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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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Poppy Day Taree Returned Soldiers and Poppy Day

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 4

A meeting of the Executive of the Taree Sub-Branch of the U.S.S.I.L. was held on Monday night last, and it was decided to celebrate Armistice…

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Taree Returned Soldiers and Poppy Day

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 4

A meeting of the executive of the Taree sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L. was held on Monday night last and it was decided to celebrate…

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ARMISTICE ANNlVERSARY Taree Returned Soldiers and Poppy Day

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 October 1928 · page 2

A meeting of the executive of the Taree Sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L., was held on Monday night last and it was decided to celebrate Armistice…

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Charged by Wounded Elephant

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 1

Mr. Benjamin Burbridge, American gorilla hunter who lately returned after ten months in the Belgian Congo, declared that tropical pests were…

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In Dusk. Airman's Ambush. War Tactics Revealed. Rival Aces Friends Now. London

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 2

The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that two of the most famous of war-time aces, Captain Rene Fonck (who shot dawn 75…

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Wireless Ship. Man-of-war Controlled by Wireless. Will It Revolutionise Naval Warfare?

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 5

Detailed accounts published dn Berlin of the performances of the wireless-controlled German war-ship Zaehringen read like the realised phantasy…

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Local and General. the Toast Is Anzac !

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 4

Diggers are advised to read the advt. regarding the big re-union on Monday night. Mr. Macrae will show the great…

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Welcome Home

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1928 · page 5

ON Friday afternoon, 26th ult., about forty-five friends assembled at' Waterview,' the residence of Mrs. J. Neville, to welcome back borne an esteemed…

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Soldier's Re-union. Boys Spend a Happy Time

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 14 November 1928 · page 2

There was an attendance of about 60 at Messrs Russell and Rooms, Taree, on Saturday night at the re-union of the members of the…

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Returned Soldiers. Re-union on Monday Night

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 November 1928 · page 4

The returned soldiers who fought in the Great War, and who are now resident in Macksville and near-by centres, have held meetings recently…

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Way to War? "Sharpening Up."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 1

"The nations of the world are sharpening their swords on the very stones of the Temple of Peace," declared Mr. Lloyd George, when…

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War Episodes Recounted. Interacting Addresses by Taree men who had been Through the Milliniom Land and Sea. Germany's Black Day

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 6

The re-union of returned soldiers of this district held at Messrs Russell and Smith's on Saturday week should rejuvenate the local branch of the…

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Mars the God of War. The Story of Ancient Gods and Goddesses Humorously but Truthfully Told

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 November 1928 · page 2

A [?] Goal of Wat. He [?] appeal to have been [?] of a himself, as owing to his Warlike association. it…

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War on Tax Dodgers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1928 · page 4

"THE business of avoiding taxation is a fine art in New South Wales at the present time," said the Premier, Mr. Bavin, this week. "There are many…

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A Voice From the Wilderness. Gloucester Soldiers Memorial (To the Editor.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 December 1928 · page 2

Sir,—"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread," is often true enough, but whether it is so in my case I shall leave it to your readers to…

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Welcome Home

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 1

A hearty welcome home was accorded Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dunn, by the tin, bell and gun band. After a volume of noise and din the band…

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More to Eat for All. Science Winning the War of the Wilderness

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 2

This ss the "Age of Research." The words were used recently by the King in opening a new Research Institute at Kensington, and behind the phrase…

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Who Paid ? War Debts--and Profits. How U.s.a. Got Rich

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 December 1928 · page 1

Replying in a letter to "The Times" (London.) to the Armistice Day speech of Mr. Coolidge, the President of the United States, Mr. Robert H. Brand,…

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Who Caused the War? Berlin, 201228

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 5

The German National Party is introducing a Bill in the Reichstag rendering any foreigner living in Germany liable at least to three months'…

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"Our Mail Bag." Unemployment Grants and Returned Soldiers. (To the Editor.)

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 5

Sir,--I have been given to understand that the Macleay Shire are spending some money on relief (road) work at Stuart's Point. Would you be…

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