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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

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"No Litter Here" the Junior Red Cross Wages War!

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 1

The careless holiday-maker, who strews his scraps about pleasure resorts and place of amusement, will have short, shrift from the…

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Returned Soldiers and Pension Rights

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 1

The claims of a number of relumed soldiers for pension rights that have hitherto not been put forward is now claiming attention…

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News of the Mountains District Mount Victoria News Returned Soldiers League

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 2

The Mount Victoria, Sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. will hold a special meeting to-night in the new public hall. Final…

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"Rifts In The Clouds" Land Monopoly, Slums and War

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 4

In a recent issue of the "S.M. Herald," the three above subjects were referred to in different ways. The first was in the "Distribution…

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"First World War" Exposes Stark Truth

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 3

Its every scene described as "a living newspaper headline" by those who have previewed "The First World War," this history-making…

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Is War the Only Way Out

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 2

The "Giornale d Italia," a powerful Italian newspaper, says that "human history thus far has found only one way of…

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Social Evening Blackheath Returned Soldiers' Ladies' Auxiliary

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 24 August 1935 · page 1

Although the weather conditions were anything but favourable, young and old turned up in great [?]mbers to a social evening given by the…

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Episodes in the Life of a Famous War Ace

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 4

Every Tuesday and Friday, at ten in the evening, Mr. E. V. Collibee conducts a session over the 2UW microphone dealing with…

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Obituary South African War Veteran Mr. A. Gallegos

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 2

The late Albert Gallegos who died at his Laura residence, was a soldier in the South African (Boer) War. For many years he drove…

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Soldiers Death E. K. B. Wright-jackson

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 2

With the death of Mr. Eustace Keith B. Wright-Jackson, another valiant member has passed from the thinning ranks of the A.I.F…

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Soldier's Death the Late E. K. B. Wright-jackson. the Funeral

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 29 October 1935 · page 2

"He served his fellow-men!" This simple tribute, which conveys so much, was made by the President of Katoomba…

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Here and There Welcome Home Party

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 2 November 1935 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. L. Cubitt, of [?]Sel- Atin, Lurline Street, have returned home after an eight months' tour of England and the Continent, and…

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Unique Monument Maitland Boy on Battlefield Private Headstone Over War Grave

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 9 November 1935 · page 1

The thoughtful and kindly action of a German prisoner-of-war was responsible for a unique monument being in position over the last…

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A Narrow Escape War Bullet in Body for Seventeen Years

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 28 December 1935 · page 5

Mr. O. C. Ferns, of Katoomba's legal fraternity, has many reasons to remember the Great War, one of them being in…

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