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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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St. Alban's, Muswellbrook. Good Friday, Easter and Anzac Services

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 3

The services on Good Friday were well-attended. The children's service at 9.30 a.m. was simple and reverent. At the "Three Hours'…

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Anzac Day and Relief Workers. Time May Be Made Up

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

The Secretary of the Cessnock Sub-branch, of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr F. Coburn) has received from the…

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Great Parade Planned for Anzac Day 50,000 Men Will March In City

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 6

An impressive spectacle is planned for Anzac Day in Sydney, when 50,000 returned men from all parts of Australia and even the most remote region of New Zealand will…

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Criticism of War Pensions Appeal Tribunal Minister Seeks Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 4

The Minister in Charge of Repatriation and War Service Homes (Senator H. S. Foll) said on Wednesday that he regarded very seriously…

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Death of Former War Correspondent Also Well-known Author

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 1

The death is announced from London of the well-known author and former war correspondent, Mr Alexander Bell Filson Young, who since…

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R.S. & S.I. League of Australia. Dungog Sub-Branch. League News. Anzac Day, 1938. the Dinkum Oil

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, K.C.M.G., will lead the march. The commanding officer will be Major-General Sir Charles…

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Anzac Day "The Immortal Heritage" Tender Memories

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 4

What moving thoughts are these which come with every Aniac Day! Memories so strong, bo tender, return from their buried…

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Park Service Anzac Day in Maitland Special Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 6

The secretary of the Maitland Ministers' Association, Rev. Owen Evans, stated to-day that he had teen requested by the…

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Anzac Services At Kurri Public School KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 2

The Anzac service, held at the Kurri Kurri Public School, was attended by many visitors, including members of the Parents and Citizens'…

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Anzac Day Wartime Memories N.Z. Contingent Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 1

Wartime memories were brought back to-day when the Munganui and the Monawai arrived in Sydney with nearly 1300 New Zealanders, who will…

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War on Snakes Leeton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 3

Twenty venomous brown snakes were killed in one night on a channel bank two miles from Leeton by Commission employees. The largest…

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Rebel Confidence Last Lap of Spanish War LONDON. April 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 1

Impartial observers feel that there is justification for the supreme rebel confidence that the war in Spain is entering the last lap, says the…

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Motor World Petrol Stocks Big Reserves are Essential Avoid War Rationing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 8

Amongst the extensive plans being made by the Federal authorities to organise Australia, industry on a war basis is a survey of the nation's resources and reserves of raw materials not produced in the Commonwealth. Consideration is also…

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Special Service Religion of Anzac Methodist Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 5

Pleaching at the West Maitland Methodist Church on Sunday night, Rev. Owen Evans said that Anzac Day was a groat day and…

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Combined Service Anzac Day at Cessnock CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 2

Canon Reay Campbell, speaking at a combined Anzac Day service at Cessnock, on Sunday afternoon, expressed the hope that the returned men would…

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Anzac Day Messages To Nation King's Pride Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 2

The Administrator (Lord Huntingfied) has received the following Anzac Day message from His Majesty the King:…

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FORGIVENESS Memories of Anzac Redeeming The World God's Problem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 4

Preaching at the Baptist Church last night, Pastor B. Gilbert Wright, said: "If Christianity is what It professes to be, with THROUGHOUT Australia, and in every corner of the globe where our kinsmen are to be found, Anzac Day was celebrated…

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Singleton District Homage Paid Anzac Day At Singleton Large Congregation Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 2

Homage was paid to the Anzacs by members of tho large congregation which attended the combined service of remembrance held in All Saints'…

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Distinguished War Leader Dead Sir Talbot Hobbs

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 3

The death is reported of Lieutenant-General Sir Talbot Hobbs, who commanded' the' 5th Division of the A.I.F. from. 1916 to 1918. He was…

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Anzac Day in Sydney Remarkable Scenes at Martin Place. Biggest Celebration Ever Held. Sydney, Monday

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 3

Martin Place presented a remarkable scene this morning, when thousands of returned men and relatives attended the dawn…

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