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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
1,985 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 100
The outstanding feature of the past week is the further hardening of the attitude by Britain and France to neutrals. The intention of the Allies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Among the latest North Coast recruits to the Second A.I.F. is Ald. W. F. Oakes. Mayor of Lismore. Ald. Oakes, who was elected to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amazing scenes were witnessed in George street near the Central Railway Station shortly after 8.30 to- night, when a mob of angry Soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Detectives this afternoon arrested and charged a Perth soldier with having forged a document involving £250. It is alleged that on March 21, 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the first six months of war the Federal Government had effectively checked profiteering and exploration of the public, stated the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early action by the Federal Government to curtail subversive activities by Communists was indicated after a meeting of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce air combats over land and sea took place during the week-end. when the Allies shot down at least seven German fighters. Two R.A.F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stanley Rupert Jordan, one of the seven distinguished British diplomats who are to advise the British Government how it may best wage economic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The first details of Italy's new defence scheme have been announced by the Rome radio. General Ubaaldo Soddu, Italian Under-Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Department of Commerce has revealed' that the United States exports in the first six. months of the war rose 33 per cent., totalling 1949 million…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Coast Area Officer, Lieut R. C. Gibson, has received 139 applications for enlistment in the 7th Division of the 2nd A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New taxation proposals in the Federal Budget, now being framed are believed to include increases of 100 per cent, on higher incomes and 50 per cent, on middle range incomes. There will probably be slightly increased rates for low wage classes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Acting Minister for Information, Sir Henry Gullett, reviewed the situation arising from Germany's latest acts of aggression in Europe, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany invaded Denmark and Norway this morning. Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, was quickly occupied by troops landed from transports, and all of Denmark south of Jutland is under German control. Norway, however, is resisting the German army and has declared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Any explanation of Germany's acts of. aggression against Denmark and Norway as a mere retaliation for the technical breach of Norwegian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In bracing ourselves to meet the financial sacrifices demanded by the present war, it may be helpful, and not a little interesting to turn back…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At 9.20 o'clock from 2FC to-morrow night Sir Donald Cameron will speak on Australia's war effort. The talk will be relayed to all national stations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →President Roosevelt has extended the combat zone from which American vessels are barred to the waters all round Scandinavia. The Russian ports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many commentators on the German occupation of Norwegian ports express surprise that this could have taken place, in spite of the presence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Stockholm radio says that the greatest sea battle of all times has been raging since last night over a line of 1000 miles length, with 150 Allied and 100 German warships, 800 Allied and 1000 German planes. A terrific naval battle is being fought in the Skager Rak and the Oslo…
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