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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

1,587 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 80

War Council Question in Commons. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Mr. E. Granville (Nat. Lib.) asked whether Lord Cranborne, Dominions Secretary, would…

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Churchill Back in Commons Roar Of Cheers War Debate Next Week Singapore Motion Disallowed. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 5

When Mr. Churchill entered the House of Commons to-day he was greeted with a roar of cheers from all sides of the…

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Sick Soldiers Embroider Their Way Back to Health

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 1

London doctors are to-day prescribing embroidery for soldiers with nervous trouble. Knitting, explains Lady…

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Two Soldiers Lost Near Darwin On Crocodile Hunt 200 Mates Searching Darwin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 5

There is no sign yet of two soldiers, a sergeant and private, who have been lost 30 miles from Darwin since Sunday…

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£10 FINE Young Girl's Letter to Soldier Overseas

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

Charged in the Campsie Court with attempting to communicate by post information which might be useful to the enemy, a girl,…

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Soldiers' Appreciation

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

Proof that the Tenterfield men in the fighting services appreciated the canteen orders sent to them with greetings from the…

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Reds' Secret Vital War Materials

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

Russia's strong resistance to [?] invasion is due in part to the sec[?] development of low-temperature me[?] ods of manufacturing aviation ga[?]…

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New War Industry for Batlow and Young

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

Dehydration of potatoes is a new industry being developed at Batlow and Young as the result of wartime demands…

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War Work Anniversary Day Holiday. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

It was disclosed in Sydney to-night that while compulsion in regard to a continuance of work in essential industries over the…

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£250 MILLION 1942 War Expenses Indirect Taxation Increases Are Likely Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

The Commonwealth's war expenditure for 1941-42 may reach £250,000,000 compared with the Budget estimate of…

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Sea War 61 Warships Sunk According To Tokio Statement to Diet New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

According to an official statement in the Japanese Diet 61 Allied warships have been sunk and 14 damaged and 35…

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Banana Inspector Enlists

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

Mr. B. H. Halliday, who as an officer of the Department of Agriculture has been in charge of the whole of the Upper Tweed banana area, has…

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An Egyptian Farm a Soldier's Description

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

Writing to relatives at Wauchope, L/C. Dennerley describes a farm on which he was a guest in Egypt:— The family consists of two brothers…

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Welcome Home Cpl. Cyril Ryan

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 4

About 80 friends attended a welcome home to Cpl. Cyril Ryan. at the home of his mother, Mrs. Ryan, of Federation street, South…

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War Industries Continuity Of Work Anniversary Day Regulations Amended. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 3

The War Cabinet to-day decided on an amendment of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations to ensure a…

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Aust. Waters Britain Watching War Viewed As a Whole. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 5

Britain is now as much at war watching Australian waters as she is in the English Channel or the Atlantic Ocean, said the former…

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A.c.f. the Clarence River District Patriotic and War Fund. Ulmarra Auxiliary

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 2

The Ulmarra Auxiliary of the P. and W. Fund held their monthly meeting in the Council Chambers on Thursday night. The president, Mr. W. Warner,…

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Will Mean War Nazi Warning Hint To Brazil Break of Relations Rio De Janeiro

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 5

Reports were circulated to-day that Germany had sent a new warning to Brazil—and perhaps other Latin American…

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Jap Threat Attach on Aust. After Invasion Of New Guinea the War in the Pacific Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 4

The long expected threat to our own Australian territory has now become a reality. Based on the Caroline and…

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Wounded in Action Cunner Frank Page

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Page, of Great Marlow, received word from the Minister for the Army on Saturday last that their son…

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