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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

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Brisbane Horror Two Throats Cut Soldier and Wife. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 November 1935 · page 4

The bodies of William Griffiths and his wife were found in the bedroom of a house in Carter street, North Ward, with their throats cut, early this…

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AUSTRALIA "Dare Not Go Unarmed" Hughes' War Book Comment on Sanctions

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 4

Mr. W. M. Hughes' new book, "Australia and the War To-day," is a gospel for the serious-minded, a warning for the unthinking…

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In Event of War Questions At Canberra Soldiers and Warships. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 November 1935 · page 5

Mr. Beasley, in the House of Representatives, asked if it was a fact that the Government had offered the British Government the use of the new…

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War Pensions New Chairman for Appeal Tribunal. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 November 1935 · page 2

The announcement was made to-day by Mr. Lyons that Mr. Hugh P. Ritchie, of Tasmania, had been appointed chairman of the No. 1 War Pensions…

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Anti-war Speakers Melbourne Rally Against Sanctions and Conscription. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1935 · page 5

The Leaders of the two Labor parties in the Federal Parliament, Messrs. Curtin and Beasley, and several of their supporters, will speak at a rally against…

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Dramatic Moments The First V.C. Of The War

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 November 1935 · page 1

Captain Francis Grenfell is said to have been the first to win the V.C. in the Great War. The story of what he and his men did is an…

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Defence or Death Australia's Great Need Hughes Fears World War Portents of Disaster. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 November 1935 · page 5

Speaking not of the conflict between Italy and Abyssinia, but of those other preparations to create a greater conflict, which shall envelop…

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Cultivate Spirit of Peace High Ideals Voiced At Diggers' Smoko Soldiers and Men They Fought Would Stop War Rousing Choruses Recall Days Of Great Adventure

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1935 · page 4

The need for every man and woman to do all that is possible to bring about a better understanding amongst the nations, so that the brutality of war as a means of settling disputes may be done away with, was the keynote of the principal speeches of the reunion smoko of the Grafton sub-branch of…

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An Old Soldier Passes Half Century of Service

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1935 · page 8

An excellent record of over half a century with the Imperial Army and the Australian Military Forces was recalled by the death of ex-Warrant…

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Civil War Atmosphere In Paris Armistice Day Disorders. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 November 1935 · page 5

Crowds estimated at between 250,000 and 400,000 packed the Champs Elysees during the Armistice parades to-day, and sang the "Internationale" and…

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War Horse's Death

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 November 1935 · page 3

Warrior, a horse which went through the retreat from Mons, has died in the stable at Southampton Police Station, aged 26, says the London "Times."…

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The Cost of War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 November 1935 · page 3

A writer in a South Australian financial paper has worked out some highly interesting facts concerning the waste of money in the Great War…

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Cairo Riots Mob Attack Soldiers Govt. Will Carry On. Cairo

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 November 1935 · page 5

Fresh Independence Day riots broke out this evening, following a huge meeting of Wafdisls, which was addressed bw Nahas Pasha…

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20 Wounded Street Battle in Paris. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 5

Twenty wounded, several so seriously that they are not expected to recover, were admitted to hospital today as the result of a street battle…

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Grafton Council Motor Camping Area Returned Soldiers' Preference Act Taxi Drivers' Petition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Grafton Municipal Council was held last night, there being present: The Mayor (Ald. B. C. Eggins), Alds. W. T. Robinson, R…

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Soldiers' League Increasing Membership

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 6

The number of new sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League, which have been formed in New South Wales since January, amount to 43. the total…

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Gesture for Peace Hughes On Sanctions Address to Ex-soldiers Reinstatement Urged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 November 1935 · page 5

"I am no war-monger, but I believe the only way to maintain peace is for those who stand for peace to be strong enough to overawe those who…

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Behind Barbed Wire Japan's Hold in North China Five More Provinces War Cloud Gathering Massing of Troops. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 November 1935 · page 5

North China will separate from the Nanking Government within a week, says the Tokio correspondent of "The Times."…

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Law Courts Amazing Trial Scenes Alleged Assassins of King and Minister Guarded by Thousands of Soldiers. Marseilles

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 November 1935 · page 5

Impregnable behind barbed wire defences, the Law Courts at Aix en Provence resembled the military headquarters of a besieged town,…

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Soil From Anzac Cove

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 November 1935 · page 4

A parcel of soil from Gallipoli and a bundle of foliage picked from the environs of Anzac Cove arrived in Sydney by the Orient liner Orion. Last…

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