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

The wars & local soldiers, 1940

977 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 49

"A Job for Everyone" Money for War Funds

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 2

Throughout Australia there is lively to be a ready response to the War Savings Certificates campaign which has been launched by the…

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"A Job for Everyone" Money for War Funds

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 2

Throughout Australia there is likely to be a ready response to the War Savings Certificates campaign which has been launched by the Commonwealth…

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The War to End War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 1

My entrenching tool unearths a skull. "O skull, why do you grin?" "I grin because I, alone, can say, 'Good—bye to All That!'"…

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OVER-SUBSCRIBED British War Loan SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 1

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, stated in the House of Commons that the £300,000,000 war loan at 3 per cent had been…

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"A Job for Everyone" Money for War Funds

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 1

Throughout Australia there is likely to be a ready response to the War Savings. Certificates Campaign which has been launched by the…

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Locusts by Parachute 300 War Inventions A Week. Offers To Britain

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 3

More than 300 new, war inventions a week reach "S.R.D." the section of the Ministry of Supply which deals with secret devices,…

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Digger Farewelled Mr. G. Long Leaving Presentation at Soldiers' Club

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 2

There was a fair attendance of Returned Soldiers and citizens at the Soldiers' Club Rooms on Tuesday night, when a farewell and…

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War Notes & News

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 7

THE R.A.N. AT WORK—The Royal Australian Navy has panted its share of the congratulations of the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr…

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Cowra Road Patriotic & War Fund

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

A meeting of the above organisation was held on 21st inst. to received the committee's report on the effort held at Brundah Creek cricket ground on…

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The Salvation Army War Work Behind tre Maginot Line

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 4

The latest news from the Salvaion Army inlernational Headquarters London is to the effect [?]hat Colonel Booth Davey who has been with the…

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Lack of Christian Charity Causes War (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 1

A message from the Vatican City states.—His Holiness, the Pope, addressing 4000 pilgrims, said a lack of Christian charity among some…

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Czech Soldiers Arriving Daily in France PARIS

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 1

Trained soldiers With the former Czech army are arriving in France at the rate of 100 daily. The Czech Legion now numbers 15,000, the…

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Nurses Share the Soldiers Lot. Hard Drill. Lectures, Cold Showers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 5

JERUSALEM—Feb. 24: The sixty Australian nurses at present in Palestine are living under almost identical conditions as the men…

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War News London

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2

British fighters drove off enemy planes approaching the Shetlands Islands today. No bombs were dropped. A plane, believed to be a German machine was…

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Price of Newsprint Soaring Since the War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 1

A cable from London states that the price of [?] will be increased by £4/10/ a ton as [?]om the 21st April, bringing the price to £21…

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To Win the War New Ideas and Criticism Labor M.P's. View (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 1

A message from London states:—A member of the House of Commons, Mr Wedgwood, (Labour), in a speech declared that the war could not be…

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Comforts for Soldiers Gubbata's Big Effort (To the Editor "Advocate")

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 5

Sir.—For nine years the efforts of the Committee of the Gubba[?] Hall have been devoted to paying the debt incurred in building it and the…

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Anzac Day Dawn Service To Be Celebrated

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 4

Forbes Returned Soldiers' League, at its meeting last-week, decided to again celebrate Anzac Day with a dawn service at the Victoria…

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Latest War News

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

It has boon officially announced that a treaty has been concluded between Turkey and Syria, which, it is contended, will greatly strengthen the…

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War Veterans' No. 2 Art Union Opens

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 6

The veterans of the Great War 1914 18 will, in the not distant future, be re-inforced by the veterans of the present war. The War Veterans Home at…

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