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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

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Returned Soldiers Meeting of Gular Branch

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 8

A meeting of the Gulargambone sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League was held at the office of Messrs…

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Russia Warns Japan If War Should Come

Western Age · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 3

At the Moscow Communist Congress, the Commissar for War, M. Voroshiloff, warned Japan "That war against us will be long…

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Soldiers' Memorial Prince George to Open It Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

At a meeting of the Anzac Memorial Committee, of which the Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) is chairman, and the leader of the Opposition, Mr. J. T…

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Real War Tactics Vienna

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 1

The Prussian severity with which rebel Socialists are being treated by the Government was made all too apparent to-day when a badly-wounded…

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Austria's Civil War Streets Blood Red Socialists' Fierce Fight Vienna

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 1

Vienna is in a state of civil war. Apart from the capital itself, fierce battles between the Socialists and the Government forces are still raging in…

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"Anzac" Replies to "O.t." (To the Editor "Western Age")

Western Age · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

Sir,—"O.T.," in condemning our young men for getting about in creams and open-neck blouses like their sisters, shuts his eyes to obvious facts…

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The Kangaroos Welcome Home! Fremantle, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 1

The Australian Rugby League team arrived to-day, after the tour of England. The manager (Mr. W. Webb)…

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Strikers Wounded Civil Guards Called Out Bilbao (Spain)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 1

There was a sequel tp the searching of suspects for arms and bombs when a general strike, accompanied by violence, broke out necessitating the Civil…

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Wellington Annual Show and Clash with Anzac Day Matter Again Discussed by Executive

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 3

Executive of the Wellington P H. Society met at the sec[?] office on Friday night last, the President, Mr. E. L. Killen,…

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Reckless Motorist Toll of Dead and Wounded Rome

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 1

Sixteen persons were killed and 11 injured at Leghorn, when a railway motor coach crashed into a train crowded with holiday-makers…

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Fanners and the Tithe War

Western Age · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 4

The British countryside recently was aflame with the great tithe war, or revolt of the farmers against paying one-tenth of the produce of their…

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War Inevitable in Austria Says Socialist-democrat Leader

Western Age · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 3

The Austrian Socialist-Democrat lender, Dr. Bauer, declares that whether the Minister for Public Safety. Major Fey, succeeded in restoring…

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War Hero Fallen on Evil Days London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 1

John Lawless, who on July 29, 1918, sank a German submarine single-handed, was fined £1 for defrauding the Labour Exchange by receiving benefit…

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Bread War Mentioned in Court A Dubbo Baker Charged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 4

Mention of a bread war, coupled with the alleged efforts of other bakers to put a price-cutting rival out of business, was made in the…

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Memory Stars An Appeal for Soldiers' Memorial

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 10

The following letter from Mr. L. A. Robb, State President of the Returned Soldiers' League, who is acting as honorary campaign…

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Diggers Meet Anzac Day Arrangements

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 6

A meeting of Dubbo sub-branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A. was held on Wednesday night, when the roll call was answered by Messrs. D. McLeod, W…

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Timely Topics for Women Anzac Memorial—two-shilling Stars the New Season's Glamour Styles in Spectacles Sydney, March 11

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 8

One has only to we the Jack of determination on the face of Mr. L. A. Robb, president of the Returned Soldiers' League and honorary organising…

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Boomerang Week. Welcome Home

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 March 1934 · page 2

TO-DAY is the commencement of Boomerang Week. In the public mind it will represent the culmination of weeks and months of…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 9

A meeting' of the Eumungeric subbranch of the R[?]rned Soldiers' League was held in the hall on Friday night last, the president (Mr…

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War Almost Inevitable Says Lord Hartley Simultaneous Attack on Russia

Western Age · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 2

According to Lord Hartley, war in the Far East within one or two years is almost inevitable. He declared that already there was…

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