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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
1,985 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 38 of 100
The Minister for Lands, Mr. Colin A. Sinclair, in the course of an interview, made reference to the work being carried out by voluntary groups…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a meeting yesterday of Coffs railway employees, Mr. Langford gave an outline of the group scheme and its operation, and urged all who could…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A[?] branch of the C.W.A. has decided to purchase a number of war savings certificates and to hold a function in June a concert. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following additional war savings certificate groups have been formed during the past week and are now in operation:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Minister for Labor, Mr. Ernest Bevin, announced that the Ministry intends to train workers for arms industries at the rate of 100,000 a year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Faith in a righteous cause, determination and a wilt to win the war were exemplified by the large audicnce that attended the Win the War Rally in Coffs School of Arts on Tuesday niglit. Action was demanded of our leaders to marshal all Australia's resources to help defeat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Belgian Government has announced from Paris that instructions have been issued to the Governor-General of the Belgian Congo to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Richmond River [?] of the New South Wales Cane Growers' Association, at special meeting to-day, agreed [?] to make an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Loan Bill, seeking authority to raise £68,740,000 to cover war expenditure up to December 31, 1940, was introduced in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The social gathering held in the High School Assembly Hall last Wednesday afternoon realised about £13 for the purchase of wool to be made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the opening of the New Zealand Parliament to-day the Governor-General, Lord Galway, stated that 53,000 New Zealanders had enlisted for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grimy, sunburnt and weary after a fortnight's continuous fighting. British troops on arrival at a south-east port in England from Flanders gave stirring accounts of the desperate fighting against the furious German offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the last war the phrase "Silver Bullets" was used in financial circles to describe the efficiency with which finances could and must be used to make it possible for the fighting forces to carry out their operations with success. In this war already it is becoming increasingly clear that vast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eye- witness accounts state that the Allied final assault on Narvik, which was captured from the German on Wednesday, lasted 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Governor- General, Lord Gowrie, and Lady Gowrie have intimated to the Minister for the Interior, Senator Foll, that they will be prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The onus of proof in claims for war pensions was shifted from the applicant to the Repatriation Commission by a new clause inserted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although the shipping problem is the main obstacle in the way of absorbing British, Belgian and Dutch war orphans, it is believed in official circles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →France's power of resistance to German invation is being enormously strengthened by her North African, Empire. Three territorties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although originally convened ton be held in the Council chamber on Thursday night the recruiting rally Maclean was attended by such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News comes to hand of more war savings certificate groups being formed in Grafton and South Grafton. One was formed last week by J. C…
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