Soldiers' Club
Another delightful ping pong evening was held in the Soldiers' Club recently, but the visiting team were not of the required strength to extend the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1926
176 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 9
War Came Sooner Than He Expected
A certain Scottish Volunteer corps was, during the recent crisis, ordered to hold itself in readiness to mobilise at any moment. Consequently one enthusiastic private was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Toll of the War
An inmate of the Cowra District Hospital at present is a man named William Condamine, a young Victorian, who suffered cruel injures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ping Pong Soldiers' Club G[?]es Poor Display Against "Somersets." "Colts" Play Only Bright Feature in Dreary Game. (By "Volley.")
The return match between representatives of the Soldiers' Club and the "Somerset" team resulted in a splendid win for the latter by seven…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier Settlement 9093 Farms in N.S.W.
Since the commencement of soldier settlement 9093 soldiers have been allotted farms' in this State. According to the lastest report the area held…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SAILORS & Soldiers' Club Alteration of Constitution Public Membership by Invitation
An important and largely attended meeting of members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Club was held at the Club Rooms on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wyalong Advocate Friday, January 22, 1926 Soldiers' Club Membership
After mature consideration the members of the local Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Club have decided to open Its membership to the public by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War with China? Soviet Army Mobilising Speeding up Munitiions Factories (By Cable) London, Sunday Night
Reuters reports received from Oslo state that Russia is feverishly preparing for war against China, and that the Soviet's army is being mobilised,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers' Illhealth Huge Death Roll
The war is still taking its toll of life. Figures to be submitted to the Federal Cabinet by the Repatriation Department show that since the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“The Call of the Track.” Choom Declares War on the Gums
One Saturday night we stayed at an hotel in Binalong. We intended staying there until Monday. I had known the two girls at the hotel some years…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gelignite Explodes Both Hands Blown Off Returned Soldier's Death (By Wire) Sydney
Robert Butt, aged 31, of Canberra, a returned soldier, was preparing gelignite for use in the destruction of fish in Molongla River, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Ants
The recent sad death of an old man through the stings of soldier ants brings home the fact that in this country we have some of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Another War" If Mussolini Lives
London, Saturday.—Bishop Clifton, speaking at a Roman Catholic school prize distribution, declared that "despite the League of Nations and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →96,800 War Widows Re-married
The fact that 96,800 British war widows were re-married since 1917 is disclosed in the report of the Ministry for Pensions for the year ended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A British Soldier's Adventures in India
Our regiment was "on march" a few miles past Hyderabad, we intended halting for a time a night sentry was posted, in the morning he was found lying dead, his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Wool Buying Post-War Expansion
Winchcombe Carson Limited report: French operators have certainly been the wizards of this season's wool market. From abroad constant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Markets French Wool Buying. Post-War Expansion
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report under date, 18th February : French operators have certainly been the wizards of this season’s wool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Famous Forecast Wragge's Pre-war Prediction Good Season Starts Now
Discussions, on drought conditions have been fairly frequent of late, and believers in the "dry cycle" theory have quoted, or misquoted,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Settlement Appraisement Board
Mr. S. J. McGrath, a member of the Local Land Board, yesterday received a communication from the Under Secretary for Lands to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War-time Wit (From “The Romance of Banking”). Over the Counter
The Victoria Cross—Provincial a Jealousy.—Sydney woman to Bank Teller: “Why do they always give ‘Victoria’ Crosses?” To honor a…
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