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The wars & local soldiers, 1933

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Wounded Dignity. FOSTER, M.L.A., INDIGNANT

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 1

"Hansard" is not usually regarded as a comic cut, but the last copy to reach us contains the following extracts…

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Plea for Coastal Defence Australia's Impotence in War

Western Age · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 3

Mr. E. F. Harrison, U.A.P., for Bendigo, during the debate on the defence estimates, said that the defence force of Australia, in the international…

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Tragic End of Captain Throssel, V.c. 'My Old War Head"

Western Age · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 3

Captain Hugo Throssell, V.C. was found dead on Sunday with a wound in is temple. A revolver was lying nearly. He left a note which read: "I…

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Returned Soldiers Meet Donations From Ball Receipts

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 8

A committee meeting of the Trangie sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. was held at the School of Arts on Tuesday. 14th but It was stated that the…

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War Is Massacre

Western Age · Friday 1 December 1933 · page 3

Declaring that "war nowadays is massacre" Brigadier-General Crozier said that a general strike should immediately follow a threat of war. "If…

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Germany and War Willing, but Ill-prepared

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1933 · page 3

An Australian, just back from a Continental tour, during which the spent three weeks in Berlin and other German towns, writes in an interesting…

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Carruth[?] War Valued for Pro[?] £19,000 Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1933 · page 1

The estate of the late Sir Joseph Carruthers has been valued, for probate purposes, at £19,000, which is bequeathed to his widow and children…

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Blind Soldier To Contest Labor Selection Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1933 · page 1

Thomas Gibson, a blinded returned soldier, of Thirroul, has decided to oppose Mr. Lazzarini in the selection for a Labor candidate to contest Werriwa…

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Anzac Day Service. Service at Dawn Not Favored by Trangie Diggers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 8

A general meeting of members of the R.S.S.I.L.L.A., Trangie sub-branch was held at the School of Arts on Monday last to deal with a notice of…

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No War in Europe Sir Horace Rumbold's Statment

Western Age · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 2

Sir Horace Rumbold, interviewed said he did not think another war would occur in Europe in the near future, because he was perfectly…

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Bread War Starts at Darlinghurst Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1933 · page 1

A bread price-cutting war started between two bakers' shops at Darlinghurst this morning, one disposing of bread at 2 1/2d per loaf or two loaves for…

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Whiff of the War Retired Governor Dies

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1933 · page 1

Field-Marshal Oskar von Potiorek, in whose motor car the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated at Sarajevo, died on Tuesday at Klagenfurt…

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This Empire The War Didn't Alter the Map So Much as Some Shopkeepers Do

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 December 1933 · page 1

A CONTRIBUTOR to a London journal makes some comments:—I have been round the shops looking for Empire goods, and have…

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Soldiers League

The Western Herald · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 3

The financial members of the Returned Soldiers League now number 15,250, the highest total in the leagues history…

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Can We Prevent War? Three Ways to Minimise It

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1933 · page 4

The prevention of war is theoretically possible, but extremely difficult. Its roots are deeply embedded in our institutional fabric, and in the habits…

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