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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

231 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 12

Gloucester Council & Returned Soldiers' Preference. (To the Editor)

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 2

Sir,-I hardly know whether to be amazed or amused at Cr. Laurie's lat­est outburst, as seen in. your issue of Friday last. For the benefit of those…

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Justice For Returned Soldiers

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 2

We have recently referred to applications made by returned soldiers in our district who are trying to get a helping hand from the Repatriation…

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War in Spain Castellon Encircled Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 15 June 1938 · page 2

Madrid: Rebel troops, under General Aranda, not only encircled the doomed city of Castellon, but penetrated the outskirts where savage street fighting is…

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Deputations Returned Soldiers and the Hall

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 15 June 1938 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Blenkin (president of the Wingham sub-branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A.), and Mr. G. B. Hammond (secretary), interviewed the council in…

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War Futility Exposed

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 9

It is not very hard to convince Australians that war is as futile as it is cruel. It is to be wished that anti-war literature and drama could…

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Insults Forgotten. War Enemies Meet as Peace Friends

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 6

Thursday of last week was Count von Luckner's fifty-seventh birthday. It will be a day long remembered by him, for that afternoon he met…

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War Futility Exposed

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 2

It is not very hard to convince Australian that war is as futile as it is cruel. It is to bo wished that anti-war literature and drama could be presented…

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World War Prospects

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 6

"In the next two years will be played the greatest game of poker the world has ever seen. And the destiny of society will be settled. That…

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The Japanese at Home and at War. Manners Versus Motives. Eyes Turn on Singapore

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 8

The riff-raff of Japan's military, though wearing Mikado's uniform, are not typical of the Japanese race. I have just come from Japan, and…

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Returned Soldiers' Preference Act Question of Amendment

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 9

In a letter to the meeting of the Taree Municipal Council on Wednesday night the Local Government branch of Council Employees' Union…

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Soldiers' Jobs Stir Trouble. State-Wide Drive Launched at Preference Act, Councils Face Fights with R.S. League

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 3

A State-wide fight that is brewing, threatens to confront the Government with the thorny task of determining the fate of the…

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Soldiers Preference Act Unconstitutional

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 4

Mr. A. R. Bluett, solicitor and Secretary of the Local Government Association, has advised the Mayor of North Sydney, Ald. Stanton, that the…

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Councils and Soldiers Preference. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 5

According to the Town Clerk of Newtown, 21 Councils have pledged themselves to seek a repeal of the Soldiers preefrence Act, and 19…

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Boer War Soldiers Meet

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 2

There is yet another case of old soldiers meeting. Mr. W. MacDonald, bootmaker and repairer, of Manning Street, Taree, read the "Times" at…

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Soldiers' Preference 21 Councils Favour Repeal

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 2

According to the Town Clerk of Newtown, 21 councils have pledged themselves to seek the repeal of the Soldiers' Preference Act and 19 others to…

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Soldiers Meet Again. After Many Years

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 2

There are few happier occasions amongst men than when Diggers meet—men who have not seen one another since perhaps when they…

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Returned Soldiers' Preference. (To the Editor)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 2

Sir,—The Returned Soldiers' Preference Act has received some notice in your columns of late and, as one of the post-war generation who is…

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Returned Soldiers' Preference Act Question of Amendment

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 8

In a letter to the meeting of the Taree Municipal Council on Wednesday week the Local Government branch of Council Employees' Union…

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World War Prospects

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 3

"In the next two years will be played the greatest game of poker the world has ever seen. And the destiny of society will be settled…

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Abos V. Whites. War to Death in Mountain Pass. Incident of Long Ago

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 8

Frank Reid, in an article in the "Sunday Mail" on the old time carriers and packers who blazed the [?]ran to many a Queensland field…

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