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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1940
Page
1
A wartime digest notes Germany’s worsening health indicators including scarlet fever, diphtheria, tuber culosis, and rising suicides. It asserts the regime’s neglect of public welfare threatens collapse, while Australian reports track warplane tests and British naval losses up to February.
British subjects aged 27 plus may enlist for Finnish forces under a general license and a London recruiting group is authorized. Government cites League of Nations resolutions supporting Finland aid, while arguing the 1870 Foreign Enlistment Act does not bar willing volunteers amid wartime.
Reports from across the Commonwealth say the coming apple crop is excellent. Export quality apples will reach Australia from early March due to war transport needs. A March 1 government supervised control system will regulate sale of apples and pears. An educational publicity plan backs the campaign with medical, dental, nutrition, and dietetic expert support.
The text argues that Australian Federal Ministers urge acceptance of British statements on war events while doubting German accounts. It notes British policy not to lie about outcomes and cautions against trusting German Berlin reports on British losses or successes.
Figures from London show British army strength more than doubling in a year from 600,000 in January 1939 to 1,250,000 by January 1940 excluding the Indian Army. Volunteers and territorial increases boosted numbers while the Empire army rose substantially. Between September 9 and October 5, 1939, 155,000 men and 2,500 vehicles were sent to France. The naval force grew from 92,000 to include 46,000 reservists, with at least 50,000 more officers and men expected to join the fleet in the coming year.
World sympathy runs high for Finland as Britain enacts League of Nations resolutions, sending plans and munitions and opening a London depot to recruit volunteers. The Times calls it an army of succor and the Daily Telegraph hails moral and material aid to Finland’s liberty fight.
The Dover Patrol served with the East Coast Naval Command during the last war defending the English Channel The force blocked German raids inspected neutrals for contraband and protected troop transports between England and France Admirals Ballard Hood Bacon and Evans led the unit which used nets and mine sweepers and ferried over 5,000,000 troops without a casualty in cooperation with the Air Forces in the present war.
A cautious watch remains in place to maintain vigilance and deter potential threats. Authorities emphasize steady surveillance and readiness to respond to any hostile actions. Local officials stress the need for cooperation with security forces and ongoing monitoring of risks.
The piece recounts the wartime story of a young Bint from Wady Henein adopted by brigade personnel. It notes her charming childhood with the unit, later relocation to a convent via a Jaffa contact, and raises questions about her current fate and family, in the voice of Australia In Palestine.
The Australian Mutual Provident Society reports total life assurance of £22,410 57 and ordinary and industrial department totals of £963 742 and £20 405 5 respectively for 1939. The year shows a £298 620 rise over 1938, an increase not exceeded since 1937.
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