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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

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Diggers' Get-together For Anzac Day

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 3

Dubbo Sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. held a meeting in the Mechanics' Institute last night, principal business being the arranging, for Anzac…

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Avenue of Trees to Lead to Memorial Institute Returned Soldiers' League's Splendid Scheme

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 7

A splendid scheme, and one that will meet with universal endorsement was that submitted to last Council meeting by…

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Civic Reception To Digger Chief Anzac Memorial Appeal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1934 · page 6

"I know that my faith in Australia will not be let down, and that Dubbo, despite its small response to date, will play its. part…

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Anzac Day Telegrams

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 2

The Postal Department has issued a special coloured telegram form for use on Anzac Day. It is exceptionally well got up, and will make…

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Postal Arrangements— Anzac Day

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 2

The following arrangements will be observed at the Wellington Post Office on Wednesday, Anzac Day. —Open 9 a.m. .to 10 a.m. for the…

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Methodist Church Anzac Memorial Service [?]rring Address

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 3

[?] memorial service was con [?]the Methodist Church last [?] the Rev. R. E. S. Taylor [?]ate hymns wore sung, and…

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Anzac Day Lest We Forget, Wednesday's Celebration

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 2

ON Wednesday next the imm[?] deeds of the Anzaes will be ho[?] ed throughout the civilised [?] and in Wellington the eivilsed[?]…

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Anzac Day Celebrations

The Western Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

Anzac Day which falls on Wednesday (tomorrow) will be celebrated in Bourke in the usual manner. Prior to the service at the Memorial…

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The Lesson of Anzac

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 2

To-morrow (Wednesday) will be Anzac Day! At dawn, the Men of 1914-18, in Dubbo and District, will meet at the…

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Aussie—and Anne an Anzac Story

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 4

1914 1924! 1934! Anticipation! Realisation!! Damnation!!! Memories—memories—misery—the…

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The Spirit of Anzac

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

AS undying as the glorious deeds of the Australian forces during the Gallipoli campaign, and in the subsequent encounters in Flanders, is the…

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Anzac Dinner Saturday's Celebration Largely Attended

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 3

The I.O.O.F. Hall, Gilgandra, was the scene of a happy and convivial evening on Saturday last, when the annual…

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Strong Criticism of Anzac Memorial Appeal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

A motion to donate £2/2/- to the Anzac Memorial Fund was not favorably received by Council on Tuesday night. Ald. Macdonald…

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Names Taken At Anzac Re-Union Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 1

During an Anzac dinner re-union in a cafe at McLean, the police sergeant informed the gathering that it was committing a breach of the law…

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Anzac Day Celebrations in Wellington a Day of Remembrance

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

ALTHOUGH nineteen years have passed, the Spirit of Anzac lives to-day with the same keen reverence us it did on the first anniversary of…

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Spirit of Anzac Policeman's View The Commissioner's Rebuke Maclean

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 1

During the Anzac dinner in a-cafe at Maclean a police sergeant informed the gathering that it was committing a breach of the law by consuming liquor…

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War on Noxious Weeds

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

The Coonamble P.P. Board decided to accept the offer of a resident to clear both sides of the Castle reagh River from Coonamble to…

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Anzac Day Celebrations Civic Demonstration of Thanksgiving Large Gathering Pays Homage

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 4

Nineteen years ago yesterday, just before the first grey streaks of dawn heralded the approach of another day, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp[?], composed of the flower of Australia's manhood, effected their famous landing on the…

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"Lest We Forget!" The Futility of War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

The utter futility of war, and the self-sacrifice and courage of the Anzacs, who fought and gave their lives so that sanguinary conflicts…

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Soldiers' Meet Annual "Smoko" A Happy Function

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 5

THE Wellington branch of the R.S. S.I.L.A. held as annual smoko in the School of Arts Hall last night, and it was just as successful as the…

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