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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

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Three Arrests Political Gun War Nationalists v Communists Hamburg Shootings

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 3

BERLIN, Tuesday:--Three arrests have been made in connection with the murder of Henning, a Communist member of the Hamburg Municipal…

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Aid. Starr takes the War Path Again Trenchantly Criticises Quality of Councils Brains

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 2

Quite the old martial spirit of former years prevaded the Council meeting on Monday afternoon, when Aid. Starr introduced his motion for an…

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Infamous War Criminal Dies

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 2

A refugee for eleven years from Allied and German justice, a notorious German submarine officer has revealed, only by his death, his…

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Ferdinand Bought. Early War History. Berlin

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 4

There was a sensation in the Reichstag when a communist quoted from allegedly official documents showing the German Government in…

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Prisoners Riot Four Shot Down Seven Buildings Burnt Soldiers Called in

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 3

JOLIET (Illinois), Wednesday: Dramatic and tragic scenes were enacted in the new state prison to-day, when 1,800 convicts, taking…

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French War Loans Compensation for Bondholders?

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:--Mr. F. W. Pethick-Lawrence (Financial Secretary to the Treasury), in the House of Commons, answering a question, said that…

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Bought for £1,250,000. Bulgaria's Entry Into War

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 8

BERLIN, Thursday.--There was a sensation in the Reichstag when a Communist, quoting from allegedly official documents, showed the German…

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Sensation Caused. Bulgaria's Entry Into War. Did Germany Pay ?

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 2

BERLIN, Thursday.--There was a sensation in the Reichstag when a Communist, quoting from allegedly official documents, showed that the German…

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BULGARIA "Paid to Enter War" Reichstag Allegations Paris

Northern Star · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 7

There was a sensation in the Reichstag when a Communist, quoting from allegedly official documents, showed that the German Government in 1915…

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No Dictatorship. Returned Soldiers' Decision

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 2

PERTH, Friday.--The West Australian executive of the Returned Soldiers' League declined the Australian Flying Corps Association's request to summon…

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Fierce Fighting Indian Frontier Afridis Attack Troops 4 KILLED; 7 WOUNDED

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Saturday:--One British and three Indian soldiers were killed, and one British officer and six British and Indian soldiers…

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To End War World Disarmament Britain's Hopes Geneva Conference London

Northern Star · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 5

The Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Arthur Henderson), in a speech at Hull this evening, said that the Great War had convinced…

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Stands for Unity of Australian People Returned Soldiers' League. "Real Nationhood"

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sunday:--"Perhaps in the dark days of our present circumstances there will be, one flashing beacon which points the…

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General Elliott War Hero Passes a Leader of A.i.f

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 5

Major-General H. E. Elliott, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., D.C.M., of Prospect Hill-road, East Camberwell, who died early on Monday of hemorrhage,…

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Mullumbimby Ex-soldiers

Northern Star · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 4

At a meeting at Mullumbimby on Tuesday night it was agreed that an auxiliary consisting of relatives and friends of returned soldiers be formed…

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Anzac Day Meeting of Committee

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 12

Anzac Day commemoration was discussed at Thursday night's meeting of the returned soldiers' committee, in charge of the arrangements, in the club…

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Situation Grave Fighting in India 100 KILLED; 500 Wounded Calcutta

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 7

The latest reports from Cawnpore reveal a very grave situation. Very fierce fighting in the streets up to this morning resulted in a hundred killed…

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War Debt Loan Proposed to Wipe It Out

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 1

Mr. Scullin has already announced that negotiations were in progress in regard to some alteration in the terms of the war debt owing to the British…

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Fertile Banana Lands Bilambil Soldiers' Settlement Despoiled and Restored a Survey of a Community's Vicissitudes

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 2

Having surveyed the flourishing landscape of a decade ago, could a visitor, were he to see Carool today, visualise the desolation that had intervened following the advent of bunchy top ?…

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Returned Soldiers Auxiliary Body Formed

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 3

At a meeting held at Mullumbimby on Tuesday night it was agreed that an auxiliary body, consisting of relatives and friends of returned…

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