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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

848 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 43

May Be Cut Out In Race For Post-War Markets

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--There is a likelihood of Australia being cut out of the race for post-war markets because of the treatment of…

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Harwood Island Patriotic and War Fund

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 6

The Harwood Island Auxiliary of the Clarence River District Patriotic and War Fund held its annual meeting recently, when…

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War Prisoners From England Look To Australia

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 4

Englishmen in Stalag 357, Germany, are keen to have details of Australia's scheme for post-war immigration…

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Famous British Author Buys a Pig Under War Conditions And Hears All The Village Gossip

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 2

I have added another pig to my collection of livestock. I am allowed to kill him in three months' time. Before I could buy this pig I had to ring up the police and tell them that I proposed to introduce the animal from another…

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German Women Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 1

These German women soldiers were among the 5000 prisoners taken at Strasbourg, France, when the Second French Armored Division liberated the city. (U.S. Office of War Information picture)…

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Child Fatally Wounded

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Thursday.—Lionel Bell, 10, died to-day from a rifle wound accidentally received yesterday on the property of his…

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Campaign For Open Hotels On Anzac Day

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Returned Soldiers' League is to campaign for the opening of hotels on Anzac Day and for an…

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Current Topics WAR.—

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 4

Australia will be a; war for another two full years, and if there is any I error in that forecast it will be on the side of shortness not length. The…

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U.S. Negotiations In Effort To Shorten War

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.—The White House has announced that the President is sending Lauchlin Currie, one of his own…

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Births and Marriages Increase During Years Of War

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Fri.—In the five years of this war Australia's birthrate has risen by more than 25 per cent. At June 30, 1944, excess wartime marriages produced 58,000 additional births. The rate reached an all-time high record in 1942,…

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Post War Needs For Rural Prosperity

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 2

Wartime shortages of some agricultural products would last for two or three years after hostilities ceased. In some commodities the period might be longer, said Professor S. M. Wadham, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Melbourne…

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15 Million Bales of Wool May be War Surplus

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 2

Wool is of overwhelming importance in the Australian economy as our principal export and main contribution to our…

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Give Our Warriors a Good Welcome Home

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

To-day, on this page is featured a hitherto untold tale of exploits of the R.A.A.F. in the Pacific. So many parents have seen their lads "go north" and wonder just what they are doing. They have read that some are flying Spitfires and Kittyhawks,…

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Anzac Veteran Wanted To "Duke" The Duke

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—The man who tried to shake hands with the Duke near the Cenotaph on Monday, Edward Alfred Windsor…

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Y.M.C.A. Work For War Prisoners In Medical Services

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 4

Mr. J. T. Massey, Y.M.C.A. national secretary, said in Melbourne that the large number of Australians who are still…

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Wing Commander Gibson Killed in Action

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.--Wing Commander G. U. T. (Dambuster) Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C., who was reported missing from a raid…

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Woolgoolga Sailor Wounded In Action

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

Mrs. J. H. Malley, of Woolgoolga, wife of Commander John H. Malley, R.A.N., has been officially advised that their son…

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Tourist Boom Expected After War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--A post-war tourist boom is expected by the Chamber of Automotive Industries, which emphasises the…

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Coff's Rodeo And Carnival For War Funds

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

The rodeo and bushmen's carnival in aid of Coff's Harbour and District Patriotic Fund on Coff's Harbour Showground was a…

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Cabinet Decision Complete Preference To All Enlisted Personnel

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.--Complete preference of employment in both governmental and private employment is extended to all enlisted personnel in the Re-establishment Bill which is now being drafted by the Federal Cabinet…

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