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

The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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T.b. Soldiers and Sailors

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 3

For the information of T.B. sailors and soldiers who have not yet joined the T.B. Sailors and Soldiers' Association of N.S.W. we have been asked by the general…

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Anzac Memorial the Hyde Park Site

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 4

The Anzac Memorial Bil, passed by the Lang Government, provided for the building of the memorial on a site adjacent to the Sydney approach to…

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Wool and the War. Economic Results

Leader · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 1

Wi[?] Carson Ltd. repo[?]:— The consistent utterances or authorities in some countries abroad convey the impression that wool is never…

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Returned Soldiers’ Ladies’ Auxiliary

Leader · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 6

A meeting of the above was held at the Memorial Hall, yesterday afternoon. Those present were: The president (Mrs. A. E. Colvin, Mayoress)…

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Masqueraded As a Man, A[?] Soldier’s Wife. LONDON

Leader · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 6

It has now been revealed that the woman who posed for years as Captain Barker, is Mrs. Valerie Smith. She married an Australian during…

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Bathurst War Memorial

National Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 5

The carillon of 35 Bells, constructed by Messrs. John Taylor and Sons, Loughborough, England, to arrive in Sydney within the next few weeks…

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Bathurst Soldiers' Memorial Carillon Notes

National Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 5

The tender of Messrs. McNaughton and Son has been accepted for the foundation of the tower. The work will be taken in hand immediately…

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Wool and the War Economic Results

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report: The consistent utterances of authorities in some countries abroad convey the impression that…

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Latest Telegrams a Bread War. Price Considerably Reduced. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 3

Twenty-seven suburban shops in the Newcastle district have decided as from to-day to sell bread at fourpence, half-penny the two lb. loaf,…

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Cold Kills Soldiers French Military Scandal Political Crisis Developing LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 2

The "Dally Express" Paris correspondent says a political crisis is threatening owing to the heavy death roll among the French troops alleged…

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Bread War in Canowindra

Leader · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 6

Consequent on a new bakery being established in Canowindra and a subsequent reduction in the price of bread war Is now obtaining…

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The Great War Prices

Leader · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 2

Many will recall the way prices advanced as the result of the Great War. The opinion had become almost general that pre-war prices would never…

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Returned Soldiers League

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 31

The last meeting of tho Rylstone sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L. was attended by a large crowd of enthusiastic Diggers…

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Oberon Shire Council. a Lengthy Agenda. Deviation Over Wicketty War Creek

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Oberon Shire Council was held on Saturday, there being present the president (Cr. S. McKibbin) and Crs. Murphy, Richards, Bailey,…

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War Graves Illustrated Guide to Be Published London

National Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 4

The War Graves Commission's annual report announces the early publication of an illustrated guldo of all cemeteries and memorials in…

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The Next Big War. Like a Thief in the Night. LONDON

Leader · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 1

Professor J. H. Morgan, the famous constitutional law authority, lecturing in the London University on the Dominion status, said that the next war…

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Picnickers Ambushed Three Persons Wounded Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 10

Shots coming from behind some bushes seriously wounded three people at Ferntree Gully, Percival Coffey 11. Mir[?]am Coffey 18, and…

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Dominions and War Status. Professor Prognosticates. LONDON

Leader · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

Professor J. H. Morgan, the famous constitutional law authority, lecturing in the London University on the Dominion status, said that the next war…

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Anglo-american War. Trotsky's Prediction. Constantinople

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 1

"The world is moving towards an Angle-American war within two years" is the prediction of Trotsky, in the course of an interview in local…

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