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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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In Nine Wars. Fred Wenman As Soldier. Old Coffs Harbour Identity

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 6

At the age of 83 years, 23 of which he has resided at Coffs Harbour, Mr. Fred Wenman is feeling the effects of old age, though he still has plenty…

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War Veterans' Home Appeal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 8

In a few days we shall see once again the Anzacs march proudly through cheering crowds, and from a thousand platforms bear speeches…

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Modern Thought of War

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 7

We all know that the radicalism of one generation is the conservatism of the next. We all know that religious beliefs have vitally altered in the last century…

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Girl Marries Brother Parted in War As Children

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 7

Tragedy has come to a Belgian couple who have discovered, after being married a year that they are brother and sister. They have a baby son…

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Bushmen's Carnival. Ideal Weather for Soldiers' Annual Event

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 2

Held under ideal weather conditions on Saturday last the annual carnival and sports organised and carried out by the Gloucester branch of the…

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Poison Gas in War. Geneva, May 13

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 4

At a secret session, the Council of the League of Nations agreed to the submission of a resolution strongly urging members of the League to…

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Australia's War History. Nearing Completion

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 6

Piecing the Australian war story together from thousands of diaries, regimental records, personal interviews as war correspondent, and from…

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Rumination - Review - Reminiscence The Over-population of Italy and Germany--A Frank Discussion on Causes That Contribute to Existing Conditions--Bribes to Breed--Penalising the Unwed and Childless--German Farm Camps are Hotbeds for Fungus Growth--A Designed Propaganda That Has Produced its Anticipated Crop--German Women Wholly Subordinated to War Machine

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 3

You will recall that in my comment last Tuesday on Miss Helen Simpson's suggestion that Australia should throw its doors open to…

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Spanish Civil War. Garbled Cables. The Communistic Hand. the Other Side of the Story

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 6

To those who have very little opportunity of securing information about foreign affairs other than from the garbled cables which flood the city…

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War Veterans' Home

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 4

In connection with the establishment of the War Veteran's Home, Legacy Park, Narrabeen, Sydney, the Port Macquarie sub-branch of the…

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War Caused by a Bucket

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 7

Wars are often caused by the most insignificant events. In countries like India, for instance, It needs merely some tactless act to send a searing…

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War Historian C. E. W. Bean's Big Task Piecing the Story Together

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 8

Piecing the Australian war story together from thousands of diaries, regimental records, personal interviews as war correspondent and from the…

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Britain's War Precautions. London, 30538

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 5

The Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip, stated in the House of Commons that in the event of war there would be a…

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Rumination - Review - Reminiscence The Sino-Japanese War -- Ractions to Series of Setbacks -- Nippon Calls on the Fuhrer for Co-operation -- Propaganda to Offset World-wide Boycott of Japanese Goods -- How We are Vitally Concerned -- Japan's Failure to Subdue China Will Increase, rather than Mitigate, Australia's Danger

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 3

The Japanese, despite their long preparation and preponderance of modern armament, are finding the conquest of China a much more…

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Breakers of Traffic Laws. Dubbo Court House Would Not Hold All. Police to Declare War on Offenders

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 June 1938 · page 4

Dubbo pedestrians who jay walk, motorists who park their cars at any angle which suits their convenience, and cyclists who pedal along the…

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War Mongers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

Federal Cabinet Ministers are somewhat exercised about the attitude of the big metropolitan daily newspapers in regard to War News. No wonder…

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War Pensions

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 2

We recently wrote an article in "The Wingham Chronicle" dealing with claims of Returned Soldiers. Here is one from the official organ, "Reveille":…

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War Weapons Destructive Influences of the Future

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 6

Hidden in the mountains of Wales there is a lonely, mysterious house, guarded day and night and surrounded by barbed wire…

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Chinese War Casualties Japanese Figures. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 4

Tokio: It is officially stated that the Japanese losses for the three months ending May 31, were 2139 killed and 8568 wounded. The Chinese casualties…

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Soldiers Memorial Hospital

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 2

Regular monthly meetings of the Board of Directors of the Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital have been held since it was constituted…

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