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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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'Eternal Fame' Controversial Play Scene in Westminster Abbey Unknown Soldier's Tomb. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 5

The Vicar of Leamington, who is also chaplain to the Actors' church Union, referred in his pulpit to the play: "Eternal Fame," which threatens to rouse as much…

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German Verge Trust Soldiers Want Details. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 4

The State Council of the Returned Soldiers' League has decided to apply to its representative on the German Verge Trust for a detailed statement of receipts…

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Soldier Settlers Express Grievance to Minister Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

Members of the Returned Soldiers' League told the Minister for Lands that many returned soldiers were in dire poverty and all of them were in…

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Soldiers' Conference Mr. Roland Green "In the Wars" He "Smillingly Sat Down." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 5

When the Soldier Settlers' Conference opened to-day, a Kempsey delegate named Garden raised the question of the status of Mr. Roland Green M.H.R., at the…

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Diggers Demand Inquiry War Service Homes Commission Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 8

The State Council of the Returned Soldiers' League decided to support the demand for an inquiry into grievances associated with the general inquiry into…

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Poverty-stricken Soldiers Allegations of Intimidation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 8

Allegations that intimidatory measures were employed by Government officers were made by returned soldiers who interviewed the Minister for Lands…

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Producer-soldiers and Markets Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture, addressing the Solders' Conference said the department had carried out valuable experiments with regard to overseas markets,…

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Generous Legacy for Disabled Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 5

The general secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. Stagg, told a meeting of the league that it was expected that under the will of the late Mrs…

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Soldier Settlers' Wants Special Boards Exemption From Income Tax. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 5

Notwithstanding, the statement of the Minister for Lands that he was opposed to the appointment of special boards in each district to inquire into the value of soldier…

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Two Shots Fired At Close Range Man Wounded Assailant in Motor Car. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 5

What is believed to be a revival of gang warfare broke out in Foveraux street last night. A man, who gave the police several…

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War Service Homes Proposed Board of Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 5

Returned soldier members of the staff of the N.S.W. branch of the War Service Homes Commission have refused the Board of Inquiry offered them. They…

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Soldier Settlers' Conference President Hopeful of Results. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 5

Ralph Hutchinson, president of the Returned Soldiers' League expects tangible results from last week's soldier settlers' conference, which, he said, had paved the…

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"Fool's Paradise" Millions Spent on Soldier Settlements. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 5

Mr. Thomson, Leader of the Country party in the Legislative Assembly, declared West Australians were living in a fool's paradise. He added that over…

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Talk of War in 1905 'Not at Time, Like This' Kaiser to Von Buelow. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 5

A series of private letters from the Kaiser nine years before the war are being published in the Berlin "Tageblatt." One particularly illuminating passage…

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War and Peace British Labor Leader's Views Speech in German Reichstag. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 October 1928 · page 5

The Chancellor, Ministers, many deputies, the British Ambassador and other diplomats, and 800 people, filled, the Reichstag to hear Mr. Ramsay…

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Returned Soldiers' Assn. Armistice Day Observance

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 2

At its last meeting the local branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association decided to hold its annual ball on the 9th November next in…

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Eve of War Dramatic Revelations Lord Morley's Memorandum When Burns and He Resigned. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 5

The late Lord Money in a "memorandum on his resignation," just published, contains a dramatic revelation upon the attitude of prominent Liberals on the…

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Anzac Memorial Hyde Park Site Approved. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 4

The trustees of the Anzac Memorial consider that Hyde Parle is the most suitable site for the memorial, and intend to ask the Premier to submit to Parliament…

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War Debts Payments To Britain America Getting the Lot Chancellor's Speech. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 5

The stand Britain will take at the forthcoming Reparations Conference was outlined by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Winston Churchill, in…

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Freight War Ends Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 6

The freight war between the New Zealand Shipping Company and the Canadian National Steamships Line has ended. The rate cutting had lasted for…

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