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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

83 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 5

Untouched by War, Killed by Wasps. Ex-soldier's Harvest Death. Suffolk Tragedy

North West Champion · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 3

Ton minutes after being stung by wasps a Suffolk farm worker dropped dead, he had gone right through the war, including the retreat from Mons,…

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Late Wires Italy to End Spanish War Paris

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 1

Italy is planning a vast new campaign to finish the Spanish war, declared Loeavre Marshall Badogilo…

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Welcome Home To Mr. and Mrs. James Brady

Manilla Express · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 3

Wongo Creek Hall was the rendezvous for many district and townfolk on Thursday evening, 16th. September, when with a…

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The Great War Cost to Australia £843000000

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 September 1937 · page 7

The Great War has cost Australia' to date £843,914,000. For war and repatriation services £180,805,000 had been spent, and £289,963,000 had been…

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Petrol Supplies In Case of War Provisions in Australia

The North Western Courier · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 2

The recent statement from Canberra that the matter of Australian war-time petrol supplies was under consideration…

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Can We Do Anything to Remove the Causes of War?

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 October 1937 · page 3

Some of the causes of war are psychological—fear, hatred, suspicion, desire for revenge, or retaliation. The need of the world at the…

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"World War Inevitable" VALENCIA

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 October 1937 · page 1

The Premier, Sr. Pegrin, believes that if the Spanish civil war continues until spring, a world war is inevitable…

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To the Editor Anzac Day 1938.--Travelling Concessions

Manilla Express · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 2

J. Black, State Secretary of the R.S. & S.I.L.A. [?] Sir,--I wish to draw attention again to the fact, as previously…

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London News LONDON, 2nd October. Anthony Eden As War Hero. Besotted Wounded Soldier Under Own Fire. Remarkable Prophecy of Future Brilliance

North West Champion · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 5

How Mr. Anthony Eden, now British Foreign Secretary, risked his life to rescue a wounded N.C.O. in No Man's Land, was revealed this week by the…

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World War No Few in Germany SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 1

Mr. W. Schumacker, who arrived a Sydney today from overseas to ake up the position of Managing Director in Australia for Bayer…

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Japanese Kill British Soldier

Manilla Express · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 2

An international sensation has occurred as the result of the killing of a British soldier at Shanghai by Japanese while he was on…

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"Great War Adventures."

North West Champion · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 3

The twentieth issue of "Great War Adventures" is now on sale and is packed from cover to cover with true stories of ex-service men. Do not fail…

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The War Without End

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 1

Mr. W. C. Vandenbergh, Hon. Secretary of the Soldiers Poppy Day Appeal, writes:— "To-day when the Great War is still…

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Spanish War "Bloodiest in History"

Manilla Express · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 1

An Englishman, who has been fighting under General Franco in Spain for eight months has arrived in Australia by the liner…

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Soldiers' Rights to Preference Act Does not Provide for Continuity of Work

Manilla Express · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 1

Mr. Justice Owen, in Cambers recently, held that the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Employment of 1919, while it provided…

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Duke of Windsor Visit to Sydney Suggested To Lead Anzac Day March

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 November 1937 · page 3

The State executive of the Returned Soldiers' League will consider, tonight, a suggestion by the Kogarah sub-branch that the headquarters of…

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Late Wires the End? Sino-Japanese War Total Collapse of China TOKIO, Sunday

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 November 1937 · page 1

The Chinese are retreating in disorder from Soochow. The Japanese asserted they bayonetted one thousand and took two…

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Soldier Settlers

North West Champion · Monday 22 November 1937 · page 5

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) told a deputation of soldier settlers on Saturday night that a bill to give lasting relief to returned soldier settlers…

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Work of Disabled Soldiers

Manilla Express · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 2

On view in the windows of Manilla Art Shop, at the kind invitation of Miss A. Coulton, is an excellent disPlay of articles of all…

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English Survivor's Name on War Memorial. in Place of Missing Australian Soldiers. the Wrong Brother

North West Champion · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 6

Sergeant William George Wyeth, of the 57th Battalion, Australian Army, was reported missing in the Great War, and was never traced. He came from…

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