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

The wars & local soldiers, 1931

143 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 8

Anzac Day Returned Men to March

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 1

At a meeting of the Committee of the local Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Club, on Tuesday night, it was decided to hold a march oil Anzac…

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R.S. & S.I. LEAGUE. War Memorial Hall. Anzac Day Arrangements. Trundle

Western Champion · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 16

A meeting of representatives of the R.S. and S.I. League and clergy and citizens was hold on Tuesday, to make arrangements for observing…

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Anzac Day Diggers' March

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 1

The march of returned sailorp and soldiers will take place on Anzac Day the place of assembly being Edwards' Garage, in Main Street. The time of…

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Barber's War at Cowra

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 2

There is a barber's war on at Cowra at the present time, and there is talk of at least one of those who has maintained the old prices…

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Deferred for Two Years Australia's War Debt to Britain Four Half Yearly Payments of £800,000 Each SYDNEYThursday

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 1

A cable from London states that the Secretory for the Dominions announced in the House of Commons last night that the British Government will permit the Commonwealth, to postpone…

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Fatal Shot Playing at Soldiers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 3

While playing the part of tne condemned prisoner of war and facing a firing party of two of his companions at Oatley Bay, Jack Foster, 9, of…

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Anzac Day

Western Champion · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Parkes branch of the Returned Soldiers' League on Saturday night, it was decided to invite Brigadier-General…

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Miscellaneous Anzac Day

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 2

Anzac Day will be observed in Grenfell as formerly. There will be a service at the Soldiers' Memorial at 11 a.m., followed by…

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Anzac Night Programme From 2Bl

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 2

Anzac Night from 2BL will he celebrated by the presentation of a show familiar to all returned men, "Old Soldiers Never Die," and which will…

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R.S.L. PDOTEST Poll on Anzac Day Injunction idea

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 5

Though officials of the Returned Soldiers' League, in an interview with the Electoral Commissoner (Judge Edwards) could learn no…

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Anzac Day Next Saturday—public Holiday. March and Combined Service

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 1

Next Saturday, April 25, Is Anzac Day and Mill be observed as a public holiday. A march of returned Sailors and soldiers, Bay Scouts, and Junior Red Cross will commence from Edwards' Garage in Main Street…

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Appril 25. "The Spirit of Anzac."

Western Champion · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 2

It is a mark of divine goodness that we have certain forgetfulness of things that are past. If we kept in memory all the piercing pain, the…

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Anzac Day. Diggers' Reunion. Bogan Gate

Western Champion · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 2

Local diggers are having a re-union dinner on Saturday night next. Much preparation is being made and it is safe to say the turn out will…

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Anzac Day And Its Lessons. Recapturing the Spirit

Western Champion · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 13

In these days of unrest, with faction pitted against faction, party against party and States against States, it is evident that the lesson of the Anzacs has been forgotten, and all the speechmaking of Saturday next cannot get away from the fact. On…

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Holiday Arrangements for Anzac Day, April 25th. at the Post Office, Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 2

For all classes of postal and telegraphic business, excepting money order and Savings Bank.—Open from 9 to 10 a.m…

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Anzac Day

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 1

Combined Religious Service, in Town Hall, at 11.30 a.m. Speaker: Rev. F. Weston, Th.L. Hymn Sheets Provided…

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Anzac Day P.O. Arrangements

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 2

The following arrangements have been made for the delivery of mail on Anzac Day (to-morrow) at the Forbes Post Office…

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Anzac Day Forbes Commemoration A Protest

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 10

Forbes branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, at a meeting last Monday night, registered a protest against the State…

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QUANDIALLA Anzac Day Service. Football Starts Road Repairs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 3

NAt the Quandialla Hall on Saturday, the united Anzac Day Service, conducted under the auspices of the local branch of the…

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Anzac Day Next Saturday—public Holiday March and Combined Service

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 1

Next Saturday, April 25, is Anzac Day, and will be observed as a public holiday. A march of returned sailors and soldiers, Boy Scouts, and Junior Red Cross will commence from Edwards' Garage in Main Street…

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