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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

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Wagga Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting Mr. J. A. Harrison Re-elected President

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Wagga sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held at the Empire Ha;; last night…

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Naval Conference Security From War Not Security in War Why Disarmament Is Opposed London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

Major P. Malone, M.P., in a speech, said that people must not expect the Naval Conference to result in substantial reductions in the Navy estimates…

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War Pensions Appeals

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 3

The tribunal for the financial year, 1928-29, states: -- The first sitting of the tribunal took place at the Victorian branch of the…

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Technique of War How It Is Developed

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

Writing on the technique of war in the December number of the "National Review," Rifleman remarks that the technique of war is…

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War Graves Work of Commission Jerusalem Memorial London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 1

The publication of statistics in the tenth report of the War Graves Commission shows that on March 31. 1929, 874 cemeteries were completed in…

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Grim Story of War Skeletons Found in Cellar British Secret Service Agents London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A grim story of the war has been unearthed at Warsaw. According to newspapers, three skeletons were recently discovered in a cellar, and have…

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War Cemeteries

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. W. Leonard, inspector of schools of the Albury district, who recently returned from a trip to Europe, speaking at a Rotary luncheon at Albury,…

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Woman Wounded Interference in Quarrel Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

Noticing a man and a woman bitterly quarrelling in Collins Street, city, tp-night, Miss Heldah Lane, aged 25 years, who was passing with friends…

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Tower of London Fire in Soldiers' Quarters London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

A bugle alarm aroused sleeping troops in the Tower of London early this morning, when a fire occurred in the cookhouse. Hundreds of firemen rushed…

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Federal Bombshell Prime Minister Washes His Hands of Coai Would Not Be Party to Civil War Methods Coalfields, He Says, Are Solely Within the State Constitution and Jurisdiction Canberra

The Daily Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

"In so far as the proposals made at the conference called in Sydney to discuss the coal dispute has involved entire disregard of the…

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Man Fatally Wounded Bullet Ricochets From Water Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 2

When a bullet ricocheted from the water in George's River to-day Leslie Abbott, aged 24 years, of Campsie, was struck in the thigh. He was taken…

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Safety Razor Blades War Office Contract London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 2

The War Office contract for safety razor, blades has for the drat time been given to a British firm. Previously the contract was carried out in America…

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Haymarket Shooting Gallery Man Fatally Wounded Employer Charged with Manslaughter Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

David Hamilton, aged 42 years, of Redfern, was fatally wounded in a shooting gallery at Haymarket this evening. Alfred James Mackay, the…

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Haymarket Shooting Gallery Man Fatally Wounded Employer Chargd With Manslaughter SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

David Hamilton, 42, of Redfern, was fatally wounded in a shooting gallery at Haymarket last night. Alfred James Mackay, the owner is said to…

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Bullet in Heart Soldier Lives Six Months a Remarkable Case London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

An official report dealing with the health of the personnel of the British Army reveals a remarkable case of a .22 calibre bullet lodging in a soldier's…

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Returned Soldiers Thirty to Be Dismissed From Postal Service Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 1

Thirty returned soldiers employed by the Postal Department at Central Square, Sydney have been served with notices of dismissal, to take effect from…

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Woman Wounded Fracas in House Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 3

In a disturbance in a house at Kensington to-night Mrs. Ruby O'Sullivan was shot in the head and is now in hospital in a serious condition…

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Why French Soldiers Wore Red Trousers

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 9

Among the picturesque details of life which have disappeared since 1914 must be included the red trousers of the French soldier. They were worn…

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War Pensions 272,631 RECIPIENTS £80,904,984 Expended

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 3

Expenditure on war pensions, from the inception of the scheme in 1916, to June 30, 1929, amounted to £80,904,984, according to the annual…

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