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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1930

333 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 17

Lively House Party Shots Fired and Man Wounded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 November 1930 · page 2

Five shots were fired at a party in a house in Kensington last night, and a man, whose name the police refuse to divulge, was wounded…

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Tragic Funeral Four Killed 30 Wounded Police Fire on Procession. Madrid

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 November 1930 · page 3

There was an amazing sequel to the death of four laborers through the collapse of a house, allegedly due to faulty construction and materials…

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War a Delusion Opinion of State Governor. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 November 1930 · page 2

Speaking at the opening of the Marou[?]ra Soldiers' War Memorial Hall yesterday, the Governor, Sir Philip Game, said that while the spirit which pervaded the…

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Echoes of the War

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 4

Every clang of the ship's bell on the Port Sydney, which recently berthed in Sydney, is a little echo of 1914. Just launched as the Star pf England when…

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The Digger Spirit. Comradeship and Unity. an Appeal to Local Returned Soldiers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 4

Mr. Wilfred Tilk writes:—We have just passed the twelth anniversary of that eventful -day when the Germans signified their defeat by…

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Follow the Band Soldiers and Religion

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 7

Except in military circles it is not perhaps, generally known (writes the Rev. W. Lachlan Bell in the ''Morning Post") that there are four recognised…

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INDIA Federation Of States Constitutional Problems War Aid Recalled. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 November 1930 · page 5

The Indian Round Table Conference to-day continued the general discussion on Indian constitutional problems and it now appears probable…

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War Pensions Higher Than Ever Before Annual Liability of £7,762,508. CANBERRA

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 4

The war pensions in force now number 279,285, with an annual liability of £7,762,508, both figures being higher than ever before with no sign of the peak…

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Red Cross. Gifts for Sick Soldiers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 2

An appeal by Coffs Harbour branch of the Red Cross Society for articles for presentation to soldiers in hospital, as Christmas gifts, met with…

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Lambeth Conference Return of Bishop of Grafton Welcome Home to Dr. and Mrs. Ashton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 November 1930 · page 4

When the Bishop of Grafton and Mrs. Ashton arrived home yesterday from their visit to England for the Lambeth Conference they were given cordial…

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Conversion Loan Returned Soldiers' Support. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 November 1930 · page 4

The Returned Soldiers' League is doing its best for the conversion loan. It has subscribed £1001 and has urged all branches to give the fullest support…

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Scullin at Dublin Depression Due to War Effects. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 5

Speaking at the Labor banquet at Dublin, Mr. Scullin attributed the present world depression to after effects of the war. Too soon could the people forget…

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Soldiers' Club. Happy Annual Re-Union

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 3

The annual re-union of the Coffs District Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Club, held in the Memorial Hall at the Jetty, was a very pleasant…

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Fierce Attack Ferry Deckhand Assaulted Shots Fired One Man Seriously Wounded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 5

Charles Evans, 28, a milkman, was shot in the abdomen by Captain Thompson, of the Hawkesbury River vehicle punt, during a fierce brawl on…

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War Graves Prime Minister's Message. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 5

Mr. Scullin motored to Versailles today. In a message after his visits to the battlefields he said relatives can rest assured that the graves of their loved…

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Soldiers' Xmas Tree

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 3

A shilling euchre party and dance in the Memorial Hall at the Jetty on Friday night was well attended and most enjoyable. It showed a profit of over…

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Dying Depositions Wounded Chinese at Bathurst Batherst

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 4

The police have taken the dying depositions of Ton Lou, Chinese garuener, who after eight days in hospital, was found to have a bullet in his back…

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Wounded Chinese Bathurst Shooting Case. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 5

The Chinese, Ton Lou, who was in the Bathurst District Hospital with a wound in his back, was able last night to give an account of his experience…

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War Memorial Kitchener and Australians Soldiers Whose Grave Is the Sea. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 5

Major F. H. Berryman represented Australia at the unveiling of the memorial erected in Hollybrook cemetery. Southampton, by the War Graves Commission,…

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Peace Prize for Kellogg Slief in Abolition of War. Oslo

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 5

[?] Hogg was awarded the Nobel peace Prize in the presence of King Has[?]. He regretted that so many people [?] predicting war and saying that…

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