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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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Rebel Port Bombarded Spain's Civil War Goes On Consulates Damaged (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, August 7

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 3

Latest reports from Gibraltar state that the bombardment of Algeciras, a rebel port in the south of Spain by the loyalist…

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Rebel Port Bombarded Spain's Civil War Goes On Consulates Damaged (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, August 7

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 3

Latest reports from Gibralta" state that the bombardment of Algeciras, a rebel port In the south of Spain by thc loyalist…

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European Tension Eased Spanish War In Pictures Intervention Not Likely in Spain's War (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, August 10

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1936 · page 3

THESE AUTHENTIC PICTURES taken during the Spanish civil war were flown by special 'plans to England and then to Australia by the Empire air mall. They show (top left) —Rebel troops, using their dead horses as barricades, firing…

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Barrier Miner Tuesday, August 11, 1936 Where Spain Will Be After Her War

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1936 · page 2

LATEST cable reports on the civil war in Spain have done little to [?]nlighten the outside world of the relative positions or prospects of the…

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"One Side Must Be Exterminated" Spain's Rebel Leader On Civil War Loyalists Marching on Saragossa (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, August 11

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1936 · page 3

Loyal forces are within seven miles of Saragossa, which is now held by General Mola's rebel army. This news has created optimism in Madrid. Because most of Saragossa's population of 160,000…

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Rebel Troops Menace San Sebastian Aerial Warfare Developing In Spain's Civil War Loyalists Threaten Death of 700 HOSTAGES (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, August 13

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 3

An air attack on Malaga, in which a 30ft. hole was torn in the loyal battleship Jamie Primero by a bomb, marked the second stage of the big battle offensive in the south of Spain which began yesterday…

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Returned Soldiers' Juvenile Ball

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 1

The Returned Soldiers' juvenile oldtime ball will be held at the Druids Hall on Wednesday night and [?] children instructed by Mr. A…

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Returned Soldiers Juvenile Ball

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 August 1936 · page 7

The Returned Soldiers' juvenile oldtime ball will be held at the Druids Hail on Wednesday night and only children instructed by Mr. A…

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Loyalists Holding Rebels in Check Fashionably Dressed People Survey The Fighting Spain's Grim Civil War (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, August 16

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 3

Amazing scenes were witnessed on the French side of the Franco-Spanish frontier yesterday when thousands of fashionably dressed people sat at tables sipping drinks and watching through field glasses…

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Spain's Civil War Ruthless Mass Execution London, August 16

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 4

Undiminished ferocity marks Spain's civil war. Both sides are shooting prisoners without summary courtmartial. About 733 insurgent…

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Returned Soldiers' Meeting

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 2

At a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League last night Mr. L. G. Turner was appointed to the Hospital Building Fund Committee and Messrs…

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"Starved Into War " Talks At Social Credit Meeting

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1936 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At a meeting of social credit supporters in the Sydney Town Hall, a motion was carried unanimously requesting…

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Many Prisoners Burnt Alive Merciless Cruelty In Spain's Civil War (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, August 18

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1936 · page 3

Spanish rebels have deliberately burnt alive many prisoners taken at £1 Aharal, in Andalusia, and have committed other atrocities. This is a terrible incident in the steady increase…

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Woman's Part In Spain's Civil War

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 3

Received by Empire air mail, these pictures show…

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Spain's Civil War Much Activity By German Ships LONDON, August 21

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1936 · page 7

While the Spanish rebels have cut off San. Sebastian's water supply in their desperate effort to capture the north coast towns, the international…

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Spain's Civil War Much Activity By German Ships (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, August 21

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1936 · page 1

While the Spanish rebels have cut off San Sebastian's water supply in their desperate effort to capture the north coast towns, the international…

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Feudalism in Spain Poverty And Oppression Caused Civil War (By a Special Correspondent.)

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 4

Feudal landlords, having through the ages repressed the growth of a commercial and industrial middle class, have caused Spain to slip into the ranks of the most backward and most illiterate nations…

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Militia Enlistments Canberra, Tuesday.—In the first

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 4

Three weeks of this month 778 volunteers have been engaged in militia enlistments, being almost three times as great as the average…

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Soldiers' Coronation Trip Abandoned Melbourne, Wednesday.—

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 1

able to obtain concessions and accommodation of a single ship, the Returned Soldiers' League has been forced to abandon the proposal to…

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British Soldiers Fired on in China Peiping, August 25

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 6

While three British soldiers were returning to barracks in rickshaws in the main street of Peiping, a fast car passed them and the occupants…

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