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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Welcome Home From Jamboree in England

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 29 November 1929 · page 2

Scoutmaster A. G. Cattle and Scouts Victor Lloyd and Max Leadbitter who returned home on Saturday last from attending the Jamboree in England,…

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Grenfell Returned Soldiers' Tribute

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1929 · page 2

Full military honors will be accorded to the dead airmen at Grenfell this afternoon, when their bodies will be borne from the Church of England to the railway station by members of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association. The coffins' will be covered with the…

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Soldiers and Sailors Dependents Ask for Increased Pensions (By Wire)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 1

Prime Minister Scullin, replying to a deputation from Soldiers and Sailors' wives and widows, promised to consider a request for an increase in their…

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Soldier Farmers Right in the Lead Five Years' Record of Success in Crop Competition

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 5

As exponents of the best known cultural methods and demonstrators o[?] how to produce consistently high yielding crops of wheat in good seasons…

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The New World War. As Waged by the Bolshevists. a Striking Indictment of Communist Methods

Western Champion · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 16

We have just received from Geneva (writes the Sane Democracy League) a booklet entitled "The New World War," This was published in October…

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T.b. Soldiers. Last Night's Social. Good Attendance

Western Champion · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 11

An exceptionally good attendance marked the social in aid of the T.B. Soldiers Fund, held in West's Hall last night, about 300 people being…

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Price of Spirits Goulburn, Hotelkeepers Wage War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 1

A price war in regard to spirits is raging in Goulburn at the present time. There are throe sets of prices. One publican is charging 9d a nip…

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Soldier Settlers Department Replies

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 13

Mr. E. R. Burghart, Hon. Secretary of the Tuliihigeal Sub-branch of the Returned Sullors and Soldiers Imperial L[?]ague, writes: —…

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Latest Telegrams Riot at Rothbury Police Fire Fifty Shots. Two Miners Wounded. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 16 December 1929 · page 7

Shortly after daybreak a big body of miners raced into Rothbury colliery. The Police used their batons freely and fired fifty shots. Two miners were wounded, while Police Sergeant Booth…

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Thief in House Owner Severely Wounded (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 1

when James Henderson, or Harris Park, was awakened early yesterday morning by a noise in his house he found a thief in a downstairs room…

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Fat Soldiers

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 24 December 1929 · page 5

Here is a story of the late American Commander General Shafter, who, although himself a man of corpulence, had a dislike for fat soldiers…

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