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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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E.m. Returned Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 8

The annual meeting of the East Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Sailors' Imperial League of Australia will be held on Thursday, February…

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Wounded Constable Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 9

Constable Jack Terbuti, who was met on New Year's Eve by a man fleeing from arrest, probably will leave Sydney Hospital next Monday. Though…

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14 Feet of Water Ex-Soldier Drowned Cook's River Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 6

Edward Berry Purcell, 46, a returned soldier, of Canterbury was drowned while swimming in the Cook's River late yesterday afternoon…

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Oil Embargo Leading to War Warning to Europe London

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 1

"Europe is sliding down an incline of sanctions at the bottom of which is war!" declares "Popolo d'ltalia," of Milan, in a sensational article, attributed to Sign or Mussolini, which appeals to the students of Europe to…

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Soldiers Killed Tokio, February 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

Twelve Japanese soldiers were killed and 12 wounded when they came into conflict with mutinous Manchukuan troops in the neighbourhood of…

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The Italo-Abyssinian War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

Conflicting reports continue to Alter through from the Abyssinian region, and the latest from Addis Ababa, which is incidentally denied from…

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Citizen Forces Voluntary Enlistment SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 2

The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) said last night that new plans, designed to increase the attractiveness of the system of voluntary…

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Union Delegates Hold Important Conference War Needs British Supplies Both Sides London, Feb. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 1

A defensive admission that Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., supplied, the Japanese for the invasion of…

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War Veterans SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

The State council of the Returned Soldiers League, which concluded its sittings in Sydney carried a…

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War Pensions British Ex-Service Men Inquiry Soon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

The claims of British war pensioners and British ex-servicemen generally in the North will be investigated in Newcastle at an…

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Letters to the Editor. National Congress Against War. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

Sir,—According to promise, I now must deal with the resolution moved by Ralph Gibson, of Victoria Incidentally, Ralf is a Master of Arts…

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Annual Meeting E. Maitland Soldiers Good Progress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 6

Despite the threatening weather, and the absence of many members from the district, there was a good attendance at the…

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Many Killed War Against Bandits TOKIO, Feb, 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 1

It was officially announced by the War Office to-day that during the three months' anti-bandit campaign, the Japance and Manchukuo police force lost…

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War Losses ROME, Feb. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 1

Losses of Europeans in the Abyssinian war since January are announced to-day as 440, of whom 341 were…

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War Fears On the Continent Gloomy View London, Feb. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 1

"Never have I found such a widespread foreboding of war as during the Continental journey from which I have…

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Who Is Winning the War in Abyssinia? Conflicting Reports Have Outside World. in a Quandary

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 2

AFTER READING the conflicting reports Which come to [?] one feels moved to remark that the spirit of Ananias still survives…

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American Senator's Charge Against Japan "Closing the Door of China to America." Journalist's Story of European Preparations for War. WASHINGTON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 2

Senator Pitman, Chairman of the Foreign Relations' Committee, made an address from the floor of the Senate to-day so critical of the Japanese policy in the Far East that it is likely to arouse world-wide attention. He declared that Japan now…

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War on Pests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 6

The damage to clothing, furs, rugs, furniture, etc., by the larvae of the Clothes-moth reaches a tremendous figure annually—according to Rox…

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Anti-war Demonstrations in Italy "Down with Mussolini." London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 2

The Paris representative of the "News-Chronicle" says that anti-war demonstrations are increasing in Italy. Fifty persons, including women, were…

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Widespread Forebodings of War Gloomy Statement by Journalist London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 2

The special foreign correspondent of the "Daily Mail," Mr Ward Price, who has just returned from a European journey, states that he has never found such widespread forebodings of war as at present…

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