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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

1,328 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 67

The Greatest Post-war Problem

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 2

PROVISION for the thousands of Europeans who will be seeking admission to Australia after the war, concerning which the Premier issued…

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Public Service Growing Departments War and Diplomacy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 6

The cost of the Commonwealth Public Service in salaries and wages is now over £12,000,000 per annum. From…

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War and the Kilt Scotland Ready For Tartan Drive Overseas

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 4

Scotsmen and Scotswomen all over the world will feel a twinge of disappointment when they hear that this workaday war has caused…

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Merchant Men at War Unending Epic of the Trade Routes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 8

"their Lordships desire, on behalf of the Royal Navy, to express their admiration and thanks to the owners, masters, officers and crews of the British Mercantile Marine, and to those engaged in the fishing…

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Cargo of Snakes on the Thames War Brings Business To London's Unique Tannery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 5

A cargo of snakeskins, giant anacondas from Uruguay, glides down the River Plate, steams up through the South and North Atlantic, the English…

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German Raids Shattered on the Western Front Minister for War Inspects "Gort Line" London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 1

A French night communique states that there is nothing of importance to report. A hail of bullets from French…

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"Japan Has Reached Limit of Her Ability to Win the War" Shanghai Press Correspondent's Opinion Shanghai

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 1

Foreign military sources regard the Japanese approaches to Chiang Kai-shek as an unmistakable sign that…

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Man Wounded Sentry's Challenge Unheeded Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 1

A message from Darwin states that a member of the local defence force was wounded four times on…

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War Will Not Affect Royal Show Numerous Entries Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 1

Despite the war, there is every indication that the exhibits at the R.A.S. Show this year will be as numerous as…

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25 Per Cent Of Profits To War Time Funds Donation by Dubbo Rugby League Recommendation To 1940 Executive Annual Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Dubbo Rugby League at Victoria Hall last night, it was decided to recommend to the…

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No Swedish Military Help For Unhappy Finns King Gustay Endorses Action Of His Government Fears Being Drawn Into War London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 1

In a statement endorsing the Swedish Government's rejection of the Finnish appeal for military assistance, King Gustav said that he considered that it was his…

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The Latest War Aims

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 7

Tu quoque, or "you're another," has usually been thought a form of argument hardly worthy of adults and totally unsuited to persons…

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Water Conservation Urged By State Minister to Meet Post War Problems Settling Soldiers On The Land Housing Scheme Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 1

The State Treasurer (Mr. Richardson) in an address last night, urged immediate Commonwealth and State…

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Neutral Victim of Ruthless Nazi Sea War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 1

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War Workersi of Tooraweenah Aims and Activities to Date (Contributed)

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 8

In Tooraweenah, as in most other centres, there has been ever since the outbreak of war an earnest desire to help the cause we are…

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Wellington District News. Exclusive News Cumnock Patriotic War Fund Cumnock Response £34 in Hand

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 4

The Cumnock Younger Set, newly formed in connection with the Amaroo Shire Patriotic War Fund, held its first function in Leary's Hall…

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Aid to Returned Soldiers Water Conservation & IRRIGATION Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 1

The State Treasurer (Mr. Richardton), in an address last night, urged the immediate Commonwealth and State…

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U.S.A. Will Enter War This Year? Moscow

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 1

The newspaper "Pravda" predicts that America will enter the war this year or next. It adds that she is heading the…

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Should Go to War Against Germany U.S.A. View in 1915 History Repeating Itself? Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 1

The first volume of the secret papers of Robert Lansing, United States Secretary of State in the Great War, which…

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Call to Arms War Fears In Balkans And The Middle East Soviet Black Sea Fleet Completes Its Winter Manoeuvres London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 1

From Greece's olive groves to the Rumanian wheat fields, hundreds of thousands are leaving their daily toil to answer the call to arms in preparation for the widely predicted Spring crisis, which many…

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