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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

947 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 48

100 RECRUITS Enlist At Coff's Harbor Drill Hall at Showground. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

Of the 80 recruits who attended last night's examinations, at Coff's Harbor only 56 could be dealt with before midnight, and the remainder were asked…

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Air Mission Arrives Next Month War Plane Manufacture. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 5

The creation of further capacity for the production of war planes in Australia will be discussed next week, at a conference between the British…

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In a World War Australia Would Be Involved MR. S. M. Bruce's View. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 5

Speaking at a civic reception to-day Mr. Bruce said that if there were a world war in the future it was inevitable that Australia would be in it. If…

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Doctor Praises Anzac Type. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 5

"Australian and New Zealand soldiers in the Great War were excellent examples of the perpetual type of realists to the ninth degree."…

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War Memorials Duke May Open. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 4

It is expected that the Duke of Kent will be invited by the Commonwealth Government to open the National War Memorial at Canberra on Anzac Day,…

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War Threat A.N.A. Wants Discussion Perth Conference Motion. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 5

A motion urging the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to summon Parliament at once to discuss the threatening international situation was agreed to…

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Road of Death for Spanish Refugees Bodies Litter Roadside Civil War Horrors London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph's" Perpignan correspondent states that motorists who travelled from Mataro to Gerona say that bodies lie on the…

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Peace Crusade Led by Great Britain "War Depends"On Hitler" Hughes' Spirited Appeal Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

Australia has enjoyed peace because Britain has been strong, said the Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Hughes, in a spirited appeal to-day…

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Woolgoolga Accidents Wounded with an Axe. Woolgoolga

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 4

While J. McConnon, the well-known carrier and sporting identity of Woolgooiga, was cutting timber on Friday last his axe slipped and he sustaineo…

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Tear Gas Test For Militiamen When Soldiers Wept Practical Demonstration

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 1

With eyes smarting and filled with tears, militiamen hurried from the Newcastle West drill ' hall into . the fresh air after firsthand acquaintance…

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"Long Period of Peace" Hitler's Speech More Moderate in Tone "No Intention of Attacking Anyone" Colonies Question "Would Not Justify War" Berlin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 5

"If Italy is involved in war it is absolutely certain that Germany will be on her side. But I do not think there will be war. I think there will be a long period of peace," said Herr Hitler, in his address to the Reichstag today. Hitler did not threaten democracies, except to declare that Germany…

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War Injuries Compensation for Civilians. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 5

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, in the House of Commons to-day said for payment of compensation to civilians from public funds…

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Appeasement Is Succeeding Chamberlain Statement to House Visit To Rome Intervention in Spain Would Mean Terrible War. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 5

Declaring that the British Government's policy of appeasement was steadily succeeding, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, speaking in…

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Wounded Snake Bites Newcastle Man Victim Handled Reptile. Palmer's Island

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

Eagerness to examine a black snake which had been shot, but which was not dead, led to Mr. Harry Dobson, of Newcastle, being bitten this afternoon…

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War Cars Mass Production in U.s.a

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

The U.S.A. Assistant Secretary of War (Mr. L. Johnson) and one of the chief advisers to the President on the prospective American rearmament…

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Stir Over Sale War Planes For France Criticism of Roosevelt. Washington

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

No act of any President relative to foreign policy since the world war has caused such a stirring of public opinion as President Roosevelt's…

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Key Men Enlist In Militia Position of Factories. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 3

The president of the Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia, Mr. E. W,. Holden, M L.C., who will leave for England to-morrow, said…

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Recruiting Rally Market Square To-night Returned Soldiers to Speak

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

As already reported, the recruiting rally in Market Square, to-night, will be preceded by a parade of tub Grafton-South Grafton company of the 41st…

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32 Enlistments Lawrence Recruiting Meeting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 4

At the recruiting meeting held at Lawrence on Thursday night, 32 enlistments were made. The young, men offering were of the best type. The…

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Ex-servicemen's Appeal to Youth Returned Soldiers' Recruiting Rally Brings Total Grafton-south Recruits to 180 Clarence River Battalion Is Objective Sympathetic Attitude of Employers Assured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 4

Recruits numbering 18 enlisted last night for the Commonwealth militia forces at the rally organised by the Grafton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, with the co-operation of the South Grafton sub branch, in connection with the recruiting campaign promoted by the Defence…

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