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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Will Join the War If Needed in Long Conflict American Rotarian's Speech at Orange

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 2

If the war lasts long and the Allies need the help, America will join in much more quickly than she did in the Great War, said…

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Neutral Ships Trade Losses Through War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 3

Since the outbreak of war the normal trade between Australia and neutral countries in Europe has been disorganised, and some neutral ships…

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Still Cleaning Up After the Last War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 3

The company which hunts and destroys unexploded shells in the European war zone, is still at work, 20 years after the World War. It sends…

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Motorists Declare War! New Taxation Will Not Be Tolerated

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 4

When Parliament discusses the Budget next week, not a solitary member will be under the slightest illusion regarding the viewpoint the…

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Signor Mussolini No Reference to War in Speech SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 1

A message from Rome states that Signor Mussolini addressed 500 Fascist leaders on Saturday. No reference to the war was made…

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Military Service. Enlistment Requirements

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 2

We are informed that applicants desiring to enlist in the Australian Military Force of 20,000 being raised for service in Australia or abroad are…

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Local Enlistment Commences Next

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 3

Captain E. W. Anderson. of the Drill Hall, Cootamundra, advises that recruiting for the special force for service in Australia or abroad will…

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War Peep at Siegfried Line. R.a.f. Planes Survey Line From Height of 100 Feet. Only One Fired On. London

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 2

It is revealed that three R.A.F. planes surveyed nearly twenty miles of the Siegfreid line, from a height rarely exceeding one hundred feet, encountering fire only once…

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Latest War News London

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 1

There is as yet no definite indication when Mr. Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, will reply on behalf of the Government to Hitler's peace…

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Central Western Recruiting Enlistments Now Being Received At Forbes on

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 1

Enlistments in the Central West to the special force of 20,000 Australian soldiers now being raised for service at home and abroad…

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Mr. Eden on War Aims London

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 2

Speaking in the Empire broadcast, "The Empire Answers." the Secretary for the Dominions, Mr, Eden, said: "We are not fighting to preserve…

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War Charity Appeals. To Come Under One Body

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 4

The Mayor, in conjunction with the Shire President, has called a public meeting in the Town Hall, Young, on Friday evening next to consider…

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Motorists Declare War! New Taxation Will Not be Tolerated

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 5

When Parliament discusses the Budget next week, not a solitary member will be under the slightest illusion regarding the viewpoint the…

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War Britain to the Good In Regard to Submarine Attack 7806 Tons Up London

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 2

The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) said that between September 24 and October 9, Britain lost by submarine attacks 5809 tons of shipping, hut took from the enemy 13,605…

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England's Part in Present War 158,000 Men; 25,000 Vehicles Can Call Another Million Men (Ry Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 1

A message from London states: The Minister for War, (Mr. HoreBelisha), describing Britain's military contribution to the Allied…

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Latest War News London

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 1

In the House of Commons the Secretary of State for War announced that for the five weeks following tire outbread of war Great Britain had sent…

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Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund of N.S.W Forbes Decides to Co-Operate Effort for Establishment of Local Fund Fails Representative Public Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 1

THE PUBLIC MEETING convened by the Mayor, Ald. H. K. Ford, on Tuesday night, for the purpose of considering the establishment of a local fund for patriotic and war purposes was largely attended, between 50 and 60 persons…

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War News Sinking of the Royal Oak. London

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

A further Admiralty list of the survivors from the battleship Royal Oak, which was sunk presumably by a…

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Sale of Wool During War. Price Nearly l3 1/2d. Share in Resales Profits. Agreement with Britain

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

It is officially announced that agreement has been reached between the British, Australian and New Zealand Governments for Britain to purchase…

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Well Above Quota 21 Enlist at Grenfell To-day

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

Recruiting officers were in Grenfell to-day and twenty-one, enlisted. The notice was very short, and Capt. Gavin, to Mr. Darch, paid a…

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