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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Anzac Day at Bendemeer

The Uralla Times · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 1

The residents of Bendemeer assembled at the memorial gates for the Anzac Day ceremony. The arch was surmounted by the rising sun,…

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Anzac Day Emmaville Commemorates Returned Soldiers' Sports a Great Day

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 2

Anzac Day was no more appropriately commemorated than in Emmaville A very large crowd gathered at…

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8 KILLED; 80 WOUNDED In Street Battle BERLIN

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 1

Late to-night the situation took a serious turn in the northern quarter of the city. Between 2,00 and 3,000 Communists,…

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A War Story Diggeretee Courted Girls

The Uralla Times · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 4

London, Tuesday—Inquires following the recovery from the Tram[?]s of the body of Mirnie Drewett, aged 50, born at Edinburgh, who was…

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Anzac Day United Service

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last a united memorial service was held in the public school grounds, Tingha, to commomorate Anzac day. A large…

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Not at Anzac Service. Mayor's Absence Criticised

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 8

When the Mayor of Cessnock, Alderman Hunter, failed to appear at the Anzae Day celebrations to preside over the service at the Memorial Hall…

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Why We Miss Out. War Office Meat Tenders

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 3

Mr. H. H. Cordingley, Mihi, Uralla, writes to the press: Having had some experience of contracts to the Empire's military and…

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A Woman Soldier Body in the Thames

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 3

The body of Mrs. Minnie Drewett has been recovered from the Thames, at Richmond. She dawned to have fought as a private in the Australian…

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10 Dead: 166 Wounded. [?]Ay Day Rioting in Berlin. (Reuter's Cable). Berlin

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 6

Following yesterdays noting to-day was comparatively quie[?] Despite police warning, [?] of Communists again erected barricades and…

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300 Injured In Berlin Street War Dirty Air Weather Vellore's Slow Progress Moir and Owen for Australia. Bunderabbas

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 1

A special A.P.A. message from Lieuta. Moir and Owen, states:—"We left Baghdad on Thursday and landed at Busshire. We were unable…

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Returned Soldiers Pilgrimage to Europe SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 1

It is reported there is a lik[?]ood of Sir John M[?]sh leading a pilgrimage of [?] soldiers to the European [?] next year…

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Returned Soldiers league. Federal Office Criticised. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 6

At a meeting of the State Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League, a protest was entered against the "affronts New South Wales had suffered…

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T.B. SAILORS & SOLDIERS The Golf Cup

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

The T.B. Sailors and Soldiers golf cup which was inaugurated last year in aid of the T.B. Sailors and Soldiers Association of New South Wales and…

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Wool At War[?]da

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 4

The following prizes were awarded for fl[?] wool at the Wariaida show: Fine, W. J. Kinross [?] R. H. Clarke 2; medium, Gournama station [?] H…

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Mechanical War. Revolt by Army

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 7

Mr. J. B. Holman recently attended a discussion in London, at which several soldiers of repute were present, He writes in the "Yorkshire…

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The Irish Soldiers

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 4

A correspondent, a British soldier who for the first time for years, was unable through disability to join with the Imperial troops in the…

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War on Criminal Class. Police Have Greater Powers. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 6

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) says that pending the Amending Legislation the police have been clothed with powers which would enable them…

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A Shooting Accident Man Wounded in the Side

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a man named Victor Simpson was accidentally shot in the side while travelling from Warialda to…

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Crushing Defeat of Labor in Queensland Elections Heroic Ride Bullet in Chest Wounded Man's Pluck HOBART

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 1

George Pearce, aged 45, was wounded by three bullets at Black Bobs on Saturday. Although one bullet was embedded in his chest,…

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America and War Debts

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 4

Those who have been rending the cables relating to the proposed readjustment of reparation payments, us propounded by the American…

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