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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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War in Pacific After Next Congress Communist Plans

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

Reference to the proposed Russian [?]ed conference at Vladivostok in August is contained in the December [?]umber of the “Pan-Pacific Worker,”…

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Shipping "War." Drastic Order Withdrawn Washington, January 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 20

The Post Office department issued an order withdrawing from three ships of the Cunard line all mail except that which was specifically…

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"Another Frightful War" Possibility in Europe Australia Also Threatened

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

WHILE Australia with the rest of the Empire, has had her attention focused on the King's struggle for life, says a " Guardian" cable from…

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News by Cable Outlawry of War What Is Self-defence? Fear for Monroe Doctrine Washington, January 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 20

Republican "Reservationists" and Democrats plied Senator Borah (chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate) with a barrage of…

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Returned Soldiers Year's Activities

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 35

Reviewing the activities of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League, the general secretary (Mr. W. J. Stagg) said that during…

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Noted Russian Soldier Death of Grand Duke Nicholas Nice, January 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 20

The death is announced of the Grand Duke Nicholas, cousin of the Czar, who commanded the Russian armies in 1914-15…

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The Returned Soldiers' Association Annual Meeting of Hay Branch

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Hay subbranch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., was held on Monday night, at the Hay Athenaeum…

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Soldiers' Sports at Tallangatta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 18

Tallangatta Branch of the Returned Soldiers Association held their annual sports on Monday, this being a public holiday for Foundation Day…

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Horrors of War Field Marshal's Prophecy

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

Field-Marshal Sir William Robertson, who was Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1915 until early in 1918, was the principal speaker at…

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Schools Back to Work War Memorial High School

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 2

The War Memorial High School reopened yesterday morning, after the summer vacation, when the following new members of the staff commenced…

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War Service Homes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 18

The annual conference of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Clubs decided to protest to the Minister for Markets against employment by the…

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A Fitzroy Tragedy. One Dead, One Wounded. MELBOURNE, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 2

A man, whose name is unknown, was found dead outside a house in Fitzroy, near Melbourne, with his throat cut. Stella Hall (50), was…

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Fred Thompson Dead Western Hero Was War Chaplain

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 1

Fred C. Thompson, the popular hero of Western pictures, and at one time a noted athlete and an ordained minister, is dead. He failed to rally from…

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Soldiers' Memorial in Hyde Park. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 5

Officials of the Returned Soldiers' League are highly elated at the action of Parliament approving the Hyde Park Site for the Anzac Memorial…

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Poison Gas in War Time. Geneva

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

Dr. Stressmann, addressing the Council of the League of Nations, announced that Germany would ratify the protocol prohibiting the use of…

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Hay War Memorial High School Four More Pupils Earn Scholarships

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

It is announced that Hughan Johnston, George Hanna, Patrick Kearney, and William Cairns, students of the school, have been awarded…

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Soldiers’ Gymkhana Meeting of Committee

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 2

A well attended, meeting of the above committee was held at the Club rooms on Friday night. The president (Rev. Canon…

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Hay War Memorial High School

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 2

Mr. Edmund Billington Lamerton, a former student of the school, who passed his final examination under the New South Wales Pharmacy…

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Soldiers' Appeal Board. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 2

The Minister for Repatriation has introduced a Bill to establish appeal tribunals to deal with appeals relating to war pensions. The minister…

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Returned Soldiers' Entertain Women's Auxiliary

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 2

The members of the Women's Auxiliary of the R.S.S.I.L.A. and their friends were the guests of the members of the Hay Sub-branch of the…

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