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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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Ex-soldier's Suicide on Anzac Day Cassilis, Monday.—While Anzac

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 1

services were being held here a returned soldier, Robert Train (50), was found dying from strychnine poison at the rear of a store. He…

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Town Hall Service Commemoration Of Anzac

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 1

Never before in the history of Broken Hill has Anzac Day and the following Sunday been commemorated in such solemnity and…

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Respect for War Graves Turkey's Attitude LONDON, April 27

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 2

Turkish authorities describe as inconceivable any tampering with British, cemeteries at Gallipoli in the event of the re-fortification of the…

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Uniform Observance Of Anzac Day MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 1

The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) urged that the method of observing Anzac Day be uniform throughout Australia. "It seems anomalous," he said, "that…

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Anzac Day

Western Grazier · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 2

Anzac Day, the twenty-first anniversary of that memorable landing on the Callipoli P[?]nsular, was observed in Wilsannia on Saturday by the…

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War Graves Commission

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.— Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Hart, who was Administrator of Western Samoa from 1931 to 1935, has been…

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War Graves Commission Wellington (N.z.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 7

Brigudier-General sir Herbert Hart, who was Administrator of Western Samoa from 1931 to 1935, has been appointed New Zealand…

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To-day's News In Brief "War Inevitable"

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.— The general manager of the Shell Co. of Australia Ltd. (Mr. Vernon Smith), on his return from abroad, said that…

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Italians Celebrate "The War Is Finished" Speech by Mussounlini (Special to "The Miner")

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 3

ROME, May 5.—Whistles and sirens screamed the signal for a general mobilisation of Italians in city squares in the streets throughout…

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War Against Cancer Ministry Anxious To Help CANBERRA

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 4

The Minister for Health (Mr. Hughes) said that the Federal Ministry was most a[?]xious to co-operate with the medical profession and the…

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Death of Lord Allenby Was Leader In Great War (Special to "The Miner")

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

LONDON, May 14.—The death is announced of Field Marshal Lord Allenby, who in the Great War gained a brilliant reputation as an…

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Spectre of War Reconstruction Of League Being Urged (Special to "The Miner,") LONDON, May 17

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 6

Public utterances in various quarters of the globe make it increasingly clear that the League must got on or get out…

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War Causes Reduction in Suez Canal Dues London, May 20

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 May 1936 · page 1

A message from Paris states that the Suez Canal Company has reduced transit dues for loaded vessels to 7/- a ton and for ships in ballast to…

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All Afraid of War Position In The East

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday— Dr. Donald Luker, of Roseville, on his return to-day from China and Japan, said everywhere he went in the East he…

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Minister Wants New War Service Homes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 3

CANBERRA, Saturday. — In the House of Representatives yesterday, the Minister, for War Service Homes (Mr. Thorby), in reply to a question,…

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Minister Wants New War Service Homes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 3

CANBERRA, Saturday. — In the House of Representatives yesterday, the Minister for War Service Homes (Mr. Thorby), in reply to a question,…

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Von Luckner for Australia War Hero's Visit Next Year

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. — The sea raider—Count Felix von Luckner is coming to Australia early in 1937…

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Von Luckner for Australia War Hero's Visit Next Year

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. — The sea raider—Count Felix von Luckner —is coming to Australia early in 1937…

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To-day's News In Brief Tribute To Anzac[?]

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday,—The Bishop Coadjutor of Sydney (Dr. Pilchor), in a sermon at St. Andrew's Cathedral, "aid that he had travelled in Germany…

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Empire Day Addresses "British Soldiers Like Foreigners"

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. T. Pullen, secretary of the Old Contemptiblcs' Association, addressing an Empire Day social of the British…

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