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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 26, 1940
Page
1
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London reports Mussolini faces a decision to seek German aid as Greek forces push along the Albanian front. Greek advances threaten Italian positions in Korea and Pograstec area, with R A assisting. Albanian ambushes on Argyrokastron road kill four Italian officers and 35 soldiers, 60 wounded.
Friday night raids by RAF bombers struck Bari in Italy and targets across northern Italy including Turin. Bombers also hit German cities Berlin Leipzig Essen Duisburg and occupied France Boulogne Brest and Lorient. Romania and Slovakia joined the Axis alliance with Hungary and Japan. Rome Radio reports Bulgaria’s premier and foreign minister will travel to Berlin as Turkey declares martial law across much of European Turkey.
Reports from Asia to Europe and the Pacific describe mobilisations and renewed rhetoric. British finance faces pressure as Bevin frames social security as motive while Lothian weighs needed aid. RAF fliers claim seven Italian and four German kills over England as raids target the West Midlands, including Birmingham. French resistance grows under de Gaulle amid Armistice Day unrest in Paris. The City of London reacts favorably to the Commonwealth budget, blaming taxation for wages.
The rust or silver mite Phyllocoptes oleivorus haunts coastal New South Wales citrus, injuring fruit skins and bark. Mites begin damaging as fruit reaches half to one inch diameter, prompting a December lime sulfur spray at 1 gallon to 50 gallons of water.
Eight days of Christmas leave will be arranged for members of the A L F and militiamen in camp to avoid traveling during the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Railway Department cannot run trains on holiday days, so travel will occur before Christmas and in the week between Christmas and New Year. Most men can spend Christmas at home, with as many as possible of the 2nd Division granted leave. Small volunteer parties will guard camps while the main 2nd Division troops delay training, not entering camp at Ingleburn, Wallgrove or Gretm until December 4th.
The council forwards a letter of appreciation to Mr W. Thompson, former member of parliament, for 17 years of service representing the electorate and its towns within the shire.
Abbott Country Party member for New England argues for a national government representing all parties in Parliament with a secret preferential ballot for Prime Minister and ministers. He warns delay damages Australia’s war effort and freedoms while proposing immediate feasibility checks on a floating dock from Singapore. Optometrists visit Gloucester to consult at the Commercial Hotel with Webster Jack McDonald Pty Ltd noted.
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