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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

1,985 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 100

War Commentary Rumania's Iron Guard Peace Aims Of Allies Growth of British Army Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 5

Considerable interest has Been aroused by the announcement that the Rumanian Premier, M. Tatarescu, received a delegation from the…

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Army Nurses Share the Soldiers' Lot Must Do Hard Drill Lectures, Cold Showers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 4

The sixty Australian nurses at present in Palestine are living under almost identical conditions as the men and "loving every minute of…

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War Cabinet Country Men Included. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, will announce to-morrow the reconstruction of the War Cabinet, consequent upon the formation of the…

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War Expenditure Lag In Australia Speeding Up Likely. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 5

Steps to accelerate the Australian defence programme will be considered at an early meeting of the Federal Cabinet…

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Many Departments Tend To Confusion Economic and War Programme Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 5

Since the outbreak of war the Federal Government has appointed about 50 special committees, boards and commissions to act in an advisory capacity…

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War Commentary Brenner Pass Talk French Cabinet's Future Hitler and the Balkans Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 5

The meeting at the Brenner Pass has about it all the elements of the dramatic. While Europe awaits the arrival of the spring, which may…

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TROOPSHIPS? For Australian Soldiers Queen Mary and Mauretania. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 5

The New York newspapers are speculating on the possibility of the Queen Mary and the Mauretania going to Australia as troopships…

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Retail Prices Fall of 1 Per Cent. Since War Started 60 Per Cent. Rise Last War Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, declared to-day that Australia's experience in price control by machinery, set in motion three days…

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Changes Expected French War Cabinet Confidence Vote in Premier. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

Early this morning the Chamber of Deputies carried a motion of confidence in the Premier, M. Daladier, by 239 votes to one…

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War Commentary Peace Terms Talk Criticism Of Neutrals Allies May Yet Help Finland Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

The reported peace plan which Von Ribbentrop was alleged to have shown to the Pope, even if its. inconsistencies could be reconciled,…

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COFFS A.L.P. Returned Soldiers Act

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 3

Mr. Kerr, in a lengthy address to a largely attended meeting of Coffs A.L.P. on the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act, traced the history of…

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R.A.F. Bombers Batter Nazi Air Base Wave After Wave Terrific Seven Hour Night Attack Largest Air Raid of the War Munition Dump Blown Up Explosions Heard 35 Miles Away London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

The largest and most prolonged air raid in the war was carried out to-day by bombing squadrons of the Royal Air Force. As a reprisal for the attack on Scapa Flow, the German air base at Hornum on the inland of Sylt, near the Danish coast, was bombed…

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War on Sea Two Danish Ships Sunk. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 5

The Danish steamers Bothal arid Viking, bound for Britain with cargoes, sank off the north-east coast of Scotland yesterday morning…

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War Review Importance of Sylt Attitude Of Neutrals Attacked in Commons

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 5

The successful British air raid on the island of Sylt is one of the most 'striking exploits in which the Royal Air Force has taken part…

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War Cabinet Reconstruction Announced TWO C.P. Members Included Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 5

Mr. Menzies announced to-night the reconstruction of the War Cabinet. The Acting Minister for Information. Sir Henry Gulleit was excluded. The…

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Nazi Lies About Anzac Army Stories Officially Denied. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 5

German radio allegations that Australian soldiers have been fighting and quarrelling with Arabs in the neighborhood of Jerusalem and Haifa are…

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Q'sland Tragedy Mother Dead, Two Sons Wounded. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 5

Following a shooting tragedy at Moore, a township 100 miles from Brisbane, the mother of nine children is dead, and two of her sons are gravely…

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War Summary Collapse of Finland Effect On The Allies French Cabinets Policy Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 5

Now that the effect of the Finnish peace is becoming more apparent it is of interest to examine the attitude which the various neutrals are…

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Coal Strike Hits Big Steel Plants 5000 May Lose Jobs Rail and War Supplies Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 4

It is feared that more than 5000 men may be thrown out of work in the Newcastle steel and allied industries this week as a result of the coal…

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Labor's Anti-war Resolution Knock-out Blow to Chances at Coming N.s.w.-fed. Elections Demand for an Early Peace A.L.P.'s Sympathy for Russia Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 5

The annual conference of the N.S.W. branch of the A.L.P. yesterday carried a motion by 195 votes to 88 opposing war against the Soviet Union, and demanding that Australia make every effort to bring about peace at the earliest possible moment…

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