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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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Anzac Day. Sunday, 25th April

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

Anzac Day will be celebrated on Sunday throughout the State. It will be marked locally by special services in the churches, and the…

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Anzac Day Sports. Monday Next, April 26

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

A big day's sports has been arrange to take place at West Port Park on Monday next—Anzac Day holiday—in connection With the…

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Taree Public School Great Days in the Month of April. Anzac Day

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 2

The 25th April is Anzac Day—our day On that day there will be services in churches, soldiers will march through the streets, and men and women, boys…

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Lessons at Taree Public School. Great Days in the Month of April. Anzac Day

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 5

The 25th April is Azac Day—our day. On that day there will be services in churches, soldiers will march through the streets, and men and…

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Soldier Kidnapped! Primest Joke of the Season

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

Late on Thursday night some daring Digger spirits, apparently, as a protest against the brainless, senseless action of Lismore's aldermaniacs…

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Anzac Day

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

Anzac Day has come and gone again, and it was certainly a day of importance at Wingham. We have attended every Anzac Day Service conducted in…

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Wounded by Darning Needle

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

Falling while holding a darning needle in her hand, Maureen Neale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Neale, of Short Street, had the…

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Anzac Day, 1937. Macleay District Commemoration

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart, Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart;…

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Anzac Service at All Saints' R.c. Church

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

On Sunday morning last, in the presence of a large congregation at All Saints' Catholic Church, Rev. Father Morris made appropriate…

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Anzac Day, 1937. United Service at Wingham. Record Attendance

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

There was a record attendance at the Memorial Town Hall, Wingham, on Sunday morning last, the occasion being a United Commemoration Service in…

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Anzac Service

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

Sunday evening last, All Saints' Church of England was fully taxed to accommodate the large congregation, including many returned men, that…

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Anzac Day Thoughts

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 1

During the week I have heard and read much in connection with the Anzac and Anzac Day. All the speakers and writers agreed that the exploits of our…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Services at Taree

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 1

The 22nd commemoration of Anzac Day was again appropriately observed at Taree on Sunday last when the local sub-branch of the R.S. and .S.I. League…

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Anzac Day. Service at Kempsey. Ven. Archdeacon Tress Heard In Forceful Address

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 6

Sunday forenoon, at 11 o'clock, the Macleay R.S. & S.I. League Sub-Branch, headed by Kempsey Silver Band, marched from the Shire…

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Commemoration of Anzac. 22,000 Men in City March. Second Biggest in History

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 3

With simple dignity the citizens of Sydney on Sunday did reverence to the dead, and paid homage to a precious tradition of the nation. It…

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Spanish War. Sydney, Friday

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 4

London: Insurgents assert that the destruction of Guernica was due to loyalists, before evacuation, spraying petrol on buildings in the prinicipal and…

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Rumination -- Review -- Reminiscence. That Anzac Day Address -- Plain Speaking Invites Candid Reply -- the Question of Time and Place -- Examining Ourselves in the Mirror of Truth -- Seek Rather Cause to Remove Than Effect to Condemn -- Economic Contribution to an Evil Declared -- the Men and Women of To-morrow Scrutinised -- the Evidence Considered and the Verdict Given

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 3

The remarks of Ven. Archdeacon Tress at the Anzac Day commemoration at Kempsey have, during the past week, been the subject of a good…

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Anzac Day. Sunday, 25th April

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 4

The memorable landing of Australian troops at Gallopoli on 25th April, 1915, was fittingly marked on Sunday last for the 21st…

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Anzac Day United Service at Wingham

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 1

There was a record attendance at the Memorial Town Hall, Wingham, on Sunday morning last, the occasion being a united commemoration service in…

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Anzac Day. at Church of England

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 5

St. John's Church of England, Taree, was filled for the two services—8 a.m. and 7 p.m.—on Anzac Day by congregations reverent and…

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