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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Limbless Soldiers' Art Union Closing Days

Western Age · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 2

"Age" readers are reminded that the closing days of the Limbless Soldiers Art Union are at hand. The organisation is sound, and last year the…

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Donald Grant and the Soldiers Refutation of Old Charge

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 2

The statement alleged against Donald Grant in relation to the Australian soldier's who had given their lives in the great War is emphatically denied…

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Buy! Buy! Help the Disabled Soldiers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 2

This is the last week of the Disabled Soldiers' splendid little shop in Gray's Buildings' Talbragar-street. All descriptions of ornaments, made from…

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German Verge Trust. Explanation of Interest to Soldiers

Western Age · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Mr. Davison, representative of the Returned Soldiers League on the German verge Trust, submitted an informative reports to a recent meeting of…

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Armistice Day. Unveiling Ceremony. Soldiers' Re-union

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 8

At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, when the Great War ended, the soldiers lined up over many hundreds of miles…

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Soldiers Foregather

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 8

In the evening some 30 to 40 soldiers gathered at a dinner, followed by a smoke concert in the lounge room of the Royal Hotel, the Patron of the…

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Letter to the Editor. Returned Soldier and Some Rabbits

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 8

Dear Sir,—At the instigation of the [?]stures Protection Board, I was to-day [?]ned £3 with £2 2s solic[?]tor's costs, in [?]fault of payment 14 days in g[?] I…

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Soldiers' Re-union. Armistice Night Celebration

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 17 November 1925 · page 4

The Dubbo sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League celebrated Armistice Day by a dinner and re-union at the Royal Hotel,…

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The Soldiers' Memorial

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1925 · page 3

"A soldier's mother" asks: "How long ago is it since the monument to our fallen soldiers was illuminated at night?" We are sorry to say we…

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Is the Great War Killing Our Birds?

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 November 1925 · page 2

Round the coast of England the seabirds are still dying, their plumage soaked in oil; but we now learn that they are probably paying with…

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In Aid of the Soldiers' Memorial

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 2

An impromptu race meeting was held at Gin Gin at the week end in aid of the Soldiers' Memorial fund. A good lay's sport resulted, and although there…

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My Life Story (Republished from the Photoplay Magazine; Released by Fox Film Corporation through courtesy of the Publishers.) Tom Volunteers for His First War and Fight in Cuba

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 November 1925 · page 7

Now it was just about here that the Spanish-American war broke out and that was the biggest thing that ever happened in my life. I don't…

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Limbless Soldiers' Art Union

Western Age · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 2

The full prise money, £5,555, in the Limbless Soldiers' Great Austral No. 2 Art Union is to be given, and there will be no postponement of the…

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Soldier Settlers. Responsibility for Rabbit Destruction. Defaulting Government Asked to Assist

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 6

The position of the Wollombi soldier settlers, whose holdings were overrun with rabbits principally because…

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War on Religion. Sovietizy Mexico

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 4

The war against religion in Mex-ico is more than a religious war. It is a social war. Its protagonists have more in mind that the mere…

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Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League. New President Elected

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 2

Mr. G. W. Browne presided at a committee meeting of the Dubbo branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. last Friday night…

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How to Secure War Service Homes

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 7

The secretary of the R.S.S.I League, Sydney, issues the follow ing information in his monthly circular:—…

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Random Readings. Famous Soldiers' Ages

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 3

Napoleon was forty-five at Waterloo and never reached the sixties. Marlborough was sixty-two at Oudenarde, and by no means in his dotage at…

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His War Wound. Remarkable Story

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 December 1925 · page 3

A curious divorce suit, described by Mr. Toose as the most extraordinary that had ever come before the Court, was heard before Mr. Justice…

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