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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Limbless Soldiers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 2

The Limbless Soldiers' Art Union, the Great Austral No. 3, closes on November 11th, Armistice Day, and it is a fitting opportunity for the…

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A Referee and a Man Parody on "A Soldier and a Man."

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 7

A referee stood on a fitha' field Wi' his whusslo in his hand, And shouted the skin-lifters to come on,…

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Soldiers of the Cross Festival

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 October 1926 · page 2

Yesterday at Christ Church the annual festival of the Soldiers of the Cross was held. It incorporated the patronal festival of the Church, under…

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Germans Arrive First Since the War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 4

The first German migrant ship that bus sailed to Austraia since the war arrived at Melbourne last week. She was the Norddeutscher Lloyd…

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Martial Law. Shanghai in Ferment Lines Pulled Up and Train Wrecked War Statemate Continues SHANGHAI

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

It appears that not only students, but also unemployed men were among those who attacked the police station, where a large amount of arms and…

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Limbless Soldiers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 1
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser, The Tumut and Adelong Times

The Limbless Soldiers' Art Union, the Great Austral No. 3, closes on November 11th, Armistice Day, and it is a fitting opportunity for the public…

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Soldier Settlement

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

Apart from adminstration expenses, the actual losses of the Closer Settlement Board are small, according to the official report of…

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Returned Soldiers' Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Wagga sub branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia will be held in the Empire Hall…

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Helping the Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

In addition to their many useful activities in Wagga, the Wagga branch of the Country Women's Association [?] arranged to assist the disabled…

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Wagga War Memorial

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 2

The Major of Wagga, Ald. E. E. Collins, has received from Messrs Anselm, Odling and Sons, of Sydney, the contractors for the Wagga War…

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Government Control of Cost of Commodities Proposed. Land Agents Registration Bill Introduced No Repeal of Soldiers' Preference Act Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 2

The State Assembly got down to business to-day with the introduction of the Land Agents' Registration Bill, while notice was given of the Government's intention to introduce a measure to prevent unreasonable control…

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Soldier Settlement. Considered at Wagga R.S.A. Meeting Reunion and Poppy Day

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1926 · page 3

The President of the Wagga branch of the Returned Sailons and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia occupied the chair at the monthly meeting held…

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Correspondence Oil War (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 2

Dear Sir,—"Foreign companies have not merely been contest with bleeding our country white—they have become so certain of themselves…

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Limbless Soldiers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The Limbless Soldiers' Art Union, the Great Austral No. 3, closes on November 11th, Armistice Day, and it is a fitting opportunity for the public…

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Hugh J. Ward's Work. Tribute by Returned Soldiers Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1926 · page 4

The New South Wales Returned Soldiers' League has paid a high tribute to Mr. Hugh J. Ward. It says: "No other citizen in Australia has…

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Helping the Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1926 · page 2

Mesdames A. Raleigh and W. M. Hammond, in conjunction with the Wagga branch of the Country Women's Association concluded the sale…

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Limbless Soldiers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1926 · page 2

The Limbless Soldiers Art Union the Great Austral No. 3, close on; November 11, Armistice Day, find, it is a filling opportunity for the…

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