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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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"Friends of the Soviet" Surprise Welcome Home in England. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1929 · page 5

Surprise awaited 38 members of a British "factory delegation of friends of the Soviet" on their arrival at Harwich from Holland, after a month's tour in…

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JUBILATION Coal War Settlement 'Miners Will Agree' Splendid Christmas Box. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 December 1929 · page 4

The news of a settlement of the coal trouble was received with great enthusiasm in the northern coalfields: Crowds besieged the newspaper offices…

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War Pensions Results of Appeals. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 5

Mr. Roland Green, M.H.R., who is a member of the State Council of the Returned Soldiers' League, has been advised by Minister for Repatriation…

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Federal Session Theodore's Broken Promises Income Tax Bill U.S Movie Kings Immune But Returned Soldiers Must Pay. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 5

In the House of Representatives to-day, the Treasurer, Mr. Theodore, moved in Committee of Ways and Means a resolution to give effect to…

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T.B. SOLDIERS Pensions And Other Matters Minister at Conference Numerous Requests. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 7

The Minister for Repatriation, Mr. P. Anstey, attended this afternoon's session of the conference which is being hold in Canberra by the delegates…

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Frenchmen and Belgians Intense Hatred of Britain Australian Soldiers Supreme. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 4

According to Charles Brown, a well- known furniture manufacturer, who returned to Sydney to-day after a tour of the East, America, England and the…

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Palmer's Chanxel Monument to Fallen Soldiers at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 3

In pursuance of an advertisement in the "Daily Examiner" re the matter of joining in with the people of Maclean in the erection of a suitable monument to…

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A Romance of the War

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 4

To see his son, whom he believed killed at the war, walk into his home after an absence of 18 years was the experience of John Twohill, of Dunedin (N.Z.). The…

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Civil War Turmoil Continues in China. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 5

The native districts surrounding Shanghai are in turmoil as the result of a large number of local troops joining in the anti-Government…

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MR. P. J. Hurley New U.S. War Secretary. Washington

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 5

Mr. Patrick J. Hurley, of Oklahoma, has been selected for the port folio of Secretary for War…

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PIRATES Lose Desperate Battle set fire to ship Decks Strewn with Wounded, Hongkong

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 5

It is learned that there was a desperate battle between officers of the steamer Haiching, which was pirated by Chinese, disguised as…

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Tram Passes for Soldiers New System to Operate. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 5

The Repatriation Department has been informed that the New South Wales Government will not in future provide periodical tram passes for soldiers…

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War Service Homes £50,000 to Be Made Available. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 4

Representations made by the "Returned Soldiers" League to the Federal Government have resulted in a premise to make an additional £50,000 available for…

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R.s. and S.i. League Maclean Branch the Soldiers' Memorial

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 7

Mr. D. K. Beckman presided at a meeting of the Maclean branch of the R.S. and S.I. League on Saturday night. Apologies were sent on behalf of the…

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Ran Amok Italian At Innisfail Girl and Attacker Dead Woman and Constable Wounded. Innisfail

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 4

An Italian laborer, Peter Plozza,, 40, ran amok and, after shooting a woman and her daughter, and a constable, put a revolver in his own…

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The Triumph and Tragedy of Gallipoli a Revival of Anzac Memories

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 6

Both Australia and New Zealand do well to observe Anzac Day, for it is the day on which these Dominions stepped into the clear, high light of history, and won…

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Beasley's Ultimatum Federal Cabinet Crisis Over Coal War Ministers Hurrying to Sydney Demand By N.S.W. Federal Members Prosecution of State Govt,, Owners and John Brown Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 5

It was stated to-night that Mr. Beasley, Assistant Minister in Federal Government, threatened to resign unless Mr. Scullin prosecutes Mr. Weaver, the State Minister for Mines, and John Brown, and takes over the Rothbury colliery…

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Returned Soldiers' Assn

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1929 · page 2

The Secretary of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association announces in this issue that the annual meeting of the branch is to take…

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A War Story Sir J. Monash Indignant "Savage Lie." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 5

Sir John Monash was indignant when shown a passage in a book by Robert Graves "Good-bye To All That," a story of the war, in which the author alleges…

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'I'm the Man' Wife Fatally Wounded Husband on Murder Charge Shocking Affair at Dundas Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 December 1929 · page 3

With blood streaming from bullet wounds in her head and body, Mrs. Roma Mary Solomons, 22, rushed from her house in Spurway street, Dundas,…

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