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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Cars for War Use

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 4

Army posters in Italy order all car owners to report to the War Office and register their vehicles for possible requisition purposes. The only…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Cars for War Use

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 8

Army posters in Italy order all car owners to report to the War Office and register their vehicles for possible requisition purposes. The…

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Japanese War Lord

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 4

The man behind Japan’s new militant policy against Britain is His Excellency the Baron Kichiro Hiranuma In January of this year he replaced…

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War Unlikely British Government’s View LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 1

The view that war was unlikely was expressed by the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Sir Thomas Inskip. The Government had very good…

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War on Weeds Free Handbook on Their Control

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 2

Control of weeds is every landholder’s duty—to himself, to his neighbour and to the State, points out the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. A D…

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Germany Cannot Win a War

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 6

What are Germany's chances 01 winning a war? According to certain German military experts, whose opinions have been collected and…

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War and the Man on the Land

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 4

I am one of those who prefer to talk of preservation of peace rather than of preparation for war. But, as Minister for Defence in the…

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War Service Homes 30,000,000 Government Investment

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 2

Nearly £30,000,000 has been invested by the Government in war service homes throughout Australia, according to the Minister in Charge of War…

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War Feared

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 2

Poland appreciates Brfitish firm ness, and there is no panic, although it is believed there will be war with- in a week…

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War Scare

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 2

All manner of vague, and often ridiculaus, ruinous were in circulation in Braidwood during the week-end. These were given rise to…

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Prance Expects War

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 7

PARIS.—Exchanges state that the Minister for War has officially stated that Hitler told the French Ambassador he could not accept M…

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Petrol and Rubber Potent Factors in War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 2

People in all parts of the civilised world are becoming aware of the vital importance of petrol to the very existence of a nation. Yet there is danger…

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In Anzac Days

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 3

In “Turkish Spy.” Charles Cooper has written a captivating and exciting story of Anzac adventures during the Great War. An Anzac captured by…

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Australia at War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 2

At 8.45 o’clock on Sunday night, the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, who is in Melbourne, announced that the Commonwealth of Australia was at war…

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Children Cause War Scare

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 1

Reports that the traffic bridge over the Bargo River had been bombed and road traffic was suspended reached Moss Vale at a late hour on Friday…

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A “Bob-in” Leads to Assault Charge Wounded Man in Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 1

When the case in which Reginald Watson, a young man of swarthy complexion, was charged with having assaulted Richard…

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Sydney Paces the War Quietly

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 7

Outwardly to-day Sydney appeared to be in an extraordinarily quiet mood, the very reverse of the first day on which the Great War broke…

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Britain at War with Germany

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday.—The announcement that Britain was at war with Germany was made by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in a…

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Slovakia Declares War on Poland

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday.—The Associated Press of America's Bratislava correspondent states that Slovakia, whose army numbers 300,000, has…

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The War Alarmist Local Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 2

During the week-end and persisting yesterday were alarmist reports regarding the calling up of men and for national service. Some…

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