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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

333 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 17

Washed Off Rocks Returned Soldier Drowned Tragedy at Point Danger

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 4

E. F. Hughes, 45, a returned soldier, was washed off Snapper Rocks, Point Danger, about 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday and drowned…

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Body Recovered Returned Soldier's End. Tweed Heads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1930 · page 4

The body of E. F. Hughes, 45, a returned soldier who was washed off Snapper Rocks, Point Danger, whilst fishing on Wednesday afternoon was recovered…

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World's Navies Ford Would Buy Them If It Would Put End to War. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 5

A copyright United Press message from Fort Myers (Florida) states that Henry Ford would buy all the navies of the world if he thought it would end war, but…

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Soldier on Peace Work of Fighting Services to Be Efficient for War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 8

Anti-militarists often take pot-shots at the fighting forces in the belief that because they are professionally trained in the art of war they are unwilling to work…

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Still Snarling War Lords of China. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 5

Yen Hsi Hshan's ultimatum to Nanking demanding Chiang Kai Shek's retirement, whilst forecasting the outbreak of hostilities in the near future, has not produced…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 2

The annual meeting of the members of the Returned Soldiers' League is to be held at the rooms of Messrs. McDonald and Hynes' at 8 o'clock to-night. The…

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'War Is War' Attack On Australians Another Alleged War Book Mixture of Praise and Blame. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 5

War is war," by an ex-private, published by Victor Gollancz, is as controversial as most of the recent war books…

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Two Bullets Sydney Dentist Wounded Vaucluse Sensation Woman Doctor Arrested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 5

Castles Ratcliffe, dentist, of Rawson Place, was shot in the side and abdomen, [?] a room of a house at Vaucluse this afternoon, and he was taken…

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"War Is War" Libelling the Australians Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 February 1930 · page 5

General Monash, referring to the new war book, "War is War," said there [?]ad been a deliberate campaign by scandalmongering writers, to make Australian…

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YEN V. CHIANG Another Little War Troubled China Troop Trains on the Move. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 February 1930 · page 5

Three hundred car loads of Government troops entrained here this afternoon for Nanking. Their ultimate destination is believed to be…

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'Placid' Orthodox Church Members Soviet Anti-religious War. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 5

The British United Press special representative in Moscow says members of the Russian Orthodox Church are amazingly Placid under the Soviet anti-religiour war…

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Another C.w.a. War Moree This Time Feminine "Wigs on the Green" --Nearly

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 6

At the Moree C.W.A. meeting last week there were episodes, very lively ones according to all accounts. No reporters were present…

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Picturesque Story From New War Book Roger Casement and Bernard Shaw Speech on Ireland's Wrongs. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 5

How George Bernard Shaw handed Sir Roger Casement a speech on Ireland, which Shaw declared to be the finest thing ever written, to be read…

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Telegrams Escapee Shot and Wounded. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 2

After being arrested on warrant ordering his detention for arrears of wife maintenance, Harold Burbess made an effort to escape. A shot was fired and he was…

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Both Wounded Spaniards Fight Duel. Madrid

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1930 · page 5

As a sequel to the quarrel in a restaurant, the eldest son of the former dictator, De Rivera, fought a duel at Barcelona against an artillery officer…

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Brady Tragedy Woman Fatally Wounded Struggle for Revolver Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 5

The Parramatta Coroner resumed the inquiry at Burwood into the death at West Concord of Eileen Mabel Brady, 29, wife of a police…

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English Handicaps How Gallipoli Was Lost Burden of Self–depreciation Press and War Office Jeremiahs. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 5

"The chief handicap from which the English suffer in the race of life is a tendency to crab themselves. That is why we lost Gallipoli,"said…

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‘Worst Since War’ Riot In New York Communists Arrested Unemployed Riots in Other Centres. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 5

Over a hundred persons were injured in a riot, described by the Police Commissioner, Mr. Whalen, as "the worst since the war."…

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Maclean Soldiers’ Memorial

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 7

A meeting of the Soldiers’ memorial Committee was held at Mr. R. Till's rooms on Wednesday evening, when there was a fair attendance, the Mayor (Ald…

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Three Shots Girl Badly Wounded Young Man Arrested. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 3

While walking home from work yesterday, a young woman, Florence Heenan, was accosted by Errol Elliott with whom she kept company for two years…

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