WOOLGOOLGA Fine War Effort
The young men of Woolgoolga have responded nobly to the call to arms to assist the Nation in its big fight for liberty and justice. The number…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,985 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 30 of 100
Should They Fight? Clergymen And War Divergent Views Expressed. London, April 13
Church authorities in Britain should follow the example set by those in France and allow their young clergymen to enter the combatant ranks of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Commentary the Enemy Within Holland Belgium Active Italy's Naval Power Melbourne
The arrest of 21 persons in Holland believed to be Dutch members of the Nazi party indicates some of the precautions which the Netherlands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empire Youth Service in Sydney Addressed By Mr. Menzies War of Ideas and Ideals Sydney
The most significant purpose of all youth was the attainment of lasting peace, declared the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies. addressing the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Darwin Inquiry Soldiers And Union. "Executives Threatened." Darwin
A Military Court of Inquiry was held to-day to investigate the trouble between soldiers and members of the North Australian Workers' Union…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Feared for Life Old Age Pensioner Shooting of Soldier. Sydney
Giving evidence at the Coroner's Court to-day concerning the death of Michael O'Shea. 38, a private in the A.I.F., in East Sydney on April 5…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Support for War Funds
Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Surf Club has decided to invest £750 in war savings certificates and war Loans…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SCHOOLMASTER Killed 4, Wounded 2 Then Shot Himself. New York
Suddenly going berserk at a meeting of trustees of the Junior High School at Pasadena, California the principal, Verlin Spence, nulled out a pistol, killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Commentary the Propaganda Churn Stories Nazis Are Told Peacemakers in Italy Melbourne
A sorely needed impetus has been given the German propaganda machine, which has had to draw heavily on imaginative resources to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Long War Federal Tubas. View New loan In June £150 Million Next Year Melbourne
The belief that the war would not finish this year or neat year, was expressed to-day by the Federal Treasurer, Mr. Spender…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not War Murder and Arson Germans In Norway King Haakon's Proclamation London
"Germans in Norway are not practising war, but murder and arson. Every house destroyed, every assassination of defenceless citizens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mid. East Turkey Staunch Ally Supplies From Balkans Vital to Germany Daily War Commentary. Melbourne
The introduction of security measures in the Suez Canal is typical of the attitude of preparedness in the Near and Middle East. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scores of Boys Enlist In The A.I.F. Departments Admission. Melbourne
Scores of youths aged from fifteen to twenty have enlisted in the A.I.F. by wrongly swearing they were 21. The military authorities in Victoria are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' League Meeting At Ulmarra Women's Auxiliary Active. Ulmarra
There was a very good attendance at the monthly meeting of the Ulmarra sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. on Tuesday night in the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'This Government Must Go' Press Onslaught Against Govt's Conduct of War Severe Criticism in Parliament Labor Party to Force Division Churchill to Control Land and Sea Forces London
Demands that the Chamberlain Government should resign were raised in the British press this morning since the Prime Minister's explanation of the withdrawal of troops from parts of Norway: "The people are resolute to face whatever may befall them" says "The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Notes Britain's Industrial Stability
The underlying stability of Great Britain's industries is one of her greatest assets. It is this inherent strength that peiroits the speeding up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Position Affects War Effort Statement by "Shell" Manager
"The elimination of super-grade motor spirit is a move in which the Government has had the wholehearted support of the Shell Company…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mechanical Miners How Britain Has Mobilised Her Coal Industry for War
The full power of production in the British coalfields is now mobilised for the first time for a generation. Within the past 20 years the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grave Anxiety Holland Belgium Defences Complete Daily War Commentary Melbourne
The gravest anxiety is felt in Holland and Belgium that renewed rumors of German invasion may this time prove true…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Writing Duel Stopped By War Longest Letter Contest. London, April 13
The war and sympathy for the censor have stopped one of the strangest duels in which two men ever engaged. Conrad Coker, a 26 year old Guernsey…
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