War Service Delays Wedding. Sydney
Because of the absence of a bridegroom a wedding breakfast was converted into a birthday party yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1939
947 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 44 of 48
"All In" War Soaring Dollar Exchange Reason for Import Restrictions. Sydney
"The present import restrictions will save us £3,000,000 in dollar exchange," said the Acting Federal Treasurer, Mr. Spender commenting to-night on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cross-currents in Diplomatic War Russia And Germany New York Papers Story New York
The "New York Times" European correspondents present an analytical picture of the confused political and military scene in a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bitter Struggle Relentless War on the Sea Three German Submarines Sunk in Day U-boats Torpedo Hits British Destroyer More Cargo Ships Sent to Bottom London
Several vessels have been mined or torpedoed with loss of life, while the British navy has sunk three submarines and captured another German ship. The Admiralty announces that the destroyer Jersey (1690 tons) was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Finns Resist Russian Armies Invaders Use Gas Report Is Denied by Moscow Soviet Blockade Is Being Applied Desperate Struggle on Karelian Isthmus Swedes Being Whipped Into War Fever London
The latest Finnish war bulletins claim that the Finns have been successful in the fighting during the last 24 hours, particularly on the Karelian, Isthmus, where the Russian attacks were repulsed with heavy losses of tanks, armored cars and artillery. The Finns have destroyed 100 tanks since the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Polish War Victims
An urgent appeal is made to residents of this district for support for the Polish War Victims Relief Fund. The fund has been officially approved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Savings Certificates. Sydney
War savings certificates for £1, £5 and £10 will be made available to the public early next year. The terms under which they will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unknown Man Body Found at War Memorial. Melbourne
The body of a well dressed man was found lying at the base of the Shrine of Remembrance to-day, his arms and neck broken, it is thought, by a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Trophies Melt Them Down Again Lismore Digger's Suggestion. Lismore
Mr. T. G. Lovett, Far North Coast councillor of the Returned Soldiers' League, who has three sons in the Second A.I.F., has made the suggestion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Social Welfare Must Not Be Overlooked in Frenzied War Spending. Sydney
Although millions are being spent on Australia's war effort the expenditure involved in social welfare must not be overlooked . This was emphasised by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There Is a War
At the end of three months of war--a war to the actual horrors of which the Australian people have not yet been exposed--a conflict strangely at variance with all precedents of international combat, there prevails a carefree feeling amongst an all too large a percentage of Australians that it is not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War at Sea Five Enemy Submarines Sunk. London
According to an authorised statement, the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force destroyed five enemy submarines last week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in the Air German Planes Sighted. London
R.A.F. fighters chased away a German plane, believed to be a Heinkel. flying over the Yorkshire coast at a great height…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Finance Treasury Officials Busy Planning Loans and Taxes. Sydney
Treasury officials have commenced an analysis of Commonwealth finances with a view to meeting Australia's war expenditure, which, it is anticipated,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Trophies Not Worth Melting Down to Use As Munitions. Sydney
The curator of the Technological Museum, Mr. Penfold, does not agree with the suggestion made by a R.S. and S.I.L.A. councillor on the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Changes Australia And The War MR. B. S. B. Stevens' Forecast. Sydney
Australia must support the British Empire to the utmost limit in the struggle for the survival of civilisation, liberty and righteousness, as the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Charged Sympathetic Juror New Trial Ordered. Melbourne
A soldier from the Second Army camp who was charged with housebreaking and stealing to-day was ordered a new trial after the foreman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier to Pay Alimony To Former Wife 3 a Day From Pay. Sydney
Stating that section 55 of the Defence Act did not permit an Australian soldier to take cover from his liabilities, the Judge in Divorce, Mr. Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Plan Dorrigo To Inverell to Provide Work for Soldiers Sydney
One proposal of the State Government to provide work for soldiers after the war ended was the construction ol a railway line from Dorrigo to Inverell,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Sick Soldiers New Wards at Hospitals. Melbourne
To meet the requirements of sick members of the defence services five additional wards will be erected at the Repatriation Hospital at Caulfield, and…
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