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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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Libyan Coast Road Importance to Italy During War

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 5

ROME, Saturday:-- The possibility of the transfer of AirMarshal Balbo, Governor-General of Libya to a more, congenial…

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6 KILLED, 16 INJURED - Soldier Kicks Live SheH

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 6

PARIS, Saturday:--A Moroccan battalion, after preparing a camp for manoeuvres, was returning to barracks when one of their…

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Excursions to Sydney. for Anzac Day

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

To enable country people to visit the city for the commemoration of Anzac Day, the Secretary for Railways sends word, that return excursion tickets at…

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Anzac Day Commemoration in Lismore Arrangements Made

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 12

Arrangements for the commemoration of Anzac Day in Lismore this year have been completed by an organising…

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Anzac Ball

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 4

Murwillumbah Diggers' Anzac Ball Committee are busy preparing for their big annual function. The ball, which has been established as an…

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Anzac Commemoration TENTERPIELD

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 6

Departing from the usual practice of holding the special Anzac Day service at the Memorial Hall, Tenterfield branch of the Returned…

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Gen. Pershing Urges Preparedness Anniversary of America's Entry Into War

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 8

NEW YORK, Monday:--General Pershing, in a statement on the 20th anniversary of America's entry into f the World war, said: "Again war…

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Belgian Independence Guarantee Likely Most Important European Move Since War Sounds Deathknell of Locarno LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 7

ONE of the most far-reaching changes in European politics since the war will be announced shortly, when England and France will make a declaration guaranteeing…

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Mystery Bullett Wounded Man

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 7

William Monteith, 52, a carrier of Berry, was walking through the bush when he was mysteriously shot in the shoulder by a bullet,…

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Sold As Scrap Iron Folkestone's War Souvenirs

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday:-- Deciding to sell the town's war souvenirs as scrap iron, Folkestone Council accepted 226 per ton for…

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Severe Rebel Defeat Completely Surprised by Govt. Forces Fortunes of Civil War in Spain

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday:--Details of the battle of Villaharta, according to a Valencia message, indicate that it is so far the most severe rebel defeat on this front. The climax came in an encircling movement at Mt. Chimorra, completely…

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Australian Soldiers As Bearers Funeral of Bishop Radford

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: -- Bishop Crotty, a former Bishop of Bathurst, and Bishop Harmer, formerly of Adelaide, assisted a representative of…

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Returned Men at Mullumbimby "The Story of Anzac" Essay Competition For School Children

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 4

Arrangements, in connection with the Anzac Day essay competition being conducted by Mullumbimby Sub-Branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A…

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War Memories Grave and Gay

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 16

Mr. H. R. Williams, formerly a sergeant, and later a lieu[?]enant in [?] 56th Battalian, A.I.F., who has written one the best Australian war…

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Anzac Day in London Coronation Troops March to St. Paul's and Cenotaph

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday:—Anzac Day will be commemorated by an impressive ceremonial. The Australian and New Zealand coronation…

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Abbey Prior Dead War Injuries in German Army

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 6

Dom William Henle, Prior of the Benedictine Abbey at Buckfast, Devon, has died in St. Thomas's Hospital, London, at the age of 50, as a result…

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Anzac Day Plans for Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 2

Arrangement for the "Anzac Essay" competition being conducted by the Mullumbimby branch of the Returned Soldiers' League were approved at a…

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Betting Shops Will Be Open on Anzac Day Adelaide

Northern Star · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 7

The betting shops will remain open on Anzac Day as the Betting Control Board considers that the soldiers distress fund will benefit more by the…

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"Conducting War Atrociously" Dean of Canterbury Condemns Franco

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 5

TOULOUSE, Saturday:-- "General Franco is conducting the war atrociously," said the Dean of Canterbury, Interviewed at Toulouse…

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Anzac Ball

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 4

On Wednesday night of next week, Murwillumbah Diggers stage their annual Anzac Ball. This function is keenly anticipated each year by…

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