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

The wars & local soldiers, 1935

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Limbless Soldiers Preference of Employment

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 8

The Government has decided that when "light jobs" are available for relief work, preference should be given to members of the Limbless…

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Anzac Day Dawn Ceremony

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

It if expected that a crowd of over 20,000 will attend the down ceremony at the Cenotaph on Anzac Day and the Australian Leglon and the…

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Six Months' Work Premier's Plan for Ex-Soldiers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) staled last night that he had Issued instructions that every effort should be made to provide all eligible returned…

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Ideal of Anzac Will Still Live on April the Month of Remembrance

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 5

This month the Diggers will meet and march again. This month of Remembrance. In this time of revolution…

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Grim War Echo Twenty Skeletons Found

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 4

A grim battle field find was made in the wood near Chaulnes, Paris on Tuesday week, when a game-keeper's dog suddenly disappeared down…

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Limiting War Profits. U.s.a. Shows the Way to All Nations

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 4

Under a measure to become law in. U.S.A. industrial wartime earnings will be limited to 3 per cent., and it will also reach the smaller wage…

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Anzac Day Combined Service

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 1

The usual combined service will be held in the Tivoli Theatre on Anzac Day Thursday, 25th April, commencing at 11 a.m…

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Death from Burns Returned Soldier Merriwagga Fatality (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 1

A message from Hiliston states:—The body of Charles Wilson, a returned solider, was fund, [?]kingly burned, on a…

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Anzac Day the Diggers Leave for Sydney

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 2

There was a large gathering at the railway station on Tuesday afternoon, when the special train took out the Diggers who left to attend the…

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Twentieth Anzac Day Fittingly Celebrated in Cowra. Packed Congregations at the Combined Service and Also at St. Raphael’s

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 1

Notwithstanding the fact that by far the greater proportion of the town and district returned men had taken advantage of the…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Impressive Service at W. WYALONG Large Assemblage Honors the Immortals

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 4

Seldom, if ever, since the termination of the Great War, has Anzac Day coincided with Easter Week, as occurred on this occasion. The special celebrations in connection with the 20th anniversary of the Landing at Gallipoli attracted many thousands…

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Premier Indignant at Mr. Lang's Sneers Free Passes for Soldiers (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 1

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, expressed indignation that the Hon. J. T. Lang had made sneering reference to the Government's provision…

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Plaques Removed From Trees Dedicated to Soldiers. (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 1

A message from Brisbane states that when members of the Balmoral sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League arrived at Memorial Avenue…

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Soldier Settlers Appeal to Government (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 1

Soldier settlers in Sydney, to diacuss various problems associated with their holdings, decided to appeal to the Government for further…

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Anzac Day Grenfell Remembered

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 2

Usual Anzac Day celebrations were carried out at Grenfell with the exception that on account of the number of Diggers absent at the Sydney…

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With the Troops in Sydney Some of the Things an Anzac Saw and Heard. on the Way Down by Train

Cowra Free Press · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 5

As the bell rang and the whistle blew all heads were out of the window, when over 300 Diggers left Cowra on Tuesday night of last week…

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If War Came Clergy's Attitude (By Wire)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 1

In a sermon at the Leichbardt Presbyterian Church, the Rev. J. F.mlkner said that if there was a sall to arms to-morrow, Ministers would…

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Anzac Day

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 2 May 1935 · page 2

A most inspiring and well attended united service was organised by the local branch of the Red Cross on Anzac Night. The same being…

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Miscellaneous Germany Wants Common. Wealth. Will Bake Australia "New Germany After Next War!

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1935 · page 4

I had a letter from a pal of mine in Berlin last week. His pictures of the "Faderland" are blue, says Harry O'Sullivan, in Dubbo…

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Germany, Does Not Want War Aims to Create Peace (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 1

The German Censul-General (Doctor Asmis), in an address in honour of Germany's national Labour Day, said that Germany did not want war…

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