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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Trangie Soldiers' Memorial. Soon to Be Erected

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1926 · page 2

The movement for the erection of a suitable memorial to the Trangie lads who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War has at last arrived at a…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 2

A meeting of the Narromine Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held as the Town Hall on Saturday evening last. The chair was occupied…

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Dunedoo War Memorial

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 7

A public meeting decided to build a handsome show pavilion, costing, approximately, £1200, on the Dunedoo Show Ground, as a war memorial…

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If War Came. Control of Pacific Oil or Impotence

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 2

A modern war could not be carried on for twenty-four hours without petrol. Yet in time of war, either a war upon our own coasts or…

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How War Relics Are Faked

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 3

A careful observer who has visited many of the world's great battlefields declares that the greater part of the mementoes, of which there seems to…

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If War Came. Conteol of Pacific. Oil or Impotence. No. 3

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

A modern war could not be carried on for twenty-four hours without petrol. Yet in time of war—either a war upon our own coasts or war elsewhere…

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Soldiers' Re-union. Getting on with Memorial Gates

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

Owing chiefly to the presence of Wirth's circus in town the attendance at the quarterly social meeting of soldiers on Saturday night was not…

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Soldiers Meeting. the Memorial Gates

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

In the unavoidable absence of the President (0r. G. Fitz Hill) Mr. J. S. Hughes (Vice-president) was in the chair at a special meeting of the Dubbo…

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Wellington District Soldiers' Memorial. Should Be Completed Early Next Year

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 September 1926 · page 7

During the latter end of 1920 steps were taken by Mr. M. McLeod and others to erect a monument in Cameron Park as a fitting tribute…

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A Relic of the War Wooden Vessels Destroyed. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 October 1926 · page 2

Two wooden vessels, formerly owneded by the Commonwealth Government, and built during the war, which were sold to a syndicate, were…

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Soldiers' Memorial Sheep Drive

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 2

The result of the sheep drive on behalf of the Soldiers' Memorial at Trangic, mast be very gratifying to the prometers, and certainly [?] credit on…

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Soldiers' Memorial Hall

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 2

Subscribers and those interested in the proposed Soldiers' Memorial Hall are invited to attend a meeting to be held in the open-air Picture Theatre on…

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Trangie Soldiers' Memorial

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

At a meeting of the Trangle Soldiers' Memorial Hall Committee presided over by Mr. W. J. Ferguson at the imperial Hotel, the architect (Mr. J…

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Limbless Soldiers

Western Age · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 2
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

The Limbless Soldiers' Art Union, the Greet Austral No. 8, closes on NOVEMBER 11th, Armistice Day, and it is a fitting opportunity for the…

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Trangie Soldiers' Memorial

Western Age · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 2

At a meeting of the Trangie Soldiers' Memorial Hall Committee presided over by Mr. W. J. Ferguson at the Imperial Hotel, the architect (Mr. J…

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Letter to the Editor. Oil War. "Foreign Companies have not merely been content with bleeding our country white—they have become so certain of themselves as to attempt to dictate; the policy of this country."

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1926 · page 3

This is what Dr. Page said regarding the question of oil, in opening the annual Conference of the New South Wales Country Press Association. He…

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Limbless Soldiers

Western Age · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 2

The Limbless Soldiers Art Union, the Great Austral No. 3, clock on November 11th, Armistice Day, and it is fitting opportunity for the…

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Returned Soldiers' Congress Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 6

At the first session of the Congress of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League a motion was carried urging that steps be taken to…

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Returned Soldiers Congress

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 8

At the first session of the Congress of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League a motion was carried urging that steps be taken to bring…

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