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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Stand Firm and Fight Attitude of Soldiers League

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 June 1926 · page 4

Another large gathering of members attended the special meeting of the Griffith Soldiers League on Wednesday night. The main business of…

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Soldiers' Memorial Gardens Plans for Police Buildings

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 1

In view of the strong desire of the public to sec the old police buildings removed from the present site in Marrow-street so that the land may become C. C. LAZZARINL."…

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Birthday Honors Long Australian List Recognition of War Work Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 2

Birthday Honors conferred by His Majesty the King, which were announced to-day include several knighthonds and orders of the…

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Soldiers' Art Union To be Discussed SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 1

AMONG THE motions set down for consideration at the Annual congress of the Returned Soldiers' League is one to the effect that the…

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"Help, Murder!" Woman Wounded in Street She Denies That the Accused Injured Her Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 5

In the Central Police Court to-day Norman Clifford Austin, aged 28, a one-legged musican, was committed for trial on a charge of having…

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Federal Budget Surplus Paid Into Trust Account. Small Net Surplus Remaining Departmental Economy and Reduction of War Debt MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 2

The Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, delivered his Budget speech to-day, the delivery occupying 75 minutes. The following is the financial position…

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War Homes. Heavy Federal Cost

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 3

Figures shoving the heavy expenditure and losess on war-service homes in the Commonwealth were quoted by the Treasurer on Wednesday, In…

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War Secretary Dead New York

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 1

Mr. Weeks, War Secretary in the Harding and Coolidge Cabinet, died on Monday, after a long illness…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 3

A meeting of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League was held in the Mechanics' Institute on Friday evening last, at which there…

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Cronulla Tragedy. Nicholls Not Returned Soldier. Statement by T.B.A. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 1

Officials of the Sailors and Soldiers T.B. Association deny that Charles Nicholls, one of the victims of the Cronulla tragedy, was a returned…

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War Trophies

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 2

The captured guns presented to the Yanco Irrigation Areas were placing in their permanent position on the concrete base in Chelmsford…

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Visit to Japan. First German Cruises Since War Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 4

The German training cruiser Hamburg arrived at Yoko[?]ama this morning. This is the first German warship to visit Japan since the outbreak of…

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War in the Woods

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 4

Is the British squirrel doomed? The red squirrel which has been a familiar figure in England for ages, and probably roamed its woodlands before the…

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What Was Wasted Enormous Cost of Great War

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 4

Victor Berger, a Socialist member of the U.S.A. Legislature, lately figured out the waste of the recent war in the following terms:—…

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W.C.A. and Soldiers Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 1

The Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Baddeley, informed the Returned Soldiers. League, "It is not considered likely that employers…

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Melbourne Memorial Impressive Anzac Square to Be at Top of Bourke Street Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

The Victorian Cabinet has approved of a scheme for making an impressive Anzac Square at the top of Bourke-street in front of Parliament House…

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Combine Against War Lloyd George's Remarkable Warning

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 1

LONDON.—A striking warning to youth to combine against the war was issued by Mr. Lloyd George in a speech at the world convention of the…

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Last on List Value of Legal Profession War Office Day Dictum Living Wage Standards

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 8

At the Standard of Living Commission on Thursday a hard word was said about the legal profession. Mr. K. W. Street, who represents…

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Soldier Settlers' Appealss Against the Determination of the Irrigation Commissionss

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 3

In the Land and Valuation Court, sitting in Sydney on Wednesday, 14 inst, before Mr. Justice Pike, reference was made to the appealss…

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Post-War Depression Drawing to an End Opening of Tasmanian Parliament. Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 1

The Governor's speech at the opening of the Tasmanian Parliament stated that there was every reason to hope that the period of post war…

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