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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

603 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 20 of 31

War News at Home and Abroad Holland Under German Domination

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 August 1940 · page 1

"All refugees who come to Holland from Germany after 1933 will be sent to concentration camps and afterwards to Poland."—German order,…

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Token Certificates for Donations to War Funds of Prize Money at Shows

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 August 1940 · page 3

The The following letter from the N.S.W. Council of Agricultural Associations was read at the annual meeting of Braidwood P. and A…

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44,000,000 Biscuits a Week From Eight of Britain’s War-Time Plants

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 August 1940 · page 4

The capacity and resilience of Britain’s non-armament engineering industries is strikingly instanced by the war-time activities of one of the world’s…

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War Work and Petrol Rationing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 4

Members of the N.R.M.A. Transport Auxiliary and the N.R.M.A. Women’s Transport Auxiliary have been exercised in mind whether the incidents of…

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The War Large-scale Air Raids

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 7

LONDON.— A British communique : announces that 60 'planes were shot down to-day in a large air battle over Portland and Weymouth, after an…

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Winning the War Prayer As a Force

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 3

If we wish to pull our weight in this war we must use every good method. That includes prayer. For if prayer be a real force it would be…

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The War and Why 1934-1940 in Photographs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 3

An exhibition of news photographs describing events in Europe from 1934 and explaining pictorially many of the difficulties which have faced British…

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Ii Writes in Flame War Invention That Cuts Steel Like Pastry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 4

A new machine which writes” with flame has been designed and made in Britain and is now at work in a big motor factory engaged in war…

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War News at Home and Abroad German Air Force Feeling Pinch

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 1

In a recent broadcast all German stations appealed to "German youth, with an adventurous sprit" to train as pilots an air-gunners…

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Insurance for Soldiers State Plan Premiums Paid by the Public

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 3

A plan to Insure each of 1,000 members of the fighting forces for £200, the annual premiums of £20 to be paid by voluntary public…

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"The Real War"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1940 · page 2

LONDON.—"The Germans have been assured by their rulers that the summer of 1940 will see the end of the war. We think otherwise. For us…

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Women and War

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1940 · page 4

In war-time, women have a heavy burden to bear. While men have something definite to do women have the hard task of remaining behind,…

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The War Italians Bombed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1940 · page 2

LONDON—The Air Ministry announced that a large force of R.A.F. machines succeeded in bombing military objectives in Northern Italy last…

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War News at Home and Abroad Inflation in Nazi Dominated Countries

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1940 · page 1

By debasing the currencies of the countries which they have overrun the Nazis have brought economic devastation, misery and want to…

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Major's Creek Notes Soldier Farewelled

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1940 · page 2

A dance at Major's Creek on Saturday night, as a send-off to Pte. Dudley Greenwood, 6th Division A.M.C., was rather hurriedly arranged, but…

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War Savings Stamps Effective War-Effort

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 4

[?] of War Savings Stamps might not seem a great contribution to the Commonwealth Government’s war effort, but it is an…

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Australia’s Automobiles War Reactions

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 3

The effect of war conditions on registrations of new and used automobiles in Australia is revealed by the Dunlop Perdriau Co. in a survey of the…

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War News at Home and Abroad Search for War Minerals in North Australia

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 1

A vigorous search for minerals of war value, such as gold, copper, antimony, tin, mica, silver, lead and wolfram, is being conducted in North…

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The War Germany's Heaviest Air Defeat

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 7

LONDON.—The Air Ministry has announced that 140 German raiders were destroyed to-day. In view of the number of German 'planes employed,…

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Winning the War V.—what Is Power?

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 7

The will-to-power is deeply seated in us. To-day's clash of vast armed forces throws into contrast two ideas of power. These may be termed (1)…

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