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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 35 of 49

Local & General. Buy War Bonds and Help Your Country

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1940 · page 3

Mr. Cyril Holgate is at present on inmate of the local hospital. This being the beginning of the month a local business man went into…

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War News 1000 Dwellings and Shops Destroyed. At Ramsgate. LONDON

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

The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, in a message to the bomber command, revealed that nearly a…

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Enlisted Men

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

The "Record" will be glad to receive from relatives or friends the names of any residents…

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Soldiers in Hospital

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 2 September 1940 · page 2

The Acting Minister for Health (Mr Primrose) said at Bathurst that hospital boards must make the best possible arrangements for the…

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War News LONDON

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 2

Hitler in a surprise speech to-day announced that hundreds of thousands of bombs will drop from the sky on England every night from…

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We Enter the Second War Year

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 2

If the success of the Nazi war plans depended upon quick victory—as we are confidently assured—then it can…

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Bulletin of War News. at Home and Abroad

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 6

These Bulletins of authentic information concerning aspects of the war at home and abroad are issued by the Commonwealth…

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War Effects on Wool Smaller Clip--Larger Receipts

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:--Those interested in the sale or purchase of wool not controlled by the British Government, have a difficult…

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Fish Curers' S.o.s. Gives War Job to Ancient English Industry

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 4

With the spread of war to the Mediterranean, the big fish-curing industries of Iceland and the Faroe Islands are now obliged to use a…

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Enlisted Men

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 2

The "Record" will be glad to receive from relatives or friends the names of any residents…

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How to Entertain Soldiers in Cowra Camp. Young's Attitude May Be The Same

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1940 · page 2

Some members of the Grenfell Patriotic Fued are not too keen on the suggestion that they should co-operate in providing recreational facilities…

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Providing for War Veterans

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 9

One of Australia's most practical expressions of gratitude to those of her sons who considered her, and us, worth fighting for, is embodied in the War…

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Prime Minister's Policy Speech Organise All Resources to Win War Achievement Of Government

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 8

MR. MENZIES, Prime Minister of Australia, delivered his policy speech at the Camberwell Town Hall last Monday night, before a crowded audience, and was warmly and enthusiastically received. At the conclusion a motion of confidence…

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Show Under War and Drought Conditions Forbes Association Does Well Gatetakings Only £57 Below Last Year Mammoth Sideshow Attractions

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 1

DESPITE one of the worst seasons in the 67 years' history of the Forbes P.A. & H. Association--there has been less than five inches of rain for the first eight months of 1940--the decision of the Association to persevere with the annual exhibition, held on…

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War Savings Certificates

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 September 1940 · page 4

The Commissioner has encouraged the railway staff in the formation of groups for the purchase by small Instalments of War Savings…

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Increased Phosphate Prices. War Conditions Responsible

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 9 September 1940 · page 4

The heavy increases in the price of super-phosphate approved by the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner Professor D. B. Copland, were made…

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New South Wales Railways War Fund

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 September 1940 · page 4

Refering to the efforts being made to provide comforts for and promote the welfare of railway employees taking part in military, naval, Air…

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Free Travel of Men on War Service

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 September 1940 · page 4

Some councils have seen fit to criticise the Department from time to time in connection with the decision not to carry troops free on the…

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Railway Officers Engaged in Activities Connected with the War

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 September 1940 · page 4

Mr. Hartigan said he himself had been appointed as a member of the State Board of Munition Management which had a colossal task before it in…

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Labor's War Attitude Disgrace, Says Senator (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 September 1940 · page 1

The Minister for Customs, (Senator McLeay), speaking in Adelaide, said that Labor's attitude to the war had been a disgrace to Australian politics…

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