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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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War In Sight? Soviet Scare Speeches. Britain the Enemy

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 2

A Riga message states that, though war-scare speeches are numerous, unusual interest attaches to the utterances of the Acting War Commissar,…

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Deadly Mosquito Caused 150 Deaths Last Year. War on the Pest

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 4

Several schemes for dealing with the mosquito pest were outlined by Dr. Wallace. Government Medical Officer of the Hunter River District, at a…

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State Wide Appeal for Limbless Soldiers

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 4

We the undersigned holders of the Victoria Cross being members of the Limbless' Soldiers Aquatic Club and Provident Fund Appeal Committee make…

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Echoes of the Great War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 4

How we look back with vivid recollections of those terrible days, and try to forget. But there, are some that we cannot forget. There are…

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Shot by Bolsheviks. Modern Joan of Arc. Romance of the War

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 1

The shooting of Lieutenant Sachartcheniso by the Bolsheviks had brought to light a remarkable romance of the war. The dashing young Tsarist…

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Valuation of Soldiers' Holdings

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 2

In reply to the Returned Soldiers' League, which asked for the abolition of the Returned Soldiers' Settlement Reappraisement Board, and the…

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Returned Soldiers Abused

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 3

Addressing the Legacy Club, Sydney, last week-end, Major Treloar, of the Coldstream Guards, and a former League of Nations representative in…

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"War or Ruin German Alternatives."

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 5

Industrial Germany faced with the alternatives of a war of aggression with a year, or ruin. A Germany, which is using…

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Motor Column Unusual Tug of War

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 3

The 200 horse power motor which curried Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh from New York to Paris may be the most reliable aircraft power plant…

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Local and General News. "Next World War."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 4

"THE next great world war will start on May 28th, 1928, and continue until September 16th, 1936," said Mr. Basil Stewart at the annual meeting of the British…

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The Wolf's 'Plane Mr. Stein Challenged. a War Prisoner's Version

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 4

In a letter from Katoemba to the Editor of the "S.M. Herald." Mr. Roy Alexander writes:— "The reported statements of Mr…

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War Wrecks Work of the Red Cross

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 4

Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Red Cross Stands for to-day and what it si doing Little…

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A Memento of the War

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 4

A message from Kendall states that the mine which was washed up on the beach at Laurieton during the war, and which it is believed was laid by the…

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How Pat Grierson Went to the War (Copyright.)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 7

Patrick Gricrson had a large farm in the Strath of Bendry, and. as he was between thirty and forty years of age. and moreover ran the farm…

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Soldiers' Poppy Day Appeal

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 4

On the 11th November next (Armistice Day), the United Returned Soldiers' Fund, which consists of the Limbless Soldiers' Association. T.B…

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War Pensions Trafficking

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 2

At the annual conference of the returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial Loague, which opened at Brisbane, a resolution was carried deploring the…

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Soldiers Poppy Day Appeal

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 2

On the 11th November Friday next (Armistice Day) the United Returned Soldiers Fund which consisits of the Limbless Soldiers…

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War Bonds

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 6

The Federal Treasurer (Dr. Earle Page) announced this week that he is prepared to cash at once up to £4,000,000 of the bonds and…

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An Echo of the War. Clearing the Pacific

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 7

Under the title of "Clearing the Pacific," or the story of the Defence of Australia by H.M.A.S. Australia, 1914-15, the…

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An Echo of the War. Clearing the Pacific

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 7

Under the title of "Clearing the Pacific," or the story of the Defence of Australia by H.M.A.S. Australia, 1914-15, the…

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