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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Burial of Returned Soldiers Imperial Grant Sought Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 5

Representations are being made by the Returned Soldiers' League to the Imperial Government for a grant to cover funeral expenses of ex-Imperial…

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Australian Soldiers Most Handsome in the World London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 4
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Sir Thomas Legge, lecturing on "Physical Beauty" at the Society of Arts today said that the most handsome men the world had ever seen…

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Rhodesian Railways Strike for War Allowance Tourists Inconvenienced Cape Town

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 1

The running staff of the Rhodesian railways has demanded restoration of the monthly war allowance of £3. The men waited for heavy rains to make…

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Limbless Soldiers Aquatic Club Appeal

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 12

At the usual citizens committee meeting held at the Hotel Australia on Tuesday afternoon last a novel suggestion was made to…

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Woman Wounded Husband Remanded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

David Owens, aged 47 years, laborer, was remanded for a week at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having feloniously wounded…

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Returned Soldiers No Space Provided Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 1

The returned soldiers are complaining of the alleged failure of officiate who organised the Cenotaph ceremony to-day to provide space for them…

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Returned Soldier’s Death. Mr Dave McDonald

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

We deeply regard to report the death of Mr Dave McDonald to [?] wick Hospital, Sydney, on Monday night About is [?]…

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Military Research Implements of War Improved London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 1

A memorandum issued by the Minister for War, Sir Laming Worthington Evans, discloses that research during last year led to greater accuracy and…

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War Secret Revealed Plague As Lethal Weapon German Scheme London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 3

Sir Berkeley Moynihan, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, speaking at the Authors' Club to-day, disclosed a war secret…

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Fighting Spirit Mr. Hughes Addresses Soldiers "War Still On" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 1

Mr. Hughes, M.H.R., speaking at the Lane Cove Soldiers Club last night, remarked: "You have all been in the Great War. There has been…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 2

The Wagga branch of the R.S.L., held its annual meeting last night, and Mr. J. A. Harrison was elected president. Mr. R. Hutchinson, State…

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Anzac Memorial Hyde Park Site Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 3

Officials of the Returned Soldiers' League have expressed their gratification at Parliament approving of the Hyde Park site for the Anzac…

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Britain and U.S.A. Great English Speaking Nations. No Possibility of War London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 1

Addressing a meeting of Conservatives to-day, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Sir William Jayason Hicks referred to the Kellogg Pact…

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Old Soldiers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 2

Old Soldiers don't die. There is an adage that they fade away, but they dont: They live on, arid on and on. Napoleon still…

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Limbless Soldiers' Aquatic Club Appeal

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 3

At the usual citizens committee meeting held at the Hotel Australia on Tuesday afternoon last, a novel suggest was made to assist the…

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Soldiers' Pensions Legislation this Session

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 5

The creation of a Commonwealth Soldiers' Pensions Appeal Board is proposed in a bill which will be submitted to the Federal Parliament…

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Championship Tug-of-war

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 4

Following the success of the recent tug-of-war tournament at the health carnival, the Wagga Ambulance has decided to hold a district championship at…

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Ladysmith Ex-soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 4

The committee of the Ladysmith Soldiers' Memorial Hall met recently. The president, Mr. S. Wild, presided. It was resolved that the president of…

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War on Capitalism Aims of the Soviet

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 4

"So long as capitalism exists we must and shall go on taking measures of physical annihilat on against (that is, go on shooting) persons dangerous…

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