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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1931

55 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

Latest Cable News Another War

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 7

A war in the western hemisphere is reported with an eight-hour battle between Bolivian and Paraguayan troops in the disputed frontier zone…

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War in Heaven

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 2

The following address by Archdeacon Pike was delivered on Sunday evening at Christ Church, Queanbeyan:— “There was war in heaven”…

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War Memorial to a Pigeon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 3

There is a very touching “memorial” to a war pigeon in the United Services Museum, Whitehall, London. The brave messenger was wounded early in…

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Dail Meets Soldiers and Police Guard DUBLIN

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 1

Police placed a cordon around Dall to-day, when the Constitution Amendment Bill was introduced Soldiers with fixed bayonets and…

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Sydney’s Bread War 2lb, LOAF 4d Delivered Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 1

The bread war has broken out afresh. The Peoples Bakers’ Association, which has support of the Housewives’ Progressive Association, containing a…

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War Memories Rooster's Warning of Suez Canal Attack

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 4

Gelnera Denogalis, a Venezuelan, who commanded a Turkish division in the world war, in bis memoirs of "A Soldier of Fortune," just…

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Denial of Sweated Labour in Sydney’s Bread War Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 1

Miss Portia Geach, president of the the Housewives Progressive Association, says there is no truth whatever in the statement that her association…

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Soldiers' Pensions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 2

In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. James asked whether it was the Government's intention to continue its policy of ruthless reduction…

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The Soldier’s Bible and Almanack

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 3

Many years ago, a soldier was detected playing cards in in church. At any rate, he had the cards before him during the service. As he refused to put…

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Shot Dow Italian War Acf’s Fate Berlin

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 1

The newspaper “Voerwartz,” publishes a sensational story, declaring that Lauro Debosis, the famous Italian war ace, who flew over Rome last…

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Bank Hold-up Gangsters Foiled One Killed, One Wounded Re[?]iste Critically Injured St. Louis (U.s.a)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 1

One of the most heroic, but tragic frustrations of a bank hold-up occured here, when Gregory Dowling, 29-year-old vice-president of the…

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War on Unemployment

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 1

Australia does not want citizens who are sleeping partners in the prosperity drive, but partners who are wide awake, partners who…

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War Story Recalled Capture of German Plans

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 4

Because he captured the German plans of the Hindenburg line of defences, the London "Sunday Express" describes Lieutenant J. Rollings, who…

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Britain's Load of War Debt

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 6

When answering to the House of Commons a question about the funding of the Italian and French war debts to Great Britain, the…

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War Debts President Hoover’s Suggestion Withhold Payment of Instalments WASHINGTON

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 1

Declaring that debtor nations cannot pay. Mr. Hoover has asked Congress to provide temporary adjustments in war debts. He suggested, that provision for…

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