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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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Returned Soldiers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 2

Attendances at meetings of the Dorrigo sub-branch of the R.S.L. have been poor of late and the Secretary (Mr. A. J. Dale) makes an appeal…

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C.w.a. Urged to Encourage Militia Enlistments

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 13

In the course of an address which she delivered to members of the Glen Innes branch of the C.W.A. at the Mountain Home on Saturday, Mrs. Matt…

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Australian Nurses For Spanish Civil War Questions in Federal Parliament. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 5

The Minister for Health, Mr. Hughes, told Mr. McCall that,he was powerless to prevent the departure of nurses from Australia to serve with the Red Cross…

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Result of Soviet Influence Civil War Says Portuguese Note Diplomatic Sensation Russians Dominate Madrid Govt. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph" says the Portuguese note to the non-intervention committee has caused a sensation in diplomatic circles…

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War Widow's Cottage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 4

A public meeting convened by the Mayor (Ald. W. Arnold) discussed the position of Mullumbimby's war widow's cottage. Mr. R. N. Rollo was appointed…

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War Minister to Japanese Cabinet. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 5

A disquieting hint that the army is becoming impatient over the slow progress of the Chinese and Japanese negotiations was given by the War…

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41st BATTALION The Byron Regiment Further Enlistments To-night

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 4

The medical examination and enlistments of recruits for the 41st Battalion will be continued at the Grafton Drill Hall, to-night, at 7.30…

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Grazier Wounded Police Marching for Assailant. Forbes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 5

A widespread searea is being, made for a man who is alleged to have shot and critically wounded Rudolph Jones (55), grazier, of Condobolin, to-day…

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"Win Quickly" Mussolini's War Policy Ethiopian Campaign. Rome

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 5

"We had to win, and win quickly. A kind of speed race developed between Italy and the League of Nations," declares Signor Mussolini, in the course…

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Next Big War Food Supply Problems Wheat Storage Urged Starved Into Submission

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 13

In the Great War it was the lack of food and not the lack of men or munitions that brought Britain very near to disaster…

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Curio Collecting As Legacy Of War Correspondents in Ethiopia Saw Little Fighting, But Found Hobby

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1936 · page 3

They went to Ethiopia to see the war--250 of the best correspondents in Europe and America--but they didn't. They missed the fighting, but found--…

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Burnt Alive Men, Women, Children Spanish War Horrors Mass Executions London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1936 · page 5

The Madrid correspondent of "The Times" says that Engineer Lieutenant Carlos Carnucho, who was taken prisoner at Talavera and charged…

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Soldiers' Bodies Recovered From War Areas 47 Australians. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 5

Of 795 British bodies recovered during 1935 from the former battlefields of France and Belgium, 47 were Australian…

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Returned Soldiers Meet. Armistice Service Free Trip for 150th Celebrations in Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Sub-branch R.S. and S.I.L. of Australia was held in the North Dorrigo School of Arts on Friday evening…

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First Shot in World War. Belgrade

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1936 · page 5

The death occurred to-day of Major Michael Milojkovich, who claimed to have fired the first shot in the World War…

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Crisis Averted U.S. Shipping Strike Substitute Crews Enlisted. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1936 · page 5

A major crisis in the Atlantic coast shipping strike was averted to-day when State Prosecutor Dewey declined the owners' request to intervene. The…

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In Street Two Men Wounded Crowd Scattered When Shots Were Fired Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1936 · page 5

As the result of a sensational gun duel in Alexandria late on Saturday afternoon two men were admitted to South Sydney Hospital suffering from…

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War a Threat to Civilisation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 4

The need for the suppression of war and the promulgation of the need for world peace were the chief notes sounded by speakers in Lismore…

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"Inevitable War" Europe In Despair Vance Palmer's Impressions. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 5

Vance Palmer, the Australian author, who returned from a tour abroad to-day, said he had been astonished to find how people all over Europe, who hated…

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War Threats Baldwin''s Warning Anarchy And Revolution Appeal to the Nations London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 5

"To-day, while we are still finding and burying the bodies of men who fell in the Great War, the whole of Europe is arming. What good can…

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