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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1926

22 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Shocking Fatality at Weetangara Premature Explosion of Gelignite. Returned Soldier the Victim "Died from injuries accidentally received on the 31st of January, 1926, through the premature explosion of gelignite which he was preparing to use for an unlawful purpose, to wit, the destruction of fish in the Molonglo River, in the territory of the Seat of Government of the Commonwealth of Australia."

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

Such was the verdict recorded by Mr. Coroner Gale at the conclusion of an inquest held by him yesterday afternoon at the Courthouse,…

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French Wool Buying Post-war Expansion

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd, write:—French operators have certainly been the wizards of this season's wool market. From abroad constant…

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Returned Soldier's Death

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 2

At Cooma on Tuesday, Mr. Adams, P.M., held an inquest concerning the death of Edward Thomas Wilson whose dead body was found on the…

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Anzac Service

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 3

A speical Anzac Service will be held in St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Queanbeyan, on Sunday next at 7.30 p.m. The Municipal Band…

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War Relics How Diggers Collected War Museum

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 5

When Australian diggers began assiduously to collect war trophies things usually happened. Once they turned in two old pieces of cannon…

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Anzac Day Services

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 2

Next Sunday, being Anzac Day, Rev. S. J. West will conduct services of an appropriate character in Christ Church. The service at 11 a.m. will…

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Anzac Dinner at Hotel Canberra

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 2

Canberra Branch of the R.S. and S.I.L. of Australia held a re-union dinner at the Hotel Canberra on Anzac Eve (Saturday last). It was…

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Anzac Day Memorial Service at Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 7

It is some years since a public memorial service in honor of the heroes who fell in the Great War was held in Braid wood until Sunday last…

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Telegraphic News Sydney Monday, 12 noon. Anzac Day

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 2

The anniversary of the landing of the Anzacs on Gallipoli was observed with impressive services yesterday. A large gathering attended the united…

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Anzac Memorial Service (To the Editor of the "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 6

Sir,—Would you kindly allow me a few lines regarding the Anzac Memorial Service. I think it wise to get in first with an explanation before…

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Queanbeyan Age Tuesday, April 27, 1926 Anzac Day Commemoration Services

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 2

Sunday was a day of remembrance. The magnificent and heroic deeds of eleven years ago, and the self-sacrifice of the the fighting forces of…

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How Australian Ironmasters Helped Australia During the War. Ii

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 3

Some little time after the war broke out, there was a world-wide shortage of ships, Every ship that could be utilised for the transport of…

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War Memorial Museum

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 2

Mr. Bowden in the House of Representatives asked the Minister representing the Minister for Home and Territories: What is the present…

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Oil War Threatened

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 2

Should the companies and interests associated with the American Oil Trust increase the priced of petrol in Australia by 2d a gallon to…

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Soldier Settlement

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 7

Mr. Justice Pike delivered judgment at Griffith en Saturday regarding the soldier settlers' indebtedness on their holdings. His Honor held that the…

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If War Came Control of Pacific Oil or Impotence. Iii

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 6

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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No greater story of love and war was ever unfolded on the screen than "The Dark Angel." Classic Pictures, Saturday, 2nd October

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

A number of members of the Sydney Master Builders' Association passed through Braidwood on Tuesday on their way from Canberra, via…

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Chinese War

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1926 · page 7

By its resistance, extending over 32 days, the city of Wuchang held up the advance of the lied army, proving a serious check to the Canton…

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Civil War in China. Thousands of Dead Unburied Shanghai

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1926 · page 2

After having been shut up within the walls of Wuchang for 36 days, thousands of the inhabitants are dying of starvation, disease and wounds…

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China's Civil War Shanghai, 7th October

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 3

Efforts to rescue Rev. Freeman Davies, the Australian Missionary, who was seized by bandits, have so far been fruitless, owing to floods…

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