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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

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Revolt Checked in Spain Government Holds Upper Hand 1000 Dead; Thousands Wounded Guerilla Fighting in Capital Leaders of Rising to Be Court Martialled Barcelona, October 7

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 2

The Lerroux Government in Spain apparently holds the upper hand thanks to the loyally of the bulk of the armed force, but the strike still continues, and the revolt is still simmering. The rehels are doing, their utmost to prolong the strike, and the Anarchists threaten a contmuation of…

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[?] Casualties in Spanish Civil War Fighting All Over Country Martial Law Proclaimed Government Has Position in Hand. Madrid

The Independent · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 3

[?] has broken out afresh in Spain, and to deal with a [?] which practically amounts to civil war, martial [?] proclaimed, fighting occurring all over the country [?] 250 casualties in Madrid, and heavy loss of life at…

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Civil War in Spain

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 October 1934 · page 2

For a long time Spain has been troubled with revolutionaries. In a country of Latin origin and mixed religions Communism is always sure to…

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War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 12

War is organised cruelty. Those who think they can restrict its barbarities, will find in the end that savagery is of its essence, and that civilised warfare…

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Double Assassination King Alexander of Jugoslavia and M. Barthieu French Officials Wounded

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 2

King Alexander of Jugoslavia and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs (M. Barthieu) were assassinated at Marsellies on Tuesday while…

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Hay War Memorial High School. Concluding Round of Debates

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 1

The third and concluding round of the 1934 series of inter-house debates in connection with the Hay War Memorial High School, was held on…

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Old-age Pensions at 60, for Returned Soldiers?

The Independent · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 2

At a meeting in Echuca of returned soldiers, at which Mr. T.B. Dehugard presided, Mr. H. Holmberg advocated that the age at which…

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Accidentally Shot Man Fatally Wounded Wife Was Handling Rifle SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 October 1934 · page 1

Accidentatly [?] by this wife at therir home at Roseville to-day [?] Water Stevens [?]died within a few minitues. the…

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Echo of the War £10,000 for Son Who Was killed Clause in Father’s Will Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 October 1934 · page 4

When Frederick Campbell, of Tumut, died in 1928, leaving an estate valued at £135,367, he directed that the executors should set aside…

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Legless Soldier Vanishes Had Large Sum of Money Intensive Police Search. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 October 1934 · page 1

An intensive search is being conducted for a legless soldier named Frederick George Trice, of Guildford, who disappeared on Wednesday with…

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Spanish Rebellion Rebels Hard Pressed Planes Assist Soldiers MADRID, October 13

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 October 1934 · page 3

Aided by bombing aeroplanes, loyalists captured the arms factory at Oviedo held by the rebels, and are now attaching the railway…

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Returned Soldiers Preference -in . Employment State to Take Action Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 October 1934 · page 2

The Returned Soldiers Preference Amendment Act will be brought down in the State Parliament shortly and will tighten up the law…

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Germany's Religious War Fast Reaching a Climax. 8,000 Pastors Protest. Berlin

The Independent · Tuesday 16 October 1934 · page 3

The battle between the Nazi German Christians and 8,000 dissident pastors is reaching a climax in fierceness owing to the secret police…

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War Leader Bead M. Raymond Poincare Former President of France PARIS, October 15

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 October 1934 · page 1

The death occurred to-day of M Raymond Poincare, at the age of 74 He was President of the French Republic public from 1913 to 1920…

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Adequate Defence Ex-soldiers Favor Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 October 1934 · page 1

Adequate defence will be urged at the [?] conference In Australia of ex-servicemen of the Empire, said Captain Donald Simpson, secretary of…

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B. Soldiers and Sailors An S.O.S. Appeal Assisting Concert in Albury

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 October 1934 · page 5

The letter appearing below has been received by the Albury branch of the R. S. and S.I. League from The T.B. soldiers Association of…

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To Prevent War

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 4

The remarks of the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, on Britain's war position are timely. Addressing a meeting at…

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General Discounts War Rumours

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 5

London, Wednesday. -- General [?] who to-day was installed as the Rector of St. Andrew's University, in the course of his address, declared…

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No World War Says General Smuts. "Cannot Find the Real War Temper." London

The Independent · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 3

General Smuts, who to-day was installed as Rector of St. Andrew's University, in the course of his address, declared that he did not agree…

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Frontier Fighting Holt War Proclaimed Calcutta, October 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 14

The annual relief of the garrison of British Indian troops at Chitral, the northernmost post of the North-West Frontier Province, was the signal for…

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