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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1932

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Returned Soldiers' League

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 1

The annual monthly meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League, will be held at the Hostel on Monday night Nominations are due for the ("""""") of…

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Wounded Marker Dies

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Thomas Wilson (35), marker at the Williamstown rifle range, 'who was shot in the chest by a bullet from a machine gun…

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Civil War in Germany Nonsense, Says New Consul SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 1

Dr. Rudolf Asmis, the new German [?] general…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 2

The Returned Soldiers' League held its monthly meeting at the Soldiers' Hostel last night. Nominations were declared open for…

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War Pensions in U.S.A.

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 2

The exploits of the Bonus Army, at Washington have focussed attention on the enormous cost of war pensions in the United States (says the…

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Distribution of Books Soldier League Gives to Schools From Library

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 2

Local schools benefited considerably by the distribution lust night of about a thousand booka by the Returned Soldiers' League The…

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Notes and Comments War Pensions—

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 2

It is reported that war pensions in the United States absorb one-fourth of the country's total revenue, and that the cost is likely to keep on inereasing…

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The Irish Free State British Have Started Civil War Pensions Bill (Special to "The Miner.") DUBLIN, October 20

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 3

"The British have set themselves to start a civil war, and unfortunately they have succeeded," said Mr. Frank Aiken, the Minister for…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 2

The local branch of the Returned Soldiers Lengue has received ballot papers for the election of three vice-presidents of the State branch in…

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The Soldiers' Home, Myrtle Bank S.A. Annual Flowering Plants. Pernnails Give Garden Scheme

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 4

It cannot be denied that annual flowering plants create most dazzling color effects, and most varieties keep up the good work for many months;…

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War Debts and Reparations Mussolini Pleads For Abolition (Special to "The Miner.") TURIN (Italy), October 23

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 October 1932 · page 1

In a striking speech to 150,000 people assembled at the Plazza Castello, Signor Mussolini servently appealed to the United States to…

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The garrier Miner Saturday, October 29, 1932 A Banana War?

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 October 1932 · page 2

The imposition by a British Parliament of a duty on tea for the American colonies was one of the main causes of a war which beean…

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Fascism in Japan Minister For War As Dictator LONDON, October 29

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 October 1932 · page 1

The emergence of General Araki, Japanese Minister of War, as a Mussolini is discussed by the representative for the "Manchester…

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Soldiers and Duty Charges Against Man SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 November 1932 · page 1

The jury failed to agree in the case in which Ronald Joseph Gorman is charged with having attempted to seduce Kenneth Dudley Seymour, a…

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The Barrier Miner Wednesday, November 2, 1932. World Wheat War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 November 1932 · page 2

A few days age it was reported by cable from New York that a "titanic" battle for the control of the world wheat market was raging between…

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Soldiers' President

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— The annual conference of the Returned Soldiers' League to-day re-elected Captain G. J. C. Dyett as president…

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Germany's War Guilt Consul-General In Defence SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 1

Dr. Rudolf Asmis, Consul-General for Germany, speaking at a citizens' luncheon yesterday referred to Germany's demands for arms equality. He…

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War Declared on Emus 20 Birds Killed In First Day Long Shots Campion (W.a.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 1

The emus are more than holding their own against the Defence Department's crack gunners in spite of their elaborate stratagems in the…

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Man Wounded by Police Was Attempting to Rob Post Office Police Waited Welbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 1

Before he was captured by a posse of police at the Freyerstown Post Office on Saturday night a man suffered a bullet in the knee…

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Incapacity of Soldiers Minister On Cost To Government SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 1

In an address at Newcastle yesterday Mr. C. W. Marr, Minister for Health and Repatriation, said that there were in Australia to-day 75,000…

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