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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

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Gun Explodes Youth Fatally Wounded Was Climbing Cliff

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 2

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--While climbing a cliff during a rabbit shooting expedition in the rough Shoalhaven country, a youth named Burnett was shot…

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French War Vessel. Arrives in Sydney

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The French sloop-of-war, Bellatrix, arrived in Sydney to-day, and was welcomed by salutes from George's Head garrison…

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Man Wounded Bullet Above Eyebrow Darlinghurst Affair

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Edward Brown, of Hargreaves Street, Paddington, was shot in a house in Palmer Street, Darlinghurst, early this…

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RECORD-BREAKING American Trade for 1929 Exceeded War Figures

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--The Department of Commerce reports record-breaking foreign trade figures, even surpassing shipments during and…

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Naval Strength. Britain's Needs Protection Against Raiders What War Taught

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--"The Emden and Karlsruhe incidents indicate very clearly the indisputable fact that the cruiser requirements of the Empire…

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War Sloops for Samoa?

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday: The war sleeps Veronica and Laburnun will leave Auckland to-day. Their destination has not been announced, but…

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The Triumph and Tragedy of Gallipoli. a Revival of Anzac Memories

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 7

Both Australia and New Zealand do well to observe Anzac Day, for it is the day on which these Dominions stepped into the clear, high light of…

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War on Criminals Sydney Campaign New Detective Scheme

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

As an effective counter to the modern organisation of gangsters and criminals generally, a new detective system will operate in Sydney from January…

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Miracle Eyes War of the Future Seeing in the Darkness

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 7

A vivid picture of the possible "war in the air" of the future is depieted by Mr. Claude F. Luke, in an article in Tit-Bits. He writes:—…

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"Coolgardie Smith" Soldier of Fortune Dead

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Thursday.--A. Erskine Smith, mining broker, sold[?]er of fortune and settlement adventurer in three continents, better known by the…

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Chinese Gangsters Policemen Wounded SINGAPORE

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

Two European police inspectors, Messrs. Byrde and MacIntosh, narrowly escaped death when they were wounded in the neck and thigh…

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German Territory War Confiscation the Hague

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

The Australian and New Zealand delegations have begun negotiations with the Germans regarding German property in Australia and New Zealand,…

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One Against Two Hundred. Police Constable's Bravery Averts Tribal War

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

What might have resulted in a very serious outbreak of intertribal warfare was averted by the timely efforts of a single European police constable,…

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War Stories Imitators of "All Quiet"

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 15

The vogue for war bocks written with brutal realism and uncompromising frankness has now become a craze. Scarcely a day passes without the…

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Dead War Leaders Few Great Men Left

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 14

The passing of M. Clemenceau, the veteran French statesman, recalls the names of other notable figures who were prominent during the war and…

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War 'Planes. Higher Speed Attained Re-Equipment of R.A.F. Machines

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.-- The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that an all-round increase in the speed of R.A.F. machines…

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Police Wounded Communists in Berlin BERLIN

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

A long procession of communists to the funeral of a suburban comrade, murdered by fascists, carried a banner inscribed "Vengeance for our…

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Man Wounded Toowoomba Shooting Affray Woman Arrested

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 2

TOOWOOMBA, Wednesday.--Three shots fired in succession from a double-action revolver in Russell Street early yesterday afternoon, when the locality…

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"Sell Australia!" to Pay War Debt Amazing Letter Suggestions to Britain London

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

Beneath triple headlines, the first thereof being "Should We Sell Australia," the "Yorkshire Observer" publishes on its…

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Not Legal Tender Order on Soldier's Pension

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

A number of cases have been reported to the Tamworth police recently, of a returned soldier giving orders on his military pension for payment for goods…

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