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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

136 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 7

War News

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 October 1939 · page 5

“No threat will induce Great Britain and France to abandon the purpose for which they entered this struggle,” said the Prime Minister,…

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War News

The Bega District News · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 3

The dominant point in the German “peace offensive” is now expected to be the resurrection of a small Polish State rather than the partition of…

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War end the Long View Kitchener’s Views Recalled

The Bega District News · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 4

Kitchener said in 1914 that the war would last three years “with Russia in” and four years without Russia.”…

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Special Force. How to Enlist

The Bega District News · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 2

The area recruiting officer, Drift Hall Goulburn, advises us that there has been a steady stream of men applying for enlistment in the…

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Returned Men From Bomaderry Want Work Aldermen Have a Busy Night

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 7

At the Berry Council meeting, on Tuesday night last, the aldermen had rather a busy time, and during the evening they heard no less than three…

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War News

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 2

The Moscow correspondent of the London “Telegraph” says that one thing that Stalin will not give to Germany is soldiers…

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War News

The Bega District News · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

The Prime Minister of Britain, Mr Chamberlain, said in the House of Commons that Hitler’s proposals for security were based on a recognition…

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Current Topics. the War

The Bega District News · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

News from the war front is so scanty that we find it hard to believe there is actually a war on. Most of the news from day to day…

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Suitable War Horse the Trotter. (Contributed.)

The Bega District News · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 4

The present movement to gain night trotting, with reasonable betting facilities, to give attraction to the public, assuring large…

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Comforts for Soldiers Patriotic and War Committee Formed at Nowra

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 7

Over 36 persons, comprising delegates from practically every organisation in Nowra, attended the public meeting, held in the…

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War News

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 3

German aircraft which appeared over. Scotland on Monday afternoon, delivered attacks on British naval units in the Firth of Forth. Four…

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Patriotic & War Committee. Good Attendance at the Second Public Meeting Held in Nowra

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 6

On Thursday night last week in response to the decision of a previous' public meeting, which had been convened by Dr. Ryan, Mayor of Nowra,…

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By An Australian Girl Abroad. How England Is Facing the War. Sidelights of Life in London. LONDON, Sept 17 1939

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 3

Dear folks,-- Its been said before, I think-- I've said it. anyway--that it takes a national calamity to get anything done in England, and to brew a spirit of friendliness…

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Soldiers' Cricket

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 9

On Sunday last the allegedly champion cricketers, representative of the Nowra branch of the R.S. & S. I.L.A., according to plan, met a…

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War News

The Bega District News · Monday 23 October 1939 · page 2

The pact between Great Britain, France, and Turkey Includes provision for a specific Turkish pledge of aid for the Allies if they fulfil their…

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C.w.a. War Time Policy

The Bega District News · Monday 23 October 1939 · page 4

As the C.W.A. was not in operation during the Great War, and consequence has no precedent on which to base its wartime policy, it has…

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The War

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 5

A review of public utterances throughout the Commonwealth over the last fortnight discloses complete agreement on the point that Australia…

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Polish War Victims’. Relief Fund

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 6

Appalled by the sufferings of the people of Poland following the invasion by Germany, a committee of leading citizens of New South Wales…

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Formation of War and Patriotic Fund Public Meeting at Berry

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 6

The public meeting convened for Monday night by His Worship the Mayor (Aid. T. A. Strong) for the purpose of arranging the formation…

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Correspondence The Lord Mayor’s Patriotic and War Fund(To the Editor)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 4

Sir,—On Monday evening last a meeting was held at the council chambers, Berry, the purpose of the meeting being to further the interests…

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