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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1940
Page
3
Fifty one level crossing accidents occurred in the year ended June 30 1940. The report notes most incidents are caused by human error such as excessive speed inattention and fatigue. It urges drivers to approach crossings slowly and authorities to remove dangerous road obstructions while stressing that the tram always has the right of way.
A Vichy decree reveals France must pay 20 million reichmarks daily to maintain the German army of occupation, a sum nearly five times France's 1938 export value. The text notes Germany under Versailles and Dawes plans, prior reparations, and a related transfer of French POWs to camps in occupied France as feeding prisoners becomes a problem.
NSW Red Cross Chair W E donnston reports the NSW division has raised more than £155,840 and spent or committed £141,113 since the war began. Comforts and equipment to hospitals in NSW and overseas total £28,000, ambulance purchases £1,375, ship Manunda outfitting £4,000, sea relief funds £1,200, plus £58,312 to Central Council and £40,226 for Red Cross Homes and ambulances. The cost of raising and administering the appeal runs under 4d in the £. The division urges renewed public support.
London reports Berlin endured a two hour air raid last night with British planes targeting industrial suburbs and main railway lines. Attacks stretched across Hamburg Cherbourg Le Havre Calais and Ostend with seven hour raids on several ports. A Hudson bomber sank a German supply ship near the Frisian Islands as British forces continued to strike rail depots docks and hangars.
London reports that a Canadian squadron shot down more than 100 enemy planes in six raids over the city and estuary. They destroyed 55 German craft in six recent flights, with two pilots lost, and their fiercest action centered on September 15 over the Thames Estuary. Also noted is a passport rule affecting Can adian cross-border golf play at North Portal.
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