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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

13,407 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Travelling in Darkness Reminders of War

Liverpool News · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 1

Every train traveller on the southern railway in England receives with his ticket one of the many grim reminders: of war which fortunately do not have…

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Harm to Missions. Caused by War

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 19

Some idea of the harm which the war has caused to foreign missions is given by Very Rev. Father Bernard Brown, Regional Superior of the White Fathers in Britain…

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Harrowing Days. Britain During Last War

The Propeller · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 6

"They were harrowing days," he said reflectively, after a pause, by way of summing up. It was in the 'bus from Sandwich…

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'Must Advertise' Great War Taught Lesson

The Broadcaster · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 2

A very interesting lesson for Australian business man is contained in an article in the anniversary number of the American journal, "Printer's Ink,"…

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Need Not Fight Conscience And War

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 9

Conscientious objectors among the compulsory trainees may be allotted to the Army Medical Corps, or…

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Concrete Vessels Last War's Expensive Experiment

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 2

In the early days of war, it is only natural that innumerable proposals should be made for the purpose of relieving the strain on the essential services, so that it was perhaps to be expected that the suggestion would be put forward that the…

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£4000 for Polish War Victims' Relief

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 18

The Polish War Victims' Relief Fund yesterday reached £4000. The fund's future organisation will be planned today at a meeting of the general and women's…

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War and Wool Substitutes May Gain Ground

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 7

WAR-TIME conditions produce [?] problems in all countries, but particularly for those nations engaged in hostilities who…

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Not Handicapped Wool Research Continues, Despite War

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 7

AN assurance that the war has not handicapped the International Wool Secretariat's research programme in British laboratories or…

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Unified R.a.f. in War Zone

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Air Marshal A. S. Barratt has been appointed First British Air Commander-in-Chief in France…

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Issue Of War Savings Vouchers Next Month

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 7

War savings certificates would be issued about the end of February, the Acting-Federal Treasurer (Mr. Spender) said yesterday…

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War Savings Certificates on Sale Next Month

Liverpool News · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 2

The Acting Federal Treasurer, Mr. Spender, announced yesterday that War Saving Certificates in denominations of £l, £5 and £10 would be on sale at banks…

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Commercial. War and Wool. Possible Trade Changes

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 27

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: — War-time conditions produce trading problems in all countries, but particularly for those nations engaged in…

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Polish War Relief Fund. Total Exceeds £4,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 11

Contributions to the Polish War Victims' Belief Fund now exceed £4,000, several donations having been recehed too late to be included in the list below…

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Man's War Against Disease. Contributed by Health Department

The Propeller · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 8

Man's war against disease has been described as the "greater war"--greater than the present war, and greater than the conflict of 1914-18…

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War Version of the Pantomime London, December 20

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 36

PAMELA FRANKAU has written a musical play in pantomime style, which is being performed at the Whitehall Theatre…

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America Ready for War New York, December 16

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 4

IT is generally accepted in official circles that, if the Allies encounter serious difficulty in prosecuting the war…

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Is War a Disease Or Can it be Avoided?

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 21

Here it pops up again, the idea that war is inevitable, writes Rev. James M. Gillis, C.S.P., in the "Catholic World." This time. I find it where I…

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Last War Pensions Still £38,000,000 LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 9

Twenty-one years after the end of the Great War the Ministry of Pensions is still spending £38,000,000 each year on ex-soldiers and their dependants. This figure was given by the…

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War Savings. Certificates on Sale Next Month. Purchase Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 9

The Acting Federal Treasurer, Mr. Spender, announced yesterday that War Savings Certificates in denominations of £1 £5 and £10 would be on…

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