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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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Sale of War Materials U.K. Firm to China and Japan Commission's Disclosures Hotchkiss Cartridges Taught Italy How to Make Them. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

A defensive admission that Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., supplied the Japanese for the invasion of Manchuria and simultaneously…

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War Pals Met In Grafton Restaurant u first time since 1918

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 4

Three war pals had an unexpected, but happy, reunion in a Grafton restaurant yesterday. They were Mr. R. Weatherall, representative of…

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"Down with War" Riots in Italy Crowd Bums Town Hall Demonstrations Increasing London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 5

The Paris representative of the "News-Chronicle" says that anti-war demonstrations are increasing in Italy. Fifty persons, including women,…

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Foreboding Europe Fears War British Journalist's View "Worse Than in 1914" LONDON

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 5

"Never have I found such widespread foreboding of war as during the Continental journey from which I have just returned," writes its…

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Kill Emperor Italy's Objective Bombing Planes Search "Would End the War" London

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 5

Sir Percival Phillips, "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Djibouti, states that the most important objective in the Italian campaign in…

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The Unknown Soldier

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

Thousands of people who have looked upon the Cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney, have admired the upright, soldierly figure that seems to typify the…

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"Act of War" Jap Troops Bombed By Russian Planes Mongolian Frontier Incident Harbin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 5

It is reported from Hailar that two Soviet planes bombed the Japanese-Manchukuo troops on the Mongolian frontier of Manchukuo…

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Recruiting Rally 50 Enlist At Grafton Eleven at Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 6

A successful recruiting rally was conducted last night, in Prince street, Grafton, in connection with the reforming of the 41st Infantry Regiment…

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Gun Fights Spanish Elections Twelve Killed Or Wounded Troops Protect Madrid Madrid

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 5

Under military precautions resembling a state of civil war, polling was opened in Spain to-day, and number of polling booths were closed…

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Italian War Machine Working Brilliant Victory Advance On 10-Mile Front Badoglio Strikes and Digs in 20,000 Abyssinian Casualties Reported "First Stage on Way to Addis Ababa" Rome

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 5

Despite continuous rain and hailstorms the Italian offensive, which was launched on the northern Abyssinian front last Monday, against Mulgueta, with the object of breaking through the focal' point of Auba Alagi, 40 miles south of Makale, in order to open up the road to Addis Ababa, ended in a…

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Lismore Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 4

Lismore Returned Soldiers' League has been officially advised from N.S.W. headquarters that it is the second on the State list to Maroubra-Kensington…

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Anzac Day Rail Fares for Diggers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 5

It was announced on Saturday that ex-soldiers living in distant parts of the State may visit either Sydney or Newcastle on Anzac Aay, April 25, at single…

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War Material 600 Tons for Abyssinia

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 5

Six hundred tons of war material arrived here recently by the steamer Santa Maria for transportation by lorry to the southern Abyssinian…

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Like war clouds of 1914 Foreign Affairs Debate in House of Commons Eden Outlines Govt. Policy Labor Pressure for Oil Sanctions London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 5

"It is no great tribute to the collective wisdom of the world that now, 18 years alter the close of a war which those of us who were of the age to fight in it were assured it was a war to end war, we find ourselves confronted…

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Guns Out Elections in Colombo 5 Dead, 13 Wounded a Sensational Incident London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 5

The Colombo correspondent of "The Times" says five were killed and 13 wounded, three of them fatally, by shots fired at Bernard…

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Abyssinian War "Would Shame Madhouse" Retiring President Methodist Conference Address Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 5

The retiring President of the Methodist Conference, Rev. Gilmour. in the course of his address at the Methodist Conference to-night…

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Military Rebellion in Tokio Assassinations Premier and Two Cabinet Ministers Dead Other Moderates Believed Victims 3000 Rebels Seize Offices Strict Censorship-martial Law Eighty Killed and Wounded London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 5

Three members of the Japanese Ministry were murdered, and others are feared to have suffered a similar fate as the result of a military coup d'etat in Tokio…

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Kyogle Picture Theatre War

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 4

By a large majority, a meeting of subscribers of the Kyogle Memorial Institute endorsed the action of the executive committee in refusing to sell out…

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Razor Slasher Man Runs Amok Five Wounded in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 4

Five men were wounded when a man ran amok with a razor near the central entrance of the Flinders street railway station, at midnight, last night…

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War Graves Commission Duke of York President. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 5

The King has appointed the Duke of York to succeed him as president of the Imperial War Graves Commission--a position which, as Prince of Wales, King…

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