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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

540 stories in Riverina's papers · page 24 of 27

Limbless Soldiers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 8

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

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Royal Visit Arranging Details to See and to Be Seen Children, Soldiers and Settlers Considered MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 2

The date and duration of the visit to the States and also to the Federal Territory of the Duke and Duchess of York, having now been definitely fixed…

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Senator Shot Another Seriously Wounded Pistol Fight in Mexican Senate Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 2

Senator Henshaw shot and killed Senator Eapineza in a pistol fight in the Senate lobby to-day, Senator Henshaw is probably fatally wounded…

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"To Do For Someone" Divorce Court Evidence Bloodlust Aroused by War Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 6

When Rosa French petitioned for a divorce from her husband, John French, on the ground of desertion, she told on extraordinry story of his alleged…

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Japan and War National Preparations the Practice of Secrecy

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 8

"It is often stated that the military party in Japan is discredited and impotential, says Mr. A. Morgan Young, the editor of the "Japan Chronicle,"…

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The Richest Woman OVER £30,000,000 From the War

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 6

The story of Mrs. Youe Suzuki, a little Japanese woman, who was taught merely to minister to her husband and to look to her household…

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To War Scenes "On This Sacred Day Our Minds Revert" London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 2

"In this sacred day our minds revert to the war scenes. We see again the long lines of men in the flower of their youth, enthusiastic…

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Notable Englishwoman Lady Cecil Visits Wagga Fine Record of War and Migration Service Interesting Address at Civic Welcome

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 1

Lady Cecil, C.B.E., vice-president of the Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women, arrived in Wagga yesterday and was tendered a civic reception at the Town Hall by the Mayor and Mayoress…

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Limbless Soldiers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 7
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

The announcement of the approach of the drawing date for the Limbless Soldiers' Great Austral No. 3 Art Union, should be regarded by those…

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Nanking Threatened Reds Make Headway North versus South War SHANGHAI

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 4

Nanking, the first Yangtse River port of General Sun Chuan Fang's base, and the connecting tink between the Peking and Shanghai railway, is…

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War on Governor Attorney-general's Report Dramatic Developments Likely SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 4

It is likely that the Legislative Assembly will shortly be called upon to decide whether or not the Imperial Government should be…

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Welcome Home Victorian Test Cricketers Eager Crowds at Station Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 November 1926 · page 4

Two thousand people enthusiastically welcomed Woodfull, Ryder, Ponsford, Grimmett, and Richardson, who arrived by the Sydney express, at Spencer…

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War Tanks Extraordinary Array Manoeuvres in Mud Field Terrors of Future Wars LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 November 1926 · page 2

A sea of Flanders' mud, for realism, and 1916 types of war scarred tanks, as anachronisms, amid a bewildering array of modern mystery monsters, was the…

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Twelve Killed Explosion of War Grenade London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 2

A Rome message states that 12 persons were killed when a buried war grenade exploded at Trentino…

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The Naviators War of the Future Navies in the Pacific An Imaginative Book LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 2

In a book, "The Navigators," just published, the author, Mr. E. F. Spanner, sets out to show that the present navy could be wiped out by means of…

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Limbless Soldiers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 3
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser, The Tumut and Adelong Times

The announcement of the approach of the drawing date for the Limbless Soldiers' Great Austral No. 3 Art Union, should be regarded by those…

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New Shire Award. Preference to Soldiers and Union Members

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 4

A schedule of new rates of pay and conditions governing the Shire Council Employees Union was made available on Monday…

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