Air Scheme Recruiting Plans War Cabinet to Meet. Melbourne
The Federal War Cabinet will consider toe details of a recruiting organisation for the Empire air scheme at a meeting on Wednesday, after which…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,985 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 100
After the War? Import Restrictions Non-sterling Currency. Sydney
Importers were told by the Minister for. Trade and Customs (Mr. Lawson) to-day that Australia might find it necessary to continue the import…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British War Policy Affects U. S. A. Exports Drastic Reductions. Washington
The United States is increasingly concerned over the effect of British war economy on the American export trade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Review Threat to Rumania Germans Enter Galicia Slovakia's Bitter Lesson Melbourne
Reports of the entry of German troops into the province of Galicia,, in Russian-occupied Poland, near the Rumanian border, have aroused fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Proposal Composite Ministry C. P. Will Support Govt on All Vital War Issues. Sydney
"I give the public a definite assurance that, whether in a Composite Ministry or continuing in our place on the cross benches, the Country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fully Informed Public and the War. London
A high-placed official, replying to a Sydney newspaper's statement that young men could not be criticised for not enlisting while official sources in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Summary Blockade Tightens German Supplies Short Hitler's Troops Bf Galicia Melbourne
Germany is suffering increasingly from the effects of the Allied blockade. Reprisals against German exports for the ruthless sinking of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Prices Protest In Tasmania "Taking Advantage of War" Hobart
Alleging that international oil combines were taking advantage of the war to increase their profits from the Australian market, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Review Poland Resurgent Paderewski's Inspiration Pianist As Statesman Melbourne
The election of Ignace Paderewski as President of the Polish National Council is a remarkable tribute to one of the greatest figures of our…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exmouth Sunk British Destroyer All Hands Feared Lost Fifth Since War Began London
It is officially announced that the destroyer flotilla leader Exmouth, under the command of Captain R. S. Benson, was sunk either by a mine or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers in Hospital. Sydney
The Minister for Health, Mr. Fitzsimmons, stated that 150 soldiers were receiving treatment at one hospital in the metropolitan area, and 40 in each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.I.F. MARCH Crowds Break Barriers 5000 Soldiers Parade. Melbourne
Crowds breaking through the barriers spoiled the A.I.F. march, in which nearly 5000 soldiers participated to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Saving for Schools. Melbourne
The Acting Federal Treasurer (Mr. Spender) is considering a suggestion that a system of stamp saving, books to encourage the purchase of war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marriage Boom Due to War London
A marriage boom, due to the war, is revealed in the returns for the third quarter of 1939, which jumped 31 per cent., to 40,000, compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Cabinet Yesterday's Meeting Empire Air Scheme. Melbourne
The Prime Minister said to-day that the War Cabinet yesterday and to-day had been devoted mainly to reviews of the activities of the Navy, the Army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Markets To Be Maintained in Spite of War Activities
The announcement that the British War Cabinet has decided to base its policy upon the assumption that the War may last three years or more and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Commentary Pressure on Rumania Dictation From Germany Germano-turkish Agreement Melbourne
The renewed German pressure on Romania is yielding its first-fruits. It is reported that the newly-formed State Oil Commission has ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Expenditure £75,000,000 This Year Ordinary Works Must Give Way. Sydney
In terms, of money in this financial year the Australian Government would spend on direct war purposes about £75,000,000, declared the Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stick with Britain Until War Is Won New Zealand's Decision. Wellington (N.z.)
New Zealand will remain with Britain and her Allies in the war until it has been brought to a successful conclusion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Comforts Fund
A public meeting, advertised in this issue, is being held in Coffs School of Arts next Tuesday night for the purpose of forming an organisation…
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