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

The wars & local soldiers, 1934

162 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 9

The Anti-war Ray

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

The most hopeful discovery of the age (writes Max Wardall, American lecturer known to Australian audiences) is the "Anti-War Ray," a…

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War Scares and Australian Defence. Has Australia an Enemy?

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

Has Australia an enemy in the Pacific? There are three possible enemies. The U.S.A. is not even suggested. Russia with her vast…

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Soldier Pensioners. Death Claims 2179

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 3

It is reported that the cost of war pensions for the last financial year was £6,860,516, the lowest figure since 1922…

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Soldiers & Citizens' Club

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

At a meeting of the committee of the Forbes. Soldiers & Citizens' Club, held last night; it was decided to call un extraordinary general meeting of…

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The Wool Clip, Wool Outlook Favorable. Pre-War and Present Clips

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 8

Winchcomibe, Carson Ltd. report: Though wool values have recently shown fluctuation, reason exists to anticipate that tine relatively small…

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WOOL Outlook Favorable Pre-war and Present Clips

Western Champion · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 15

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Though wool values have recently shown fluctuation, reason exists to anticipate that the relatively small…

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Still Favorable The Wool Outlook Pre-War and Present Clips

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 9

Though wool values have recently shown fluctuation, reason exists to anticipate that the relatively small quantity now remaining on…

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Soldiers' League Annual Meeting Officers Elected (CONTRIBUTED)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 7

The annual general meeting of the Ungarie sub-branch, of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial Lea gue of Australia, took place in the…

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Wool Report Pre-war and Present Clips

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 4

Winchombe, Carson Ltd. report:--Though wool values have recently shown fluctuation, reason exists to anticipate that the relatively small…

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Death of Noted War Worker. Passing of Mrs. Laura Metcalfe

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 2

The community in general, and the returned soldiers in particular, mourn the loss of Laura Annie Metcalfe, who died on Sunday after a…

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Farmers and the Tithe War

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 6

The British countryside recently was aflame with the great tithe war, or revolt of the farmers against paying one-tenth of the produce of their…

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Bread War Started at Bankstown SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 1

A bread war has stalled at Bankstown. Residents are now getting bread for fourpence per loaf for cash,…

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Russia and Japan in the Far East "Feverish Preparations for War" SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

A cable from Moscow states:—General Bluecher, the Soviet Commander-in-chief in the Far East, says Japan is feverishly preparing for…

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Horace Lindrum at Soldiers Club

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

Horace Lindrum, the.famous billiardist and champion snooker player paid a return visit to West Wyalong on Saturday last, and played a…

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Civil War in austria More Than 1000 EEATHS Many Thousands Injured Rebels Severely Treated (By Wire) Sydney, Thursrday

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 1

A cable from Vienna states:—Re polls suggest that deaths during the revolution total between 1000 and 1500, of which between 500 and COO…

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Returned Soldiers' League Annual Meeting New President, Secretary and Treasurer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Forbes sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held on Monday evening, there being an…

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Miscellaneous German Spies in Britain. War Time Espionage. How They Were Trapped

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 1

There is profound merit in the claim of the British counter-espionage service that it did most to win the war. It seems that back in…

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Locust Plague In South Africa Union Ready to Start War

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 7

Following upon the recent very severe drouglit, South Africa is now faced with one of the most serious lo cust plagues in its history,…

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On Wheat Commission Sits Soldier Settlers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 1

Six thousand Returned Soldier settlers in New South Wales are solely engaged in the growing of wheat, Mr. G. M. Betty told the Royal…

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100 Per Cent Strong Eugowra Soldiers' League First Annual Dinner

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 8

It is the proved boast of the Eugowra subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League that every Digger in the district is a member of the League…

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