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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Soldiers' Carnival. a Good Time at the Memorial Hall. Mystery of Uncle Joe

North West Champion · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 5

"Who is Uncle Joe?" There is an undercurrent of mystery permeating the atmosphere of the Soldiers', Carnival at the Moree Memorial Hall,…

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Soldiers' Carnival

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 2

The Carnival held in the Moree Memorial Hall last week under the auspices of the Moree Soldiers' Club, was brought to a conclusion on Thursday…

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Soldiers' Carnival. Ubiquitous "Uncle Joe."

North West Champion · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 2

The Moree Soldiers' Club Carnival closed in the Memorial Hall on Thursday night, and, to use common parlance, was a "pronounced success."…

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Old Shell Bursts 34 Soldiers Killed Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 1

Thirty-four Polish soldiers wore killed, and 41 injured, when a derelict 18-centimetre shell burst during the army manocuvres at Volhynia…

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Inhospitable Foe Mosquito War Some Features of the Dengue Fever

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 4

If the Dengue Devil, in a few shall weeks, leapt from Southern Queensland to the littoral triangling be tween the North Coast and Walgett…

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Trouble in India 6 KILLED, 50 Wounded in Street Fight Calcutta, Wednes

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 1

Further disturbances occurred this morning, when Mohammedans, holding a religious festival procession when…

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War Graves in Flanders

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 4

In the House of Commons. Mr. McNeill moved a supplementary estimate of £48,700, being the sum required to make £50,000, the first of the…

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Europe's D.t.'s. Caused World War. "Drinking Secretly." LONDON

North West Champion · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 3

"It is said that old men make wars in which the young men are killed. It is not so. Never forget the days of 1914, when Whitehall was thronged…

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What Was Wasted. Enormous Cost of Great War

North West Champion · Thursday 5 August 1926 · page 4

Victor Berger, a Socialist member of the U.S.A. Legislature, lately figured out the waste of the recent war in the following terms:—…

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War in the Woods

North West Champion · Monday 9 August 1926 · page 4

Is the British squirrel doomed? The red squirrel, which has been a familiar figure in England' for ages, and probably roamed its woodlands before…

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Modern Cars. Comparison with Pre-war Makes. Cheaper and Better

North West Champion · Thursday 12 August 1926 · page 6

Australia is rapidly taking a place among the leading motoring nations of the world, and the value of the vehicle propelled by an internal…

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Our Fallen Soldiers' Graves

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 August 1926 · page 2

Rev. Father J. B. Howard, who lett Parkes on a tour of the world early in June, writing from Nazareth to a Parkes friend, says: "There is a…

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War Memorial Meeting to Be Called

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 1

At the last meeting of the Council, Ald. Logan moved that a public meeting be called for the erection of [?] war memorial…

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Limbless Soldiers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 2
Also in The North Western Courier

The Limbless Soldiers showed by the conduct of their Great Austral No 2 last year that an Art Union can be organised to prove of great benefit to…

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The Soldiers' Memorial (To the Editor)

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 August 1926 · page 2

I, for one, am delighted that at lost a move is afoot to provide funds to have a suitable war memorial in Narrabri…

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War Memorial. to Be Erected in Narrabri. Over £350 in Sight Already

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 1

"Better Late Than Never" is apparently Narrabri's motto, for at a public meeting on Monday night it was decided to erect a War Memorial in Narrabri as a tribute to the splendid sons of Australia who fought and…

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Limbless Soldiers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 2

The Limbless Soldiers showed by the conduct of their Great Austral No. 2 last year that an Art Union can be organised to prove of great benefit to…

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Kentucky Soldiers' Good Season

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 4

The advance made by the orchards on Kentucky Soldiers' Settlement is making itself felt in the work of harvesting and…

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Limbless Soldiers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 2 September 1926 · page 2

The Limbless Soldiers showed by the conduct of their Great Austral No. 2 last year that an Art Union can be organised to prove of great benefit to…

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