official View (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wale )

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 2

When the [?] road accident [?] are available for 1940 it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New…

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U.S. on Road to War’ Aid to Britain Criticised Senator’s Broadcast(a.a.p. Service) WASHINGTON, Dee. 31

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 4

“If we lend or lease war materials to-day, we wll lend or lease American boys to-morrow,” declared Senator Burton K…

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Britain Will Win This War Belgian Statesman Gives Reasons

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

M. Wauters has had a remarkable career. He volunteered in the last war and won great military distinction in the Belgian Army. Since that time he has gained many academic honours and become a prominent figure in Belgian politics…

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War Message Lady Cowrie To Women Britain’s Lead Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

In a broadcast message to women of Australia last night. Lady Gowrie said she was proud to see the way hundreds of…

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Bombs, Bits, Pieces Destroyed Homes of England “This Lunacy of War”

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

A bombed home is an anonymous [?]ness. Anybody’s dwelling-place, even if it be only a flat entitled 333. Monotony Mansions, or the thousandth similar villa called Oakdene or lvanhoe, Be Shelling, Glengarry, or The Nook, has…

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Labour’s War Effort In Canada (A.A.P. Service) OTTAWA, Jan. 1

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

The president of the Trades and Labour Congress, Mr. Tom Moore, stated that organised labour in Canada was prepared to…

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Italians Withdraw to New Line Bardia Left to Its Fate (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Commonwealth Department of Information)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

British patrols are now reported to be operating 70 miles inside the Libyan border. This means that Marshal Graziani is making…

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Wounded in Action Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 3

The First Victorian casualty as a result of fighting overseas, announced yesterday by the Army Department, was Trooper W. J. Tope, cavalryman…

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War Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 1

The shelling of Nauru, but 1200 miles north of Australia, by a German raider flying the Japanese flag, has again brought the war nearer to…

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Australia's War Efforot

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 1

1500- tons press for drawing hell cates being assembled in an [?] factory in Melbourne [?] the war began this factory…

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Nazi War Plane Losses

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

The Air Ministry reported that more than 3500 German war plants were destroyed over. Britain or around her shores in 1940. Of these…

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Wallaby-eye War View ("The Bulletin")

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

Listening-in to the war news and to dissertations on their own country's war effort—as they can hardly help doing, wherever they are—the…

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