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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

87 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 5

Home and Social Anzac Day

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 3

April 25, 1915 is the day of remembrance when Australia mourns for her sons who died at Gallipoli. As years roll on the story of the Anzac…

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France's Unnamed Soldier

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 20 April 1936 · page 4

French j udicial authorities have sworn in three experts in a lost effort to solve the problem of France's living unknown soldier, to whom the name of…

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Anzac Day. United Service

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 2

The usual Anzac Day United Service will be held in the Moree Memorial Hall on Saturday next. The service will commence punctually…

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Old Soldiers Never Die

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 2

There are now surviving only nine veterans of the Crimea War, fought in 1854-56. Of these five were soldiers, three sailors, and one was a marine…

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Anzac Day. United Service

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 2

Anzac Day was celebrated in Moree on Saturday last with fitting solemnity, when a large crowd—the largest, that has been seen at a service of this kind…

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Anzac Day Celebration at Narrabri Impressive Service

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 1

The body of the Town Hall was filled to capacity by a reverent and devotional assemblage when the annual combined religious…

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War on Squirrels British Farmers Eat Them

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 2

British formers are making more determined efforts than ever to keep, down the grey squirrels which threaten to become as big a menace…

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Late Wires Large Orders For War Materials LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 1

The British Government is now placing armament contracts at the rate of millions sterling weekly, says the newspaper,…

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Anzac Day

Manilla Express · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 2

Anzac Day was celebrated throughout Australia on Saturday. Everywhere there were demonstrations and the interest is…

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Anzac Day. United Service

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 3

Anzac Day was celebrated in Moree on Saturday with fitting solemnity, when a very large crowd of people assembled at the Memorial Hall to pay…

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Moree Anzac Re-union. 1936

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 4

Yes, there was to be a reunion of the Troops—Come! I went- If there was one man there, there wee a hundred, sitting and standing. I arrived five…

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Anzac Heroes Stirring Address by Rev. Cross

The North Western Courier · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 2

An Anzac celebration service wait held in St Cyprian's Church of England, Narrabri, on Sunday evening last, and was…

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Australian Soldier's Bluff

Manilla Express · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 4

Mr. S. B. Williams, J.P., an ex-alderman of the Petersham Municipal Council, is known as the world's autograph king…

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Wounded Constable Five Face Serious Charge SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 1

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions to-day, five young men, Herbert Burnett Station, 26, Reginald James Flannagan, 26, Cecil Ernest Flannagan, 30,…

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The Coronation Plans for Ceremony Great Empire Spectacle Anzac Troops in Mile-long Procession

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 2

The thousands of Australians and New Zealanders who will come to England for the King's coronation will read with interest the plans for…

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1935-36 Wool Clip Stable Season 50% Increase Since War

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 2

Remarkable stability in wool, values at prices averaging 40 per cent to 50 per cent above the preceding year, ranks the past…

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Late Wires League's Failure To Stop War Future British Policy Discussed LONDON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 1

Insisting that the League of Nations must Continue as it is absolutely indispensable in the modern world for organisation of international…

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Bacteria by Beam Radio Astonishing London Discovery A New War Horror Gas Masks Useless

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 1

A group of scientists, working with bacteria in a London laboratory discovered by accident that every species of microbe has a definite…

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Returned Soldiers' Employment Board

Manilla Express · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 1

Recently a good deal of publicity has been given, in certain quarters, to the incidence of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors'…

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Returned Soldiers

Manilla Express · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 2

The president of the Manilla branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. J. Coates, presided over a meeting of 20 members at…

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