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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1940

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Red Cross War Fund Change of Name

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 2

At the request of Lady Gowrie, the Red Cross Appeal bearing her name will be known in -future as the Australian Red Cross Appeal…

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War Effects on Wool Smaller Clips—Larger Receipts

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 2

Those interested in the sale of purchase of wool, not controlled by the British Government, have a difficult task to judge the probable trend in…

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Bulletin Ot War News Germany Attempts Deceit of Neutral Investigators

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 3

“German propaganda is employing all possible means to conceal the monstrous terror which is still raging in occupied Poland,” says an official…

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U.s.a.’s Big War Order £21,000,000 Worth of Tin from British Empire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 4

An order for £21,000.000 worth of tin has been received from the United States by the great smelters of Malaya and of Bootle, in Lancashire…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Soldier Fatally Stabbed with Carving Knife

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 7

ADELAIDE.— After having been married only one month to Herbert Edward Goble (39), a soldier, Eileen Mattie Goble (34) was arrested…

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War News Destroyers for Bases

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 2

The acquisition by Britain of 50 U.S. destroyers represents an increase of almost one-third in the numerical strength of the flotillas holding…

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Increased Phosphate Prices War Conditions Responsible

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 4

The heavy increases in the price of super-phosphate approved by the Commonwealth Pric[?]s Commissioner (Professor D. B. Copeland) were made…

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War Effects on Wool Smaller Clip—larger Receipts

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 1

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

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The War Something for Hitler to Find Out

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 2

WASHINGTON.—Refusing to d[?]vulge the movements of the traded destroyers, Mr. Roosevelt's secretary, Mr. Stephen Early, declared: "When…

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Latest War News London, Thursday. A.A.P.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 1

Units of the British Eastern Mediterranean Fleet carried out daring shelling of [?] objectives in the Italian Dodecanese Islands, causing…

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War News at Home and Abroad Germany Attempts Deceit of Neutral Investigators

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 3

"German propaganda is employing all possible means to conceal the monstrous terror which is still raging in occupied Poland," says an official…

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Fish Curers’ S.O.S. Gives War Job to Ancient English Industry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 4

[?] the spread of war to the M[?]diterranean, the big fish-curing industries of Iceland and Faroe Islands are now obliged to use a superior…

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Biggest Air Raid of War

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 7

LONDON.—The quiet courage ana endurance of Londoners has been remarked upon by all who visited the different areas after the terrific…

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Increased Phosphate Prices War Conditions Responsible

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 4

The heavy increases in the price of superphosphate approved by the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, Professor D. B. Copeland, were made…

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The War Alleged Clash Between French and Chinese Troops

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 7

LONDON.—Shanghai reports that French reinforcements have been rushed to the Indo-China border after patrols had repulsed Chinese…

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War News at Home and Abroad New Educational Plans for R.a.a.f. Applicants

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 1

Educational facilities will shortly be provided by the R.A.A.F. to enable young men whose schooling did [?] advance beyond the merit of…

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The War the Great Invasion

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—"The effort to secure daylight mastery in the air over England, which is the crux of the whole war, has…

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First Call on Nation When War is Over

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 2

“The greatest victory has to be won when the war is over,” said Mr. P. J. B. Osborne, endorsde U.A.P. candidate for Eden-Monaro, when interviewed…

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Winning the War Britain, British Israelites and Prophecy Vii

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 1

Aroused interest in Britain to-day has stirred the British Israel people to new endeavours. Also from another source a prophecy was published in…

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War News at Home and Abroad Malaya Will Attend New Delhi Conference

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 1

Malaya has accepted the invitation to send representatives to the conference to be held at New Delhi in October, when problems of Imperial…

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