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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 12, 1940
Page
1
The text argues financial resources guard against illness, accident, or unemployment and urges opening a savings account to provide for education, old age, and purchases, calling the Savings Bank the easiest safest way to prepare for future needs.
A stark overview of France's total mobilization as war looms. It notes six million French under arms, mass conscription, war taxes, and national service. It highlights civilian hardship, wartime labour shifts, and the large evacuation of Alsace and Lorraine residents.
Phil Young of Moree was admitted to Moree Hospital with a deep wound in one leg after a wild pig bite. He had been loading several captured pigs into a cart at his home when tying a pig to a wheel the animal bit him on the leg, clamping its teeth firmly before releasing. He rode to hospital for treatment.
The world’s largest liner, the Queen Elizabeth, arrives in New York after an eventful Atlantic crossing. Crowds along Manhattan and New Jersey shores cheer as police and saboteur watch greet the ship. Captain Townley leads a crew of about 400, with destruction avoided, and the Cunard vessel is welcomed despite wartime secrecy and quarantine delays.
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