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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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War's Horrors Men Who Saw Them Appeal for Universal Peace

National Advocate · Monday 18 November 1929 · page 1

After referring to the significance of Armistice Day at the Diggers social on Saturday evening, the president of the local branch of the Returned Sailors…

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Limbless Soldiers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 November 1929 · page 17
Also in Leader

Butts of tickets in the Limbless Soldiers' Great Austral Art Union must be returned to O. Beyers, Box 3446, R., G.P.O., or 19…

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Diggers' Social Helping the Helpless Mr. Chifley Tributes Soldiers League

National Advocate · Monday 18 November 1929 · page 3

There was a good roll up of Diggers and visitors at the reunion held at Heath's on Saturday night by the Bathurst branch of the Returned Sailors…

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Soldiers' Preference A. W. U. Official Emphatic "Digger Must Stand for Digger"

National Advocate · Monday 18 November 1929 · page 2

The question of preference to returned soldiers arose at the Diggers' Reunion at Heaths on Saturday night, after the president of the Bathurst…

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Diggers' Annual Smoko a Night of Memories Mayor Was Once a Soldier

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 November 1929 · page 5

The eleven years which have passed since the termination of the War were as but a day to the ex-service men who attended the annual smoke…

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Local and General News. Returned Soldiers' Auxiliary

Leader · Monday 18 November 1929 · page 2

The Women's Auxiliary of the Returned Soldiers' Association have abandoned their meeting, which was in have taken place on Wednesday,…

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Stark Realism Another Hectic War Story London

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1929 · page 1

Robert Graves, the well-known poet, is publishing a war book entitled "Good-bye to All That," which is likely to arouse a controversy skin to…

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Won't Prevent War Anglo-american Agreement .Trotsky's Views Constantinople

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1929 · page 3

"War between Britain and the United States will not be prevented by the Anglo-American naval agreement," said M. Trotsky, in an…

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Limbless Soldiers

Leader · Wednesday 20 November 1929 · page 2

BUTTS of tickets in the Limbless Soldiers’ Great Austral Art Union, must be returned to O. Beyers, [?]ox 3[?]6, [?]., G.P.O., or 19 Bligh Street,…

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Returned Soldiers. Formation of Club Mooted

Leader · Wednesday 20 November 1929 · page 5

Apparently the motion placed before the previous meeting of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors’ League, by Comrade H. Benger, that the…

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War Time Prisoner Meets Captuurer in London Stirring Appeal for Peace London

National Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1929 · page 1

Captain Hashogen, German U-boat commander, who came to England at the invitation of Commander Lewis, whose "Q" ship "Lewis" was sunk in…

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Seriously Wounded Alleged Housebreaker SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 22 November 1929 · page 2

When William Scott caught a man allegedly in the act of breaking into his house at Balmain last night he fired, wounding the intruder in…

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"They Stabbed Me" Wounded in Hyde Park Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 22 November 1929 · page 1

Bleeding copiously from a gaping wound on the left arm. William Rein (30) laborer on the Woronora Dam, near Waterfall, was found in a heap…

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Slashed with Knife Man Wounded—woman Charged Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 22 November 1929 · page 2

John Allen, on elderly man, was this afternoon found lying in the room of a flat in Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, suffering from a fractured…

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Limbless Soldiers

Leader · Friday 22 November 1929 · page 8

BUTTS of tickets in the Limbless Soldiers’ Great Austral Art Union, must be returned to O. B[?]yers, Box [?]446, H., G.P.O., or 19 Bllgh Street,…

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For Disabled Soldiers Red Cross Sale of Goods

National Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1929 · page 6

With the praiseworthy object or rising funds for disabled soldiers, the Bathurst branch of the Red Cross Society held a sale of fancy and useful…

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Chinese Army Routed. 11,000 Soldiers Captured. MOSCOW

Leader · Saturday 23 November 1929 · page 1

The T[?]ss Agency says, according to a report from Khabarovsk, that the Soviet Far Eastern army repulsed a Chinese attack oil Sunday, and…

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Buried in Coal Mine. Chinese Civilians and Soldiers. SHANGHAI

Leader · Saturday 23 November 1929 · page 1

The Japanese cones poll dent at Harbin reports that 1000 Chinese, civilians and soldiers, who took refuge in a coal mine at D[?]lamor district, from the…

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Next Big War CHRISTIANS v. God Haters. Dr. Crotty at Narromine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 November 1929 · page 10

Bishop Crotty, assisted by visiting clergymen from Dubbo, Warren, Peak Hill and Grenfell, opened and dedicated St. Mary's Church of…

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