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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

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Anzac Day Commemoration Service at Wingham

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 May 1935 · page 1

The attendance at Anzac Day service in the Memorial Town Hall, Wingham, was not as large as usual, as many people were away in Sydney. The mayor…

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"Chronicle" Camera Snaps of the Gathering at the Anzac Memorial Service at the Monument, Thursday Last

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1935 · page 8

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Anzac Day. Observance in Taree

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 1

Following the usual custom in Taree on Anzac Day there was a ceremony at the Soldiers' Memorial, also a service in the Boomerang Theatre…

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T.b. Soldiers. Pension Claims to Be Re-examined

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 3

The Minister for Health and Repatriation (Mr. W. H. Hughes) has decided to have every returned soldier throughout the Commonwealth…

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Anzac Dry, 1935. the Tmp 'To' Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 3

That the most memorable observance of Anzac Day was carried out in Sydney last Thursday is true. Remarkably impressive scenes were…

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If War Comes. To the Editor "M.R. Times."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 4

Sir. -- Although many hopes have recently been expressed that peace will be maintained in Europe, no one is extremely hopeful that war will be…

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This Is A Record, Surely. Four Soldier Brothers. All Met in Sydney for Anzac Day

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 2

Surely Wingham has put up another record! Listen to this: The four Longworth Brothers carried rifles in the Big War—and used them. They were all…

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War Mystery Solved.?

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 3

The disappearance of the "Pappenheim Expedition" in 1915, one of the mysteries of the world war, has now been solved…

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Soldiers' Span of Life

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 1

The investigation ordered by the Minister for Health and Repatriation (Mr. Hughes) to determine what effect war service has had upon the average…

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Old Warrior's Memories When War Was Almost A Pleasure!

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 1

"To be with such men again I would enlist for the fourth time," said Gunner Patrick McCafferty recently, in Brisbane, when discussing…

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Soldiers of the Desert. the Arab Legion

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 7

Almost everyone has been thrilled by the exploits of the French Foreign Legion, both in (act and fiction, but there is another desert force which,…

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If War Comes. Food for Germany. "Live on Sawdust."

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1935 · page 2

Dr. Bergious, a Nobel Prizewinner, in a recent lecture declared that the Germans, in the event of war, could eat sawdust, drink sap, and dress in…

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The Transvaal War

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 May 1935 · page 4

Our picture in previous issue of three Kempsey citizens who fought in the Transvaal War, more frequently called the Boer War, evoked some…

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Vote Stunt Soldiers' Preference Act Views of Soldier Aldermen Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 May 1935 · page 2

Considerable resentment was expressed at a meeting of the Paddington Council at the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act. One alderman, who is…

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Vote Stunt. Soldiers' Preference Act. Views of Soldier Aldermen

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 4

Considerable resentment was expressed at a meeting of the Paddington Council at the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act. One alderman, who is a…

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Hastings Shire Council and Soldiers' Preference

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 4

The Hastings Shire Council this week carried a resolution of protest against the incidence of the amended Returned Soldiers' Preference Act…

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Coming European War Australia Must Participate Says Mr. Lang Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 May 1935 · page 4

Mr. Lang, in an address at Newcastle last night in support of Mr. J. E. Smith's candidature for the local seat in the House of Representatives…

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Sidelights on Feng. the Chinese War Lord, Christian and Communist

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 2

A remarkable Chinese war lord of recent years was the "Christian Gen-eral," Feng Yushiang. Mr. H. G. W. Woodhead, C.B.E., in a book recording…

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Returned Soldiers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 1

As the Minister for Health and Repatriation, the Right Hon. W. M. : Hughes, has requested the Repatriation Commission to reconsider all…

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War Pensions Position of T.b. Patients

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 2

It is estimated that there are approximately 1500 returned soldiers in New South Wales suffering from tuberculosis, who are not receiving war pensions…

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