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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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Train Derailed by Arabs British Soldier Killed

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 2

A British soldier was killed and three were injured when a train was derailed on the Haifa-Lydda line. The derailment recalls the tactics of…

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Germany's War Preparations on Vaster Scale Hitler Faced with Internal Collapse

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1936 · page 2

Information from authentic German sources shows that Germany's war preparations are on a vaster scale than has hitherto been supposed,…

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Local and General. Soldiers' Memorial Club

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1936 · page 2

The annual meeting of Dungog Soldiers' Memorial Club will be held on Wednesday, 8th July, at 8 p.m., and will be followed by a games evening…

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War On! "Lunatic" Drivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 10

Traffic authorities of 48 American States met in conference recently and decided to declare war on what was described as "The lunatic fringe of…

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Mr. Eden Admits Miserable Failure of Sanctions USELESS! Time to Remove Mean War Geneva, July 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 1

A humiliating admission of the miserable failure of Sanctions was made by the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden,…

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Tug-of-war

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 5

Pelton's team of strong men have decided that they will not accept the challenge thrown out in the press by the Cessnock Olympics for a £10…

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St. John's Fete War Bridge and Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 6

In aid of the fancy stall at St. John's fete, a war bridge and dance was held in the Cathedral Hall, West Maitland, last night, There was a…

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Fatal Shot League Tragedy War Danger Geneva, July 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 1

Stefan Lux, the Press-Photographer, who shot himself in the gallery at the League meeting, died some hours later. An X-ray…

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Commissioner's House Guarded. German Officers and Soldiers Recalled. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) DANZIG

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 2

The house of the Commissioner of the League of Nations (Mr Sean Lester) has been closely guarded as a result of the outburst by the President of the…

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"Fired by Myself" Shot that Wounded Woman's Claim Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 1

"All I want to say is that Peters did not shoot Chapman. The shot that wounded Chapman was fired by myself," said Mrs. May Waish, a Crown…

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Mr Stevens Visits War Graves

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 2

The Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Stevens), in an interview with the Australian Associated Press, on his return from France and Belgium,…

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Returned Soldiers' League. Monthly Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 3

There was an attendance of 14 members at the monthly meeting of the Soldiers' Club held last night. Mr. A. Peachey (president) was in the…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 4

At the Council meeting on Monday night, a letter was read from the Secretary of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers local sub-branch asking the Council…

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Attitude of Trade Unions to War Attack on Fascism

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 8

The attitude of trade-unions to war was expounded by the General Secretary of the Trado Union Congress (Sir Walter Citrine) at the oponing of the…

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Death of Dean Talbot Served in War As Senior Chaplain

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 1

The death occurred yesterday morning of the Dean of Sydney, the Very Reverend Albert Edward Talbot, M.A., after an illness lasting almost a month…

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Food Supplies Should War Come London's Needs London, July 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 1

The debate was raised in the House of Commons to-day on the need for securing an, adequate food supply in the event of war…

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New Development Over Preference Act Lg. Works Soldiers First Loan Money Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 1

A new development, that the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act applies to all works carried out by…

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Soldiers' Club Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Dungog Soldiers' Memorial Club was held at the club rooms on Wednesday night, when the main business dealt with…

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Returned Soldier Suffocated Believed to Have Died on His Birthday

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 10

Frederick Anderson, aged 44, a returned soldier, who had served with the New Zealand forces, was found suffecated in his hut near…

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Returned Soldiers and Preference Mayoral Minute at Bankstown. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 8

At a meeting of the Bankstown Council to discuss a £00,000 works loan proposal, the Mayor (Ald. J. Gosling) presented a minute, in which he stated…

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