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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1942
Page
4
Community notes report the Woodstock Patriotic and War Fund plans a £100 grant to the POW fund. Church services announced by Rev N Ree and others, hot dusty weather, locals on leave, hospital news, and a 1910s era community schedule include hospital auxiliary meetings, net making for camouflage, and fundraising totals—£65 received to date.
The death occurred yesterday in Cowra District Hospital of Mrs searouine Oxley aged 54 of Woodstock. The funeral will leave the Catholic Church at Woodstock today with Father Masterson officiating.
Lieut colonel C G W Anderson of Crowther, VC winner from the Malayan campaign, will receive a framed and autographed certificate from the Burrangong Shire Council. The document, signed by councillors and officers, forms a permanent record of his gallant conduct from this week’s council meeting.
A wartime analysis notes four air bomb types and finds aerial bombardment is not a primary warfare weapon. Fragmentation bombs target troops rather than civilians, while incendiaries and demolition bombs primarily destroy property. Bomb power hinges on fuse settings target nature and chance, with luck shaping outcomes.
Government plan to boost charcoal output to about 1000 tons weekly as field engineers arrive. Councils across NSW will cooperate by supplying charcoal, distributing purchases to garages, and sending surplus fuel to Sydney to aid the war effort.
Lyndhurst Crossbred results secured at Winchcombe with Carson's Sydney wool appraisement on Monday. Charged: F. K. Bards Lyndhurst, xbred lambs 13d. A. Nicolas Fugowra, lambs 12d.
Dubbo Chamber of Commerce asks Mayor Serisier to convene a public meeting to organise local resources for defence facilities. An urgent telegram to the Minister for Air requests an aerodrome at Dubbo with local labor and machinery to build it. Community leaders urge immediate action to deter potential threats and bolster public space protections.
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