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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
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Patriotic risings in Abyssinia have greatly increased the difficulties of Italian defence, and are expected ultimately to be one of the main factors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speaking at Brisbane Mr. Fadden said that what Australia had accomplished since the outbreak of war would stand as a monument of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a civic reception to-day the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, said the war was moving so quickly that what was known as the Far East was now becoming known to Australia as the Far North. "The possibility of a local attack," he said, "is real, and dead serious."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRITAIN'S QUEEN SEES BRITAINS DEFENCES Queen Elizabeth places her hands on the sandbags and leans forward to its intently to a Tommy's explanation of his work during a visit to London's anti-aircraft defences. FLEET AIR ARM DESTROYERS…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There have been several indications that the Axis wants to create the impression that tremendous moves are on the point of taking place in the west,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While the Pacific tension has eased slightly during the past week the Balkan situation is rapidly deteriorating, and present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enemy action claimed 1160 British, Allied and neutral merchant ships, totalling 4,584,882 tons between September 3, 1939 and February 2…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The feature of industrial development planned for this year in the Union of South Africa will be the organisation of woman-power to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War insurance underwriters have notified Shanghai marine insurance underwriters that war insurance on shipping lines between China ports,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, to-day revealed the latest war developments to State Cabinet. Ministers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Locations for the storage of security stocks have been decided upon, it is understood, following a conferference between the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"We shall fight to the last drop of blood against England. I would have preferred the war to have been delayed to build up material, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Despite the sultry weather many dancers turned up at the social in the School of Arts last night, organised by the general committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the Armidale War Savings Certificate Committee deprecated the cashing of certificates, as taking money from the war fund and losing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →President Roosevelt to-day asked Congress for additional army appropriations totalling 3812 million dollars. The request included 888 million…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Total unexpended amount of patriotic funds from the last war is k £677469. A request that the State Treasury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The direct cost of the war to Australia might be £1,500,000,000, said Mr. Spooner, M.H.R., to-day. He added that if the war lasted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"In 1914-18 Japan was a valued ally. In this war Japan has made some kind of agreement with Germany and Italy. We cannot overlook this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"The extension of enemy activity by means of raiders and minelayers is steadily curtailing the coastal marine service of Australia," said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Answering Mr. Frith, U.C.P., Lismore, the Treasurer, Mr. Richardson agreed that the allowances made to wives and children of soldiers on home…
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