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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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A British General Creates a Stir With War Book. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 2

Brigadier-General Crozier has caused a stir by the frank disclosures in his new book, "The Men I Killed."…

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Elbow Tug-of-war

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 20

For this game you mark two parallel lines along the ground, about three yards apart. The players stand in a straight row down the middle…

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Later News. War Seems Inevitable. Ultimatum Expected. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 2

"An outbreak of hostilities on a war scale seems inevitable," declared an official of the Japanese Embassy, to-day…

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Wells' End of European Civilisation No War—series of Crises

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 30

Interviewed by a member of the Australian Associated Press (London) staff, Mr. H. G. Wells said he thought another great world war was not…

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War in China Nankow in Flames and Surrounded London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 3

With the arrival of a big Japanese naval force at Woosung, And the outbreak of fighting at Nankow, the Sino-Japanese…

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War on Weeds in Marginal Wheat Areas Vigorous Campaign Planned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 15

An intensive campaign against skeleton weed and other deleterious plant pests is being inaugurated by the Department of Agriculture, in association…

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"The Men I Killed" General Crozier's Book Startling Revelations of the War London, August 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 16

In a statement published by the "Daily Mail" regarding his book, "The Men I Killed," Brigadier-General Crozier, who served throughout…

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War in Spain. Rebel Success. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 2

General France, aided by Italy, is waging unrestricted submarine warfare in the Mediterranean against merchantmen of all nations, according…

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If War Came. Position of Australia

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 1

The defence policy of Australia had been based upon the assumption that we could rely on the British Navy, but the supremacy of the…

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Bank Officer Wounded Accidental Shot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 33

A bank officer was shot accidentally in unusual circumstances in Sydney. The injured man is Mr. John O'Neil, aged 56 years, a senior ledger-keeper…

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War—on the Floating Colossus

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 26

WHAT is the birth of an iceberg, that imponderable mass that possesses the vicious strength to rip open the steel walls of a giant liner as…

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Tariffs and War (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 4

Sir,--Your correspondent, Mr. P. J. Branagan, commands our admiration, and your paper maintains that tradition of freedom of speech so lacking…

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War on Weeds Marginal Wheat Areas

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 1

THE invasion of weeds of a perennial nature in better rainfall wheat areas has demanded, the revision of farming systems and the wider expansion…

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Fears in London War Profitless London, August 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 11

The latest news from Shanghai disappoints the hope in London that the hostilities which broke out on Friday between the Chinese and Japanese…

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War in Spain. Insurgents Move for Santander. SALAMANCA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 1

Supported by planes, tanks, and heavy artillery, Pour insurgent columns, including an Italian Black Arrow brigade, and Moorish legions,…

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War in Spain. Insurgents' Progress. French Consul Leaves Santander PARIS

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 2

The French Consul at Santander advises that he left for Bayonne in view of the situation in the Santander region…

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Returned Soldiers to Object to Immigration Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 1

At the annual conference of the Returned Soldiers' League, which will open in Sydney on September 22, a motion will be submitted…

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Heavy War C0sts Tokio

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 3

Estimates providing 2,000,000.000 yen (£200,000,000) to finance the Chinese campaign will be presented to Parliament next month…

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War on Weeds. Marginal Wheat Areas

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 1

Mr T. P. Taylor, district instructor of Agriculture, writes:— The invasion of weeds of a perennial nature in better rainfall…

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China and Japan. Japanese at Shanghai. British Ambassador Wounded. SHANGHAI

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 3

Again at night fall vast flies lit up Shanghai. The position of the city to-night is that the Japanese landing force has…

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