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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

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War Warnings Cunning Messages

Northern Star · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

Cunning ways in which vital information was carried through enemy lines during the war were revealed at the exhibition of war intelligence at…

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Fied Wireless Many Advantages Modern War Equipment

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 7

Each year that I visit the London Territorials in camp I go with special expectance to the 47th Divisional Signals. Their commander, Lt.-Col. T…

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Attempt on Bank Officer Wounded BRISBANE

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 7

An attempt to rob the branch of the Bank of New South Wales at Murgon shortly after midnight last night was frustrated by the resident officer, Mr…

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Two Policemen Dead Shot Down By Bondi Maniac Siege of Gunman's Home Mortally Wounded When Gun Mechanism Jams SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

Two police constables were murdered by a madman who ran amok at Bondi Junction early yesterday morning. Both killings, for sheer horror and cold-bloodedness, have no equal in the history of New…

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Marshal Joffre Gonqueror of Marne" War Minister's Tribute State Funeral

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

PARIS, Sunday:--Before falling into his last sleep Joffre whispered. "Things are not going too badly."…

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Rejected for War. Mind Affected

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 4

The outburst by John Thomas Kennedy at Bondi Junction was the culmination of 16 years of brooding over his rejection for war service. Even…

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"Futility of War" Perth

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

Addressing the League of Nations Union luncheon the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) said the League was doing excellent work in the cause of…

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Dress Pirates Stealing New Fashions Detectives Make War

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 6

Raids by the Paris police on the premises of alleged fashion pirates shed a sensational light on the strange and secret war which is always being waged…

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Soldiers' Graves Monuments of Man's Brutality Mr. Scullin Urges Peace

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday:-- Addressing the League of Nations Union luncheon, the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) said the League was doing excellent work…

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Worse Than a War

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

In the great car v. man battle of 1930 in U.S.A. it is said, that move than 35,000 people were killed, about 1,000,000 wounded, and property losses…

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Shipping Hold-up Seamen's Internal War. Drastic Action Likely

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday:--The constant trouble on the waterfront, caused by the war between seamen in jobs and seamen out of jobs,…

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Naval Blunder. an Accident of the War. London

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

That a misreading of a submarine's title caused British gunners to kill nineteen of the crew of a British submarine, and…

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British War Pensioners London

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 7

Another reaction as a result of the adverse exchange is British war pensioners' request from Australia to the Ministry to pay their pensions in…

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Tragic Mistake War Disclosure Britishers Kill Countrymen Sinking O[?] Submarine

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:--That the misreading of a submarine's title caused British gunners to kill 19 of the crew of a British submarine…

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Tragic Mistake Cost Nineteen Lives War Episode Only Now Disclosed LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 7

Misreading a submarine's title caused British gunners to kill nineteen of the crew of a British submarine and receive…

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30,000 MASSACRED China's Civil War Two Years' Fighting Shanghai

Northern Star · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 5

Terrible conditions exist as a result of the two years' civil war in Kansu province. An official report from the commander, General Lu, from Lanchow,…

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Wounded in Chest Constable's Narrow Escape COROWA

Northern Star · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

Mounted Constable A. Taylor was shot in the chest last night when he surprised a man who, it is alleged, was attempting to enter the residence…

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Returned Soldiers Coraki Sub-branch Annual Meeting

Northern Star · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 11

The annual meeting of the Coraki sub-branch, of the R.S.S.I.L.A. was held at the club room on Wednesday. Mr. E. T. Sheridan (president)…

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A Beer War Sydney Thirsts Benefit

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--During the past week, Sydney has experienced a beer war, glasses of beer being sold m many city and suburban hotels at 4d, while…

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Beer War in Sydney Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 7

During the past week Sydney has experienced a beer war, glasses of beer being sold in many city and suburban hotels for fourpence, while mugs…

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