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

The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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War Pensions Appeal Tribunals Proposed CANBERRA

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 6

The Minister for Repatriation has introduced a Bill to establish appeal tribunals to deal with appeals relating to war pensions. The Minister stoutly…

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War Pensions Appeal Tribunals (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 1

The Minister for Repatriation introduced in the House of Representatives the Bill to establish appeal tribunals to deal with appeals relating to war…

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Shots From Bush Three People Wounded (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 1

A Melbourne message states that shots coming from bushes seriously wounded three peoplo at Tern Tree Gully, namely, Percival Coffey, aged…

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Hapter Xvi.—a Council of War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 6

The [?]ch for the man who fired the shot proved, as Manton had expected, quite fruitless. Just as it conc[?]ded and the doctor had reached…

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War Loans £230,000,000 Converted Govt's. Record

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 1

Canberra.—Since it came into office six years ago, the Federal Government has arranged conversions of war loans totalling £230,000,000…

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Lenin Predicts Aanglo-American War CONSTANTINOPLE

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 5

That the world is moving inevitably towards an Anglo-American war within the next two years, is predicted by M. Trotsky, in an interview in the…

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Club Formed Soldiers' Meeting Committeemen Elected

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 5

At a well attended meeting members of the Forbes Sub-Branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., held in the Jemalong Club, last night it…

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T.b. Soldiers. Association's History. What It Has Done

Western Champion · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 6

For the information of T.B. Sailors and Soldiers who have not yet joined the T.B. Sailors and Soldiers' Association of N.S.W. we have been…

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War Pensions

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 6

Owing to the holiday period. War Pensions will be paid at the local post office next Wednesday, instead of Thursday…

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Greenethorpe Sports. Aid Soldiers' Memorial Hall

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

The above sports will be held on Easter Monday (next Monday), and the proceeds are in aid of the Greenethorpe Soldiers' Memorial Hall…

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£1,000,000,000 Motor War

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

London—The departure of Mr. Henry Ford from America to Europe is believed to be the prelude to a stupendous fight, involving £1,000,000,000, for…

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Dogs Save Wounded

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 4

One of the most interesting of the subsidiary establishments of the French army is that of the French sheep dogs, which are employed in…

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£1,000,000,000. Motor World War Stake. Ford v. CHEVROLET

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 1

The departure of Mr. Henry Ford from America to Europe is believed to be the prelude to a stupendous fight, involving £1,000,000,000, for…

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General News Limbless Soldiers' Aquatic Club Appeal

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 2

Numbers of country folk are taking advantage of their trip to Sydney and visiting the splendid Club House and Baths at Vaucluse, to…

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Limbless Soldiers’ Aquatic Club Appeal

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 4

..Numbers of country people are taking advantage of their trip to Sydney and visiting Club House and Baths at [?] to which they contribute…

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Limbless Soldiers Aquatic Club Appeal

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 10

Numbers of country folk ate taking advantage of their trip to Sydney and visiting the splendid Club House and Baths at Vaucluse, to which they…

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Search for Work Wanderings of Returned Soldier

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 7

A remarkable story of misfortune was told at a meeting of returned soldiers at Katoomba by Lieutenant C. V. Mott, D.C.M., M.M., and C. de G.,…

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Soldier Settler Home Maintenance Area

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1929 · page 2

Mr. R. R. Dobbie, hon. sec. of the local branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., has been advised by the State Secretary (Mr. Stagg) that Mr. Justice Pike…

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Anzac Day Soldiers' Arrangements March and Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 1

A meeting of the Anzac Day Commemoration sub-committee of the Forbes branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. was held on Monday, the president (Mr…

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British Car Exports Making up the Leeway After Setback of War

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 11

The continuous and overwhelming publicity given in Australia to the motor manufacturing business of the U.S.A., often blinds us to the fact that little old Great Britain does a bit of exporting in motor…

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