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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

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The War Debts Discussion. No Information Available. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

The war debts discussion between Mr. Scullin and Downing-street is still shrouded in mystery. For example the Dominicans Office admits indirect…

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Australian War Debt Rumoured Negotiations Five Years' Moratorium Suggested London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

Official circles guardedly confirm the report that Mr. Soullin is negotiating to obtain an abatement of Australia's war…

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Soldier Settler's Conference

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 2

All important meeting of Soldier Settlers holding Western Lands Leases will be held at Ivanhoe early in March. The State Secretary, Mr. Stagg,…

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Hay War Memorial High School

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 2

Following on the announcement in our last issue that six students of the Hay War Memorial High School, namely Dulsford C. Beaumont,…

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T. B. Sailors & Soldiers Permission for Art Union

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 2

In view of the large number of cases of acute distress amongst T. B. sailors and soldiers in this State, the Attorney General has granted permission for the…

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True Calendar of a Soldier Settler

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 4

These verses, from the pen of Mr. H. E. Horne, M.L.C., fit the bill to a nicety:— January, go without…

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Hay War Memorial High School. Some Current Notes

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 3

It it announced by the metropolitan press, that Mr. Ferdinand Duval and Miss Betty M. Duncan, both of whom gained brilliant passes at the recent…

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A Grim Reminder of the War. 12,000 Dead French Soldiers Still Unburied

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

Over 12,000 French soldiers, killed in the Verdum carnage, still lie unburied in France, telegraphs the Paris correspondent of "The Times."…

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Condobolin Price Cutters Sudden End to Sugar War

The Independent · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

Price-cutting between, two Condobolin grocers ended on Wednesday with dramatic suddenness. One firm reduced the price of sugar…

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Diplomatic Background of America's Entry Into the War No. 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 31

THE difficult and dangerous position in which the United States found itself in 1916 is abundantly plain. Crises in relations with 'Germany were…

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Returned Soldiers Conference at Cootamundra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 27

At a returned soldiers' conference at Cootamundra delegates were present from sub-branches in the South. West, and Riverina districts. Head office…

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Mew Party Formed Soldiers and Citizens

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

A new party, having as one of its objects the organisation of "ex-service men and loyal Australians," to preserve the ideals for which members of the…

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Returned Soldiers' League Proposed Monster Re-union Meeting of Delegates

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 5

In connection with a proposed monster re-union of members of Riverina branches of the R.S.S.I.L.A., a meeting of delegates was held at…

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War Debts Relief in Near Future Official Secrecy

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 1

Although Canberra officials have maintained the deepest secrecy, it is learned that the war debts negotiations between Australia…

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Soldiers’ Appeal Meeting of Committee

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 2

On Friday night last, the sports committee to arrange further details for the local soldiers’ sports on Easter Monday. The meeting was presided…

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Australia's War Debt Solution Suggested by Mr. Paul Jones

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 2

During his speech at the Returned Soldiers Reunion, at Wodonga, last week, Mr. Paul Jones, made some striking comment…

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Sensational War Story. Why Bulgaria Came In. Reported Payments to Ferdinand. BERLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 2

There was a sensation in the Reichstag, when a Communist, quoting from allegedly official documents, showed that the German Government…

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Returned Soldiers and Politics. a Farcical Suggestion. MELBOURNE, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 2

The West Australian Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League declined the Australian Flying Corps Association's request to consider what…

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Perth Returned Soldiers Favor Dictatorship

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 4

That 500 picked returned soldiers should assemble near Canberra, take the .City, turn out the Government and members of Parliament, and…

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The Passing of a Great Soldier Death of Major-gen. H. E. ELLIOTT

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 2

Major-General H. E. Elliott, a member of the Senate for Victoria and one of the leading Australian officers of the Great War, as well…

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