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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

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General Higgins Warm Welcome Home London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

More than 20,000 men and women attended the Salvation Army celebration of Founder's Day at the Crystal Palace. General Higgins, the Leader,…

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Allies Come to Agreement on War Debts France and Britain in Harmony. Parliaments Must Ratify Final Adoption Depends On America

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 4

Full agreement has, practically, been readied at Lausanne among the Powers on the questions of war debts and reparations, says the British…

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M.i.a. Soldier Settlers Deputation to Minister

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 2

A deputation representing returned soldiers who are settled on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation area waited on the Minister for Agriculture…

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British War Loan More Than One Half Converted London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 July 1932 · page 2

The remarkable progress which has been made with the conversion of the 5 per cent. war loan was described by the Chancellor of the Exchequer…

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Woman Wounded Bullets in Head and Breast Discovered by Search Party Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1932 · page 2

The woman who was found near Cobar with a bullet wound in her head and another below the left breast, has been identified as Muriel Boyd,…

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Lausanne Conference Statement by Prime Minister To House of Commons Reparations and War Debts London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1932 · page 1

Both floor and galleries in the House of Commons were packed when the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) mad his statement on the…

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Appointment of Head Gardener Petition to Council Action by Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1932 · page 2

The committee of the Wagga subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League at its last meeting passed the following resolution:—…

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Man and Woman Found Wounded in Bush KATOOMBA

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 July 1932 · page 1

On Wednesday night Madeline Baylis, 18, was found with a wound in each-cheek, in addition to a serious nose wound, which will probably…

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Sensational Affair Man and Woman Found Wounded in Bush Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1932 · page 1

There was a sensational affair in the bush at Katoomba Last night, when Madeline Bayliss, aged 18 years, was found with a wound in each…

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Anzac Memorial Statuary Objected to by Archbishop Sheehan "Crucifixion of Civilisation" SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1932 · page 1

A sensation was caused by the Catholic Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (the Most Rev. Michael Sheehan) deelining to be present at the laying…

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Anzac Memorial SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 July 1932 · page 2

It is disclosed that a letter by the Anzac Memorial Trust to the Coadjutor Roman Catholic Archbishop, [?]tor Sheehan will express regret…

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Reparations War Debts Next and Reduction of Armameits

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 July 1932 · page 1

In last issue of the "Express" appeared the first cabled news of the ratification by Lausanne Conference of an agreement to suspend the…

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British War Loan Bane of England Conversion London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1932 · page 1

It is estimated that over £100,000,000 of the war loan has been converted at the Bank of England, apart front the Poet Office holdings…

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Football Maher Cup Will There Be War?

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 July 1932 · page 2

The 'Tumut Advocate in its last issue ways:—"Last night a crowded meeting of member and players of the Tumut Football Club and the…

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Anzac Memorial Foundation Stone Laid Governor and Premier Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1932 · page 2

In the presence of a huge crowd the Governor (Sir Philip Game) and the Premier (Mr. Stevens) laid the foundation stone of the Anzac Memorial…

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Items of News Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 July 1932 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Wagga sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will be held in the Soldiers' Hall to-morrow night. Mr. D. T…

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In War and Peace Jim Sharpe's Work Appreciated Walter Brown's V.c. Also on Honor List

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 July 1932 · page 4

Presentations were the order at one of the best Smoke Socials held by the Diggers in the Memorial Hall at Leeton on Wednesday night…

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Anzac Memorial Foundation Stones Laid

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 July 1932 · page 11

Two foundation stones of the Anzac Memorial Building, in the south- east comer of Hyde Park, facing Liverpool Street, were laid on Tuesday…

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War Debts Hearst Press Hostility

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 July 1932 · page 4

The Hearst press (U.S.A.) is conducting a campaign of hostility to what it terms a "crooked conspiracy of European confidence men bent…

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