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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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Latest Telegrams. Impersonated Soldier

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 6

Melbourne.—Van Haig Mar, 39, confessed he impersonated a soldier, who had been killed in a gambling saloon in New York, and allowed the…

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Took Place of Dead Soldier. Amazing Claim

The Uralla Times · Monday 8 August 1927 · page 2

Melbourne. Wednesday.—So successful was his impersonation of an Australian soldier who was killed in a New York gambling den and whose…

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War on the Dingoes. Government to Pay 7/6 Head

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 8

The Federal Government has declared a war of extermination on dingoes. A fee of 7/6 per head will be paid…

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Returned Soldiers' Disabilities Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 1

Mr. Charlton, Federal Labor leader, speaking at the annual dinner of the N.S.W. branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial…

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Lang and Returned Soldiers. Work Eulogised. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. Lang), in opening the annual State Congress of the Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' League, said that he did not think there…

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Soldiers and "Comrades" Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 1

A proposal to designate all members as "Comrades" was defeated at the Returned Soldiers' Congress…

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"COMRADE." Not For Returned Men

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 1

The proposal to designate all members as "Comrade" was defeated at the Returned Soldiers Congress…

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Costly Repatriation. "Equal to Cost of War."

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 9

"There has been an actual expenditure in repatriation and war charges since the war of a total sum equal to the whole cost of the war while it…

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Soldiers and Aliens. Stricter Control Urged. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 1

The Returned Soldiers' conference to-day carried a resolution viewing with concern the entrance of undesirables into Australia and…

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War with Britain a Russian Forecast

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 7

In his report to the plenary session of the Communist Party, M. Bukharin referred to the strained [?]stion between. Britain and…

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Soldiers Seek Lost £158,000. Where Are Unspent Public Gifts ?

The Uralla Times · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 4

Investigations into disappearance of war funds collected for the benefit of soldiers reveals that the N.S.VV. Government, undertook to check such…

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Boy Wounded. Was It Intentional?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 1

While three boys were in the bush near St. Mary's, yesterday afternoon, two men in a motor car are said to have fired a shotgun without warning…

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Converting the War Loans. Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 1

Before the end of the present year, the Federal Treasury will have undertaken the conversion of 40 million pounds of war loan money. This…

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War Memorial at Villiers Brettoneux Design Accepted. MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, has announced that the result of the competition for designs for a proposed memorial to be erected at Villiers…

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Chinese War Victorious Northerners. Executioners Squads. SHANGHAI

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 1

The situation to-day is comparatively quiet following the first rush of excitement consequent on the Northerners…

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A Peppery Consul. Ex-Soldiers Conference. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 4

At a meeting of the State executive of the Returned Soldiers League last night a letter was read from the viceConsul for Italy, Signor Maris…

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Soviet Intrigue Behind the Riff War Startling Revelations PARIS

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 1

"Le Matin" publishes a startling revelation of Soviet intrigue against the French in the colonies. The text of the letter between the…

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Sacco and Vanzetti To Die on Monday. on Cenotaph "Soldiers' League a Den of Thieves" What a Man's "Inner-self" Told Him To SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 1

The constable on duty at the cenotaph in Martin Place last night found a note pasted on the memorial, with the words—"Judas Incariot…

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Italians Insulted. Protest to Returned Soldiers' League. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 6

At a meeting of the State Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League last night. a letter was rend from the Vice-Consul for Italy, Signor Mario…

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The Cenotaph. Returned Soldiers Concerned. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 6

The Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League has decided to ask the Government to frame legislation making it a criminal offence for persons to…

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