SOLDIERING Rutherford Notes
Hello, Rutherford! Calling Coffs Harbour! To-day, being the 15th November, the Military authorities decided to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
947 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 40 of 48
S.M. Excuses Soldier Found In Hotel; No Canteen Mr. Bliss Dismisses Case
"Although we have enlisted for the defence of our country we are denied the privilege of the civil population." Private Frank Morgan, Second A.I.F.,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Soldiers' Jobs In Insurance Offices Temporary Work for Girls. Melbourne
Insurance companies were given leave to employ female officers temporarily where positions became vacant by the absence of permanent male…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War and Religion Christianity Will Prevail Bishop of Grafton's Adlress
"We have to make war on our fellowmen, but the circumstances are such that we must and will make war with all our might," said Bishop Stevenson,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Diamond Trade Stimulated By War "Safest Investment." London, October 28
London has just sold nearly £1,000,000 worth of diamonds iii two days. They were all rough stones, urgently needed in Amsterdam and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Church and War Pacifist Propaganda N.Z. Methodist Protest. Wellington (N.z.)
"The Church is being torn asunder by pacifist propaganda. It must be urged of something which calls itself pacifism of something which calls itself…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Review in House of Commons Russians And Finland Threat to Low Countries London
Misleading references to British policy contained in Herr Hitler's speech on November 9 and misrepresentation of British and French replies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Less Beer But More Petrol Power-driven Chairs for Ex-soldiers. London, October 28
At the Star and Garter Home, Richmond, Surrey, soldiers who were permanently disabled in the last war are to lose their daily half-pint of beer at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motorists' Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes By "Carbon" War and the Motorists
That the war will ultimately affect the Australian motorist cannot be gainsaid, but from exhaustive inquiries made in official circles, I can…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rutherford Camp Soldier's Impressions Lord Gowrie Visits Camp
A member of the 41st Battalion at present in camp at Rutherford, has given a very interesting account of the routine and incidents at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Save Sight Visor For Soldiers' Helmets Eye Specialist's Invention. London, October 28
Sir Richard Cruise, eye specialist to Queen Mary, is perfecting a visor for soldiers' helmets which will save their sight. It is a development of the visor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coffs Militia Welcome Home From Cam[?]
The meeting last night to consi[?] a welcome home to the militim[?] from camp, decided to hold a dan[?] in the School of Arts on Tuesd[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Front Hore-belisha Impressed "Winning War Comfortably" Spirit of Troops Koteworthy Paris
The British Minister for War (Mr. Hore-Belisha), who has been visiting the British troops, said in an interview to-day before leaving the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Labor Party's Policy On Side Of Britain Against Compulsory Training Speech by Curtin. Sydney
"The Australian Labor party finds itself to-day inflexibly on the side of Great Britain," declared Mr. Curtin, M.H.R., Federal Leader of the Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coff's Harbor Welcome Home to Militiamen
A public meeting convened by the Old Students of the Coff's Harbor High School was held in the Coff's Harbor School of Arts to make arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Difference Labor's War Policy Lang, Curtin and McKELL. SYDNEY
Commenting to-night on the Labor leader's statements of Labor's war policy last night, the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazi War Planes Fly Over England No Bombs Dropped Aerial Activity Continued London
A German reconnaissance plane penetrated aerial defences as far as the outskirts of London to-day before being driven off by anti-aircraft fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers Favor Wet Canteens
At a meeting of the Tamworth subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League it was decided to support the opinion that it would be in the best interests…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frightfulness at Sea 12 Ships Sunk Nine Blown Up by Mines Secretly Laid Near English Coast Heavy Loss of Life Reported German "Steel King" Opposed to War London
Eleven ships of a total tonnage of 30,000, of which 4000 was British and 26,000 neutral, have been sunk since the week-end, nine of them by German mines secretly laid near the English coast. A British minesweeper has also been blown up by a German mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trade Position Improving Despite War. Sydney
An industrial survey of the effects of the war upon employment in the metropolitan area reveals a slightly improved position for the week ended…
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