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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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Sewed on Buttons Padre Who Was Useful. Some Good Stories of War and Peace

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 3

"Tommies" were critical of podres during the, war, but on the whole they were good judges of character. A good fellow was Idolised while those who…

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Sewed on Buttons Padre Who Was Useful. Some Good Stories of War and Peace

Western Age · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 1

"Tommies" were critical of padres during the war, but on the whole they were good judges of character. A good fellow was idolised, while those who…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Committee's Decision Re Trees. Completion Funds Appealed For

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 2

At a meeting of the abovementioned committee, held on Wednesday night; an important decision with regard to the Memorial Avenues was arrived at…

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The Proposed Flight. Returned Soldiers to Ask State Government for Grant. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 6

At a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League it was decided to ask the State Government for a grant of £3000 in connection with the proposed flight…

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Letters to the Editor. the Soldiers' Memorial

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 9

Sir,—The Committee of the Dubbo and District Soldiers' Memorial has directed me to seek your assistance in raising an additional £300 towards this…

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Soldiers' Memorial Committee Makes Appeal. Money Wanted to Complete The, Work

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 3

Faith in the patrlotism of the; people and a' desire to see the monument to that honored dead worthily completed, has prompted "the Dubbo" Soldiers'…

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Our War Liability

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 2

According to the annual report of the Repatriation Commission for the year ended June 30, 1926, the number of pensions in force was 252,600, involving an…

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Impersonated a Dead Soldier. Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 August 1927 · page 8

Van Haig Mar, (39), who was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for shopbreaking in Melbourne, told the judge that for some years he had…

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Newspaper War Methods in U.s.a. Service for Readers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 5

The population of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., is getting excellent service from the newspapers of that town. There is a lively contest between the…

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Brother of a Soldier Schoolboy's Patriotism. Earned Money to Give to Memorial

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 6

Little Joe, the schoolboy brother of a soldier, knows how to be patriotic. He sent along to the secretary of the Soldiers' Memorial appeal (Mr. G. W…

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Returned Soldiers Move. Premier Guarantees Aviators Against Loss. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 6

This morning members of Returned Soldiers' Association interviewed the Premier to ask him for a grant of £3500 in connection with the proposed…

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War Service Homes

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 August 1927 · page 2

The local branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors League has received a communication from headquarters to the effect that as a…

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Repatriation. Greater Than War Cost. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 2

Dr. Earle Page, Federal Treasurer, told the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League that the Government since the war had expended on…

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Earle Page's Appeal. Repatriation Greater Than War Cost. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 2

Dr. Earlc Page's address at the Congress dinner of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League appealed for the revival of the public…

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Lang and the Soldiers' Congress. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 2

Premier Lang, in opening the annual State Congress of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, said he did not think there was an organisation in…

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Newspaper War Methods in U.s.a. Service for Readers

Western Age · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 3

The population of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., is getting excellent service from the newspapers of that town. There is a lively contest between the…

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Undesirable Aliens. Action by Returned Soldiers. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 6

The Returned Soldiers' Conference carried a resolution viewing with concern the entrance of undesirables into Australia, and requesting the Federal…

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Cost of War

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 3

Colonel Henke, a well-known German authority on war and economies, published recently a remarkable study of the cost of war. He shows…

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The War in China. Shanghai

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 8

The situation is so serious in Nanking, that foreigners are hurriedly evacuating the city. A panic has stricken the Chinese, who are fleeing…

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Language Painful. Vice-Consul of Italy Writes to Returned Soldiers' League. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 6

At a meeting of the Executive of the Returned Solders' League last night letter was read from the ViceConsul for Italy, Signor Mario Carosi,…

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