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

The wars & local soldiers, 1929

210 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 11

Anzac Dinner

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 5

The Mayoress (Mrs. Jas. Bradley) cordially invites all Returned Sailors and Soldiers to the Annual Dinner to be held in the Parish Hall on…

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Anzac Day

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 6

Arrangements are proceeding in connection to the observance of Anzac Day but there remains one point on which the opinion…

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Current Topics No Sale on Anzac Day

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 6

Messrs. McNeilly, Crampton & Martin, Ltd., wish to remind the public that there will be no sales at Orange next Thursday (Anzac Day), but there…

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Local News Anzac Day

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 2

All returned men, Boy Scoutlis, Junior Red Cross girls and boys, will meet at 10.15 a.m. at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall with a view to…

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Anzac Day. Postal Holiday

Western Champion · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 1

Anzac Day, April 25, will be a holiday for the Postal Department, and on that day the Parkes Post Office will be open only between 9 and 10…

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Grenfell Post Office. (Anzac Day)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 2

The Post Office will be open for all classes of postal and telegraphic business, excepting Money Order and Savings Bank, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m…

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St. George's Church. Anzac Day Services

Western Champion · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 7

7.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 11 a.m. service of Commemoration "Last Post" and "Reveille," will be sounded by Bugler during the service…

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Anzac Day The Programme Services and Meetings

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 2

On Thursday next the fifteenth anniversary of the landing of the Australian Forces on Gallipoli will be commemorated throughout the Empire…

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Anzac Day Celebration Combined Service at West Wyalong Thursday Next, at 11 a.m

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 1

Thursday next, 25th April, is Anzac, Day. It is a statutary public holiday, and the various business places' will be closed all day. A Combined Service, will be held in the Rio Hall, West Wyalong, commencing at 11 a.m…

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Anzac Day

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 5

There are sounds of mirth in the picture show: There are lights where the tripping feet…

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Anzac Day Tomorrow's Ceremonies

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 4

Considerable interest is being manifest by returned men and the public generally, over the observance of Anzac Day. Weather prospects are good,…

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The Spirit of Anzac

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 4

Throughout Australia to-morrow there will be gatherings to do honor to the glorious and immortal name of "Anzac," a title designating the indomitable troops who comprised the landing forces on the rocky shores of Gallipoli just 14 years ago. That day--25th…

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Officer Shot Dead Two others Wounded CALCUTTA

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 4

Major W. C. S. Haykraft was shot dead by a Sikth spy on the rifle range at Nowsher. Haykraft was in charge of rifle…

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To Hotelkeepers Acting Premier's Appeal Anzac Day Closing SYDNEY

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 5

The Acting Premier, Mr. Buttenshaw, is appealing to hotelkeepers to close their bars from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Anzac Day…

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Anzac Day. To-day is Anzac Day

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 2

As a reminder in these columns we do not think we can do better than reprint the following from "The Reveille":…

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Anzac Day Grenfell Commemoration

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 2

Ansac Day was celebrated in Grenfell to-day with the usual reverence I and solemnity. The procession was formed at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall…

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Anzac Day Town's Tribute. To-day's Speeches

Western Champion · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 11

Anzac Day was celebrated by a public gathering outside the People's Institute this morning, when a large crowd listened to…

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THE Western Champion and the Parkes District Representativ Thursday, April 25th, 1929. Anzac Day

Western Champion · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 10

To-day we commemorate the most momentous event in the history of our country, the anniversary of that baptism of fire…

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Soldier Settlers United

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 2

Delegates who attended the first Soldier Settlers' Conference will undoubtedly influence full support for future ones. Only by such…

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Combine Forces DIGGERS and CITIZENS "Inadequate Support" Returned Men's Social

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

The spirit of Anzac was manifest [?] the speeches at the Diggers' smoke social last night, at the Town Hall, in the unavoidable, absence of the Mayor, Ald. E. H. Byrnes, the Deputy Mayor, Ald. Butler, occupied the chair…

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