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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

394 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 20 of 20

Elderly Man Slain at Home in Paddington Bis Wife Terribly Wounded Two Attackers Escape Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 4

An elderly man was brutally murdered by two men who entered his home at Paddington apparently in search of money, and his wife, who was…

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Treat for Children of Returned Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 1

The Returned Soldiers' League this vear will not be providing a Christmas tree, but instead are putting on a Christmns treat for the children of un…

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Returned Soldiers' League Protest Is Dismissed Against Recent State Ballot Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 1

A protest against the result of the recent State ballot of the Returned Soldiers' League in which Messrs. Bray and-Stephenson were declared…

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Intruders in a Garden Fired at by the Owner One Man Wounded Wollongong

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 1

Four men who were discovered in a vegetable garden at Wollongong last night were fired upon with the result that one of them, George Turner, re…

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War Debts to U.S.A. Temporary Adjustments Are Likely to Be Made (Special to "The Miner.") Washington, December 17

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 1

Despite attacks in the House of Representatives the proposals of President Hoover to provide temporary adjustments of war debts between Europe…

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War Debts to U.S.A. No Further Relief Decision Op the Congress (Special to "Tho Miner.") Washington December 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 10

The polloy of the United States Congross not to give further relief to debt, weary Europe was further emphasised to-day…

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War Debts to U.S.A. No Further RELIEff Decision of the Congress (Special to "The Miner") Washington, December 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 3

The policy of the United States Congress not to give further relief to debt weary Europe was further emphasised to-day…

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Returned Soldiers' Ballot '

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 9

Tho ballot conducted by the Returned Soldiers' league for the selection of six vice-presidents will close this [?] at 8 o'clock…

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Returned Soldiers Ballot

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 2

The ballot conducted by the Returned Soldiers' League for the selection of six vice-presidents will close this evening at 6 o'clock…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 December 1931 · page 3

The local branch of the Returned Soldiers' League held its monthly meeting at tho Soldiers' Hostel on.Saturday night. At the outset the members…

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War Debt Moratorium U.S.A. Senate. to Ratify (Special to "The Miner") "Washington, December 18

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 December 1931 · page 4

The House of Representatives, by 317 votes to 100, ratified President Hoover's.war. debt moratorium to-day. The moratorium will now go to…

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Vice-presidents Elected of the Soldiers' League

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 December 1931 · page 3

The counting of votes cast in the election of six vice.presidents of the Returned Soldiers' League, was concluded last night and the names,of the…

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Detonator Explodes Boy Badly Wounded Coonawarra

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 December 1931 · page 3

Neil Brokensha found a detonator on his father's farm. He did not know what it was, and began to examine it with Bome tools. Hu squeezed it in a…

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War Debts to U.S.A. Banker's Warning to U.S.A. Senate Committee (Special to "The Miner") Washington, December 20

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 December 1931 · page 4

A note of warning was sounded by a prominent banker who gave evidence to the Senate Finance Committee which was considering the ratification…

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Fighting in Chile Soldiers Repulse Attack on Barracks (Special to "The Miner") Santiago (Chile). Dec. 26

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 December 1931 · page 1

Three hundred armed men, believed to be Communists, attacked the regiinental barracks at Copiago yesterday. Soldiers routed the mob, eleven,…

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Sydney Shooting Man Fatally Wounded in Darlinghurst Street Another Man Remanded. on Charge of Murder Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 December 1931 · page 1

In the Central Police Court to-day, James White (28). a showman, was charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered Frederick Roberts…

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