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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

1,587 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 80

Grafton Soldier Missing Eight Months

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

Private C. Henderson, of Grafton, who was reported missing lifter Crete, has now been reported missing believed killed…

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Rappville J.f.c. Enlistments

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

Mr. J. Cairns, foundation member and past president of the Advisory Council of the Rappville Junior Farmers' Club,…

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Economic Plan Prices And Profits Now Controlled Govt. Direction of Industry and Trade Wages Pegged At Present Levels Profits Fixed at Four Per Cent. Far Reaching Decisions of the War Cabinet Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

The War Cabinet to-day decided to control prices, profits and wages to an emergency. wartime measure. This is part of a sensational plan, described by the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, as a contribution towards the Government's…

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Wounded in Action Casualties in Malaya

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 4

Mr. Evan R. McLaren, of Cowper, received word from the Minister for the Army stating that his son, Private Hilton…

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Libya the British Losses 2908 Were Killed 15,000 Wounded-captured London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

The War Office spokesman, Sir Edward Grigg, stated in the House of Commons, that out of 18,000 British soldiers killed,…

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Found Dead Composed Song of Last War. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

Felix Powell, composer of "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag." who was a sergeant in the Home Guards, was…

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War Workers Should Get to Job in Blackout. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 1

Workers in vital war industries caught while on their way to work with a blackout trial or a real raid should endeavor to…

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Medical Students 42 To Cease Studies for Duration of War. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 4

Provisions of the new Commonwealth Manpower Act was applied to University students for the first time to-day, when 42…

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Price Levels Rise Of 12 Per Cent. Since Beginning of War. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 1

Commenting on the Federal Government's regulations, the Minister for Customs, Senator Keane, said to-night price fixing…

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Change-over Factories Aid War Federal Govt's Plan Speeding Up Production Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

With the threat to the nation increasing as the Japanese continue their southward infiltration, the Federal…

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Soldier Members Building Society Payments Meeting Commitments Protection of Homes and Families

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 6

The directors of the Grafton and South Grafton Co-operative Building Society, Ltd., have, during recent months, been active with regard to…

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Boats for Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 3

Among their multifarious activities, Dunlop are engaging in the business of boat building, too. The main illustration…

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"The Glorious Fourth" Australian Soldier's Poem

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 3

The following poem was recently received from Private C. V. Paine, of Maclean, who is serving with the Australian forces…

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Lismore Soldier Wounded Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 1

Casualty lists issued to-day included: Wounded in action, Cpl. E. H. Jennings, Infantry, Lismore…

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Prisoner of War

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holland, of Eastern Dorrigo, have received another letter from their son, Pte. Lyle Holland, who is a prisoner of war in…

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Anzac Area "Fighting Command" Vice-Admiral Leary Anzacs Great Fighters Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 5

Pride in his selection for the post of combined Allied naval forces in Australian and New Zealand waters, is expressed in…

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Butter and Fowls Denmark's War Position

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

Since the German occupation of Denmark in April, 1940, it has been tacitly assumed that the Danish livestock industries would be largely…

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Salvation Army Plans For Home Needs to Help War Victims

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

The immediate possibilities of the war situation in Australian have led Lieut.-Commissioner Harewood to arrange for the…

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War Crisis Request to Curtin Summon Parliament Man Power in Country Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 5

The executive of the Federal Parliamentary Opposition today decided to seek the immediate summoning of Parliament…

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Work for U.S. In Pacific War Zone Being Done by N.S.W. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 5

The State Government is carrying out important war work for the United States in the Pacific var zone, said the Premier…

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