Passing of Prominent Dungog Resident
Relatives and friends in the Dungog district mourn the sudden death of Mrs Elizabeth Hill Abbott of Kenilworth Dungog after a brief illness. She leaves son Bruce and daughters Anne Josephine and Marjorie, with Josephine en route home from the Dominion. A former president of the Dungog Cottage Hospital Ladies Auxiliary she led public campaigns including the Soldiers Memorial Hall appeal, and was crowned queen of the care level. The funeral proceeded from Kenilworth with Rev A E Waters officiating, interment in Dungog Presbyterian cemetery, kept by Pry Bros.
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Dungog
Elizabeth Hill Abbot
Newcastle
Thomas
Jarvis
Melbourne
Bruce
Anne
Josephine
New Zealand
Marjorie
Fletcher
Sydney
Dominion
Abbott
Dungog Cottage Hospital
Soldiers’ Memorial Hall
Nivel
Dunog
Kenilworth
J. W. McCredie
A. E. Waters
Dungog Presbyterian Cemetery
Messrs
Pry Bros
Dungog Chronicle
Motor Registrations Drop in Australia in 1940
War conditions caused a record delicensing of motor registrations in 1940 Australia with more than 64 500 vehicles removed from use. Cars totaled about 45 600 and commercial vehicles 18 730, reducing in-use cars and CVs. New car sales fell from roughly 75 000 to just over 39 000, leaving about 25 000 fewer automobiles than a year ago, aiding petrol rationing by about £ million gallons if current schedules hold.
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Australia
Commonwealth
C.V
Review of Week's War Events Across Balkans
Review outlines German moves through Bulgaria toward Salonika aimed at forcing Greek surrender and severing ties between Yugoslavia and Turkey. It also weighs risks of Turkish defense, possible Mediterranean base seizures, and the likelihood of a direct Turkish campaign versus Greek pressure.
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Balkans
Bulgaria
Salonika
Greece
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Balkan
Germany
Aegean
Anatolian
Continuous phone service to start at Bullahdelah exchange
Sir Earle Page reports a letter from R. W. Hamilton stating continuous attendance will be introduced at the Bullahdelah telephone exchange from February 1, 1941, with revenue justifying the change and no local complaints recorded.
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Earle Page
Commerce
Cowper
R. W. Hamilton
Posts and Telegraphs
Bullahdelah
Toca
Flemington and Maitland stock sale reports lead market firmer
Commercial buyers watch a large yarding at Flemington with G L Mackay and Gundibri Estate consignments. steers to £18 2s, heifers £11 16s, bullocks £18 2s, cows £11 and calves brisk with best heifer prices around 70s. Maitland fat cattle yarding averages 950 head with bullocks to £15 3s 6d, cows to £11, best yearlings £13 6d, calves 30s–100s. pigs steady with best heavy pigs to 120. Markets firm, attendance heavy, demand brisk across fat cattle, calves, hoggets, and porkers.
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Homebush
Sydney
Pau Son and Badgery Ltd
Flemington Tovlay
G. L. Mackay
Kempsey
H. A. Abbott
Gloucester
Gundibri Estate
Merriwa
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Maitland
Haveners
Malaya Defences Tighten as War Fears Grow
Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham says Singapore’s value rises with a ready fleet and dispersed bases. Malaya is under arms with reinforced troops and new camps, roads busy with lorries, Bren guns and light tanks arriving. Navy patrols continue, air raid defenses prepared, Penang plans evacuations. governor Whitelegge asserts safety and resolve of the imperial defense.
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Robert Brooke-Popham
Far East
Singapore
Mediterraneat
Churchill
Malaya
Royal Navy
Penang
Hnts
British North Borneo
Straits Settlements
Thomas Shenton Whitelegge
Hire-Purchasers to Benefit in New Cabinet Plan
The State Cabinet authorised Justice Minister Treatt to draft a bill on hire-purchase deals. It will apply retrospectively to February 1 and cover future repossessions. Premier Mair compared the principle to mortgagee sale law. Consul-General Schuurman said the 20,000-ton ship Oranje had been handed to Britain as a hospital ship for Allied troops.
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Weygand
Bizerta
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Imperial Army of the Nile
Benghazi
Britain
French North Africa
Mr.Treatt
Mair
Netherlands
T. EB. ‘Schuurman
Oranje
Royal Dutch Mail
Baby Health Centre Monthly Report From Gloucester
Parbeumics relating to the work of the Gloucester Baby Health Centre during the past month have been furnished by the Director General of Public Health Dr B Sydney Mortis. Mothers visited by Sisters of new born babies 1. subsequent miscellaneous visits 8. total visits 9. Work at Centre new cases enrolled at Centre 4. babies weighed 42. test meals given 5. expectant mothers advised 2. Attendance Centre infants under 1 year 43. under 2 years 7. total attendances including mothers without babies 45. Daily average attendance Centre 11.2.
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Gloucester
B. Sydney Mortis
Spender Warns Against War Vigilance Lull in Australia
Minister for the Army Mr Spender, addressing the Constitutional Club in Melbourne, warned against complacency during wartime. He stressed most interstate trade relies on sea routes and warned that any disruption could hamper internal lines and communications. He urged citizens to sustain morale, effort, and readiness, noting victory is only at its beginning and that stronger effort is needed.
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Australia
Army
Spenser
Constitutional Club
Melourne
Heny Beon
Dimkirk
Mr. Spender
Are Country Motorists Reckless
The article compares country town accidents to Cumberland and Newcastle figures, noting 242 country deaths versus 257 in Cumberland. It cites high country accident severity, blaming excessive speed and loss of control, and argues country drivers often take risks on quiet roads, with one case of a driver ignoring speed limits near a curve.
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Cumberland
Newcastle
New South Wales
Sydney
Another Pioneer Passes in Clarence Town Community
Death reported this morning of Mrs Moylan wife of M J Moylan of Glen Martin Clarence Town. Daughter of the late Dillon family Gloucester she moved to Glen Martin on marriage. Survived by husband two daughters one a Sister of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital Newcastle and Kathleen Lake Cargetico and son James Glen Martin. Funeral arrangements not finalised interment likely at Dungog cemetery this Friday afternoon.
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Moylan
M. J. Moylan
Glen Martin
Clarence Town
Dillon
Gloucester
James
Mater Misericordiae Hospital
Newcastle
Kathleen
Lake Cargetico
Dungog Cemetery
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Marshal Petain
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