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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

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Proposed Reduction of Soldiers' Pensions Pprotest at Randwick SSydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1931 · page 6

DDisabled soldiers nt n meeting at the PPrince of Wales Hospital at Randwick sstrongly conde[?]ned the Federal Goveernment's proposal to reduce their…

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Rreturned Soldiers' League

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1931 · page 2

AA ballot to appoint a successor to mMr. R N. J, Fletcher, president of tthe Returned Soldiers' L[?], will be h[?]ld at the meeting of the League on…

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Flag Saluting Incident Port Lincoln Ex-soldiers Confirm Action of Board Port Lincoin

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1931 · page 8

About 85 returned soldiers attended an extraordinary general meeting of the Port Lincoin sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers…

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Archbishop Mannix and Lord Strickland a War Time Incident

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 May 1931 · page 3

The London correspondent of the Advertiser" writes on May 4 that arising out of the investigation into the relations between Church and State in…

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War in Iraq Ends Surrender Announced of Rebellious Sheik (The "Times" Message.) Bagdad, May 17

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 May 1931 · page 1

Sheik Mahmud, who for some weeks has led a section of the Kurds in revolt, has surrendered. He has accepted the terms of the Iraq…

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Returned Soldiers Monthly Meet1ng

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 May 1931 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League, was held at the Soldiers' Hostel last night, Mr. H. H. Carroll presiding over an…

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War Rather Than Dole Says Presbyterian Leader Votes Sold at Poll Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 May 1931 · page 4

"If I were in power, and had the choice of leading the country into war or paying men huge sum[?] of money for which they did not work, I would…

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Australia's War Debt Statement by Treasurer Canberra

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 1

Replying to a question in the House of Representatives yesterday Mr. E. G. Theodore, the Treasurer, said the total amount borrowed by…

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Former German War Chief Forecasts War Next May "Europe Will Be Destroyed" (Special to "The Miner.") London, May 26

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 1

The Dominions will not help Britain in the next war but will desert the Empire, is the prophecy of General von Ludendorff in "The Coming War."…

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Notes and Comments Another War Forecast.—

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

General Ludendorff, one of the most prominent of the German lenders during the Great War, predicts another world war, to start next May…

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General Cables American Soldiers Desert French Avives and Children (Special to "The Miner.") Paris, May 27

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 4

Astounding revelations of the desertion of French wives and children by American soldier fathers have been made following the failure of the…

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Returned Soldiers' League. Address Recently Delivered by [?]. J. S. [?] Post-President

Western Grazier · Saturday 30 May 1931 · page 3

It is a trip and [?] that Union is strength [?] as for as the [?] concorned, this is not a more [?] platitude,…

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Melbourne Shooting Case Aged Chinaman Wounded and in Dangerous Condition Melbourne, Monday Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 2

In a shooting affray In Borry-street, city, late this afternoon, Frederick Butler, (32), of Canterbury-road, Albert Park, was wounded in the…

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Soldiers' League Protest to Mr. Scullin Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 1

The Returned Soldiers' Defence League has sent a letter to Mr. J. H. Scullin, the Prime Minister, protesting against any reduction in their pensions…

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Limbless Soldiers Speeches at Annual Social Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 3

Speaking at the annual smoke social of the Limbless Soldiers' Association Mr. J. Lamaro, Minister for Justice, who is a returned soldier, said the…

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Accidental Firing of Revolver in a Bank Man Wounded in Toe Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 4

Erie Bardsley, a well-known business man. after depositing his firm's takings at the E.S. and A. Bank yesterday, was about to take his pistol from his…

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Australia's War Deut

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 2

In roply io n question in the House of Representatives on May 22 Mr. F.G. Theodore the Treasurer, stated that the total amount borrowed by…

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Anglican Bishop's Reply to Unionists'criticism Remarks About War Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 3

"Dr Batty, Anglican Bishop of Newcastle, referring to the attacks by some Newcastle trade unionists on the remarks about war made by him at the…

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"I Don't Know Who I Am, But Give Myself Up" Wounded Man's Statement at Sydney Police Station Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 1

A man entered the North Sydney Police Station early this morning and flung down a revolver on the counter with the remark:"I don't know who…

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Haircuts and Shaves Pre-war Prices in Sydney Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 1

As a result of the price cutting war among Sydney barbers, the charges for haircuts and shaves are now hack to pre-war rates. In many hairdressing…

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