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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

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Storekeeper Killed Wife Wounded Innisfail (Q.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

A masked man last night broke into a store at Daradgee, fatally shot Charles Fava, the owner, through the head, and wounded his wife. The man…

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City Gun Duel Man Mortally Wounded in Crowded City Street

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 12

After two men had fired at each other in William Street, City, at 6.30 p.m. on Monday one of them Frederick Roberts, 35, fell mortally…

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War Debts Conference at Lausanne London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 1

All the powers concerned are now agreed to the British suggestion that the international Reparations Conference should be held at…

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Man Who Ended War Now a Policeman His Own Story of Raid

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

The man.who ended the War—the forgotten subaltern who captured the Hindenburg Line-defence plans and so enabled the allied armies to crash…

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Was the War Worth While?

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

At the big pavillion on Sunday night Evangelist Lawson in an eloquent manner addressed a large congregation on the question of…

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Live Shell in Theatre Pre-war Type Sensation in Military Circles Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

While sweeping out the Capitol Theatre early this morning a cleaner received a shock when his broom struck a shell. The military…

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Wool Brokers' Charges 100 Per Cent. Over Pre-war Rate Reduction Sought Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 6

The president of the Graziers' Association (Mr. F. H. Tout) said to-day that representatives of the wool grawors had been endeavoring for…

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Mr. Lloyd George Writing War Memoirs Cancellation of War Debts London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 1

Mr. Lloyd George, interviewed at Southampton after his arrival from Colombo, stated that he had been writing his war memoirs on the…

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War Debts Britain's Debtors Forgiven 70 Per Cent. Remission By U.S.A. 18 Per Cent. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

Speaking at a luncheon on board the liner Strathaird, sister ship to the Strathnaver, which recently visited Australia, Mr. Alexander Shaw, a…

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South African Soldiers and Bridge Opening

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 2

Fifty South African soldiers have been invited to take part in the military parade at the opening of the Sydney Harbor Bridge on March 19…

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War's Tragic Balance-sheet Slate Should Be Wiped Clean London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 1

An article in "Popolo d'Italia," which has been widely quoted, is attributed in some quarters to Signor Mussolini. The writer of the article…

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War Debts Payments Will Lapse Sir E. Benn's Opinion London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

"The next time you have a war, for God's sake leave the money marker alone," exclaimed Sir Ernest Benn at the Individualise luncheon…

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Soldier Settlers Request To Government to Write Down Indebtedness

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 21

The largest meeting soldier settlers on the irrigation areas for several years at Griffiths on Thursday night unanimously decided to…

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Returned Soldiers Full Preference

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 13

Considerable significance is attached to a statement by the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr Archdale Parkhin) that the new Government would…

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Reparations, War Debts, and Armaments

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 2

The other Say the German Chancellor (Or. Bruening) informed the British Ambassador in Berlin (Sir Horace Rumbold) that Germany was…

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Sir Henry Lawson a Distinguished Soldier SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

A distinguished soldier and administrator, Lieut-General Sir Henry Merrick Lawson, K.C.B., arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning from…

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Sir Henry Lawson a Distinguished Soldier Tribute to A.I.F. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

A [?] soldier and administrator, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Merrick Lawson, K.C.B., arrived in Sydney yesterday morning from New…

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"A Super Soldier" Tribute by Commanding Officer

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 2

Brigadier-General C. H. Brand, Quartermaster-General, who commanded the 4th Brigade, of which Captain Jacka was an officer, in a tribute to…

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Captain Jacka, V.C. "A Super Soldier" Dies

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 1

Captain Albert Jacka, the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross in the Great War, died in the Caulfield Military Hospital on Sunday morning…

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