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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

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

Suspect Wounded at Dunedoo. Dunedoo

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 4

Three men were surprised acting suspiciously outside J. Nixon's bakery shop early this morning. Nixon procured a gun and called on the men to put up their…

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Glebe Sensation Ex-soldier's Lapse Shell-shocked Man Runs Amok. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 5

Remarkable scenes were witnessed at Glebe in the early hours of this morning, when a returned soldier named McManus, said to be suffering…

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Britain's War Debt Payments to America Staggering Figures. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 5

A payment of £18,878.000 is being made to-morrow by the British Government to the United States Treasury. of which the sum of £5.600,000 is on account of…

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Von Muecke German War Hero Opponent for Hitler Nation-wide Campaign. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 5

A redoubtable and bitter opponent to Hitler has sprung up in the person of Lieut. Von Muecke, one of the most popular of Germany's war…

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Court at Bedside Wounded Chinese in Hospital. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 4

At a court hold at the bedside of the Chinese patient, Ton Lou, at the Bathurst Hospital, Thomas O'Hara, 18, and Vernan Bonham, 16, were charged to-day…

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Another Shooting Case Husband Dead, Wife Wounded. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 December 1930 · page 5

Believed to have suddenly become de- dented, Oswald Sharwood, 56, grazier, of Laggan, near Crookwell, is said to have shot his wife and then turned the gun…

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Soldier Runs Amok Several People Attacked. Perpignan

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 December 1930 · page 5

A Senegalese soldier ran amok with a loaded rifle and killed a comrade, an aged woman and an old man, who were passing the barracks. The murderer ran…

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A Great Night. Soldiers' Children's Christmas Tree

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 2

Nobody could have the least doubt about the way the soldiers' children of the district enjoyed the Christmas Tree fete provided for them at the…

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Monash's Secretary Returned Soldiers' Protest. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 5

Captain Dyett, general president of the Returned Soldiers' League, to-day protested to the Acting Prime Minister against the selection of a non-returned…

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Returned Soldiers Dismissed From Post Office Radio Protest to Scullin. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 5

Mr. Eldridge M.H.R., despatched a radio message to Mr. Scullin protesting against the dismissal of a number of returned soldiers engaged as temporary…

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Two Shots Man Dead-Girl Wounded Broken Engagement Tragedy at Brisbane. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 December 1930 · page 5

Hector Francis McDonald (23), of Ascot, fired at and wounded his former fiancee, Audrey Amy Ahnfeldt (20), of Yeppoon, and then…

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War-wounded Digger Release From Prison Advocated Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 December 1930 · page 5

A movement has been started on the northern coalfields to secure the release of Richard Jackson, who was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing…

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Monash's Secretary Why Not a Returned Soldier? Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 December 1930 · page 5

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fenton, when asked whether he had anything further to say in reference to the comment of the State president of the…

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War Pensions

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 December 1930 · page 4

War pensions, which are usually issued on Thursdays, will be payable to-day (Wednesday, December 31), owing to Thursday falling on New Year's Day,…

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