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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

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Finland Jubilant. Crushing Defeat of Another Russian Division. Huge Amount of War Material Captured. Latest

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 2

Finland is wild with jubilation over the third and greatest conquest of the campaign, namely, the crushing defeat of the 44th Russian Division of…

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Second A.I.F. Honoring Wingham Soldiers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 5

There was quite a large gathering of members of the Wingham Sub-Branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A. in the Council Chambers of the Memorial Town Hall…

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Mount George Pays Honor to Its First Soldier

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 5

Mr. Edward Andrews, second son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Andrews, of "Athlone," Mount George, was home on leave for Christmas, and expects…

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Soldier Farewelled

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 4

Brigadier A. S. Allen, D.S.O., V.D., Croix-de-Guerre, in charge of the New South Wales Contingent of the Second A.I.F., was entertained at a…

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The Greater War Man's War Against Disease

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

Man's war against disease has been described as the "greater war"--greater than the present war and greater than the…

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Transport and the War

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

There has been widespread interest in a series of articles on producer gas as a fuel, by Professor Bustall, of the University of Melbourne,…

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Wagging Tongues and War

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

The military authorities have by word exhorted soldiers in the Ingle burn Camp to keep a silent tongue on their future movements. The…

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War News in Brief

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

The frankness of the warning against complacency in the speech of the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, at the Mansion House, on…

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The War Day by Day. Germany and the Finnish War

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

In the opening stages of the Russo Finnish War, the alignment of the countries engaged in the major war, was not clear. Assistance has now…

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Latest War News. London, 11140

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 5

Believed to have been smuggled out of Germany, the plans and details of a new German plane, the Messer Schmidt Model 101, which is called…

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First War Loan Next Month

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

It has been learned authoritatively that the rate of interest offered for the first war loan will not exceed 3¾ per cent., the effective yield…

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U.s.a. and Export of War Materials. New York, 1114

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 5

The former Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson, urges the passage of one of four Bills at present before Congress to prohibit the export of army…

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Rumination - Review - Reminiscence. the War and Australia--our Territorial Integrity Appears Assured-- an Era of Unexampled Prosperity Forecast--the Situation of the Macleay and the Need for Organisation to Further Its Development and Safeguard Its Existing Activities

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

In my last article I discussed the war position and the international situation as it at present exists, and I purpose now considering it from the…

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War News Comments Germany and the Finnish War

The Northern Champion · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 2

In the opening stages of the Russo-Finnish war, the alignment of the countries engaged in the major war, was not clear…

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War Foretold in 1600

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 5

Police Inspector, J. H. Nicholls, of Hornsby, has unearthed the following remarkable prophesy, which is an extract from a Bodleian Library…

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War Nurse Ranks as Officer

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 7

Matrons, nurses and masseurs with the A.I.F. rank as officers, but soldiers do not have to salute them. "If the man is a gentleman, he…

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War News. Mr. Chamberlain on the War. His Sole Aim to Win. Public Warned of Sacrifices. London, Jan. 9

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 8

The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in his speech at the Mansion House to-day, did not mention Mr. Hore-Belisha (whose sudden…

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Late War News

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

By calling up two more military classes, Belgium has brought herself to a verge of a general mobilisation. The new call mobilises between…

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War Ruins Hamburg

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

There could be no more striking commentary on rule in Germany than the spectacle presented in the country's principal ports, including the…

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War News in Brief

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

Allied aircraft have gained a notable series of successes in the last few days. In the greatest air survey since…

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