Mr. Asher Joel, organising secretary of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund, said yesterday that the working of independent committees for ...
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Article : 121 wordsMembers of the Czecho-Slovak community in Sydney will hold a festive reunion to-day at the Czecho-Slovak Club, to honour the national day of Czecho-Slovakla. They will be ...
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Article : 86 wordsA military agreement, under which the Czech armed forces will be mobilised and trained under their own commander and officers to fight for the Allied cause, was signed ...
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Article : 119 wordsThe Railway Department has sold its iron and steel scrap for the year from July 1, 1940 to June 30, 1941, to seven Australian companies for £47,000. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 26 Oct 1940, Page 14
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