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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Oregon War

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--The secretary of the N.S.W. Labor Council Disputes Committee (J. S. Garden) declared today it was well knownthat certain firms…

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Returned Soldier's Sad End. Worried by Arrears

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. -- William Charter (50), a farmer, of Rob Roy, in the Inverell district, was found under a tree suffering from what is believed…

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Dismissal of Soldiers Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 8

Arrangements are being made for a deputation from the New South Wales branch of the R.S.L. to wait on Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.H.R., to enlist…

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Crocodile in Baths Man Badly Wounded Flesh Bitten From Hip

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

CAIRNS, Monday.—Kevin Conlon (23) had a narrow escape from death on Thursday night while bathing in the swimming enclosure on the Cairns…

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Crocodile in Baths Man Badly Wounded Flesh Bitten From Hip

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

CAIRNS, Monday.—Kevin Conloa (25) had a narrow escape from death on Thursday night while bathing in the swimming enclosure on the Cairns…

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Soldiers' Memorial Grove

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 6

Saturday being a public holiday was no doubt' the reason for the poor attendance at the working bee in Alexandra Parade, but eight more…

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Anzac Memorial Deputation to Premier Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 7

The Premier (Mr. Bavin) told a deputation to-day that he would make the utmost endeavour to secure Parliamentary assent to the gift of the…

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Bullet in Neck. Girl Wounded at Breakfast Table

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.--While Bonnie Monks, aged 9, was having breakfast at her home at Chatswood she suddenly felt something strike her neck…

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Ireland in the War Marshal Foch's Tribute "France Will Not Forget"

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 4

A special correspondent of the "Irish Times" in Paris asked Marshal Foch for a special Armistice Day message to the people of Ireland. The…

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Soldiers' League Apathy at Coraki Annual Meeting

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. W. N. McPherson (president) presided at the annual meeting of the Coraki sub-branch of the R.S.S.I. League at Coraki on Saturday night…

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Returned Soldiers Ballina Branch Annual Meeting Held

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Ballina sub-branch of the R.S. and S. I. League was held in the council chambers, Ballina, on Saturday night,…

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Soldiers' Memorial Grove

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 6

Mr. Richardson, V.C., of Gundurimba, the well-known local naval veteran, who was unable to attend the working bee on Saturday last, was in town…

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Renouncing War Approval of Treaty Capetown

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 7

The Assembly's first day's business resulted in the approval of the multilateral treaty for the renunciation of war. The Premier's most striking…

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War with Britain U.S. Cruiser Bill Fear in Supporters' Minds. Measure Condemned

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday.--Senator Thomas Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, in the Senate to-day, said the supporters of the…

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Might Be War American Navy the Cruiser Bill Senator Walsh's Opposition WASHINGTON

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 7

Senator Thomas Walsh, a Democrat from Montana, in the Senate on Monday said that the supporters of the cruiser bill had in…

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War Graves Pilgrimage. Australian Contingent Leaves in June

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Advice has been received from the Foreign office in London that no difficulties are anticipated from the Turkish…

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War Declared on Lightning

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

Declaring that not until science has found an adequate way to combat the ravaging effect of lightning on transmission lines will all the…

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Erratic German Would Have Won War Ludendorff's Assertion

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 5

BERLIN, Wednesday.--General Ludendorff's latest outburst was when addressing 2000 at Aue. He declared that Jews, Jesuits, and Freemasons…

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War on Dingoes

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 4

In Queensland last year, dingoes killed at least 120,000 sheep, and cost the State Government nearly £36,000 in the shape of premiums. That the…

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War in Pacific. Forecast by American Senator

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--The adoption of the naval construction programme as a measure of national safety was urged in the Senate to-day…

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