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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

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Troop Train Disaster Crashed To'bottom of 100 Soldiers Killed Oran ([?])

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 1

Owing [?] of the track. [?] train, consisting of 31 carriages, carrying 510 officers and men of the Foreign Legion, crashed to the…

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Federal Parliament House of Representatives Mentally Affected Soldiers Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 1

Replying to a question by Mr. Rosevear (Lang Lab., N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Marr) said…

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Man Found Wounded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 4

Rupert Watts, aged 32 years, was found in his home, it Belmore last night suffering from gashes to both wrists, legs, sod throat. There was a…

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Burra Man Thinks 'Cousin Cassie' Is Right “War Is Horrible” (To the Editor)

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 September 1932 · page 2

Dear Sir,—Hats off to “Cousin Cassie,'' who in your issue of August 29th, has this to say concerning war, viz.—"It has been proved that…

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Soldier Settlement Revision of Indebtedness Versus Reappraisement (To the Editor of "The Daily Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 September 1932 · page 4

Sir,—Kindly grant me space to, place before the general public, and soldier settlers in particular, my plan for the general reorganisation of…

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Soldier Settlers Representation on Land Boards Minister's Reply to Deputation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1932 · page 6

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A. for Wagga, has received a letter from the Minister for Lands (Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw) on the subject of the…

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Soldier Settlers Representation on Land Board

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 2

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A. for Wagga, has received a letter from the Minister, for Lands (Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw) on the subject of the…

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Argalong Welcome Home

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 3

Quite a good crowd turned up at Mr. Tom Hilly's welcome—home from South Africa, whither he sojourned for two or three years with his uncle…

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Rules for the Next War

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 7

A new world war will kill off surplus labor. This obviously is the easiest way of solving a difficult problem; it is so much easier to start a…

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War a Crime French Attitude German Demands Cause Anxiety PARIS

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 2

"War is collective crime. How can one teach children the art of killing." asked the Prime Minister of France (M. Herriot) in a speech on the eve…

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The War Still Takes Its Toll Death of Mr. Clem Newman

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 3

Tho sad news was telephoned to Leeton last night, that Mr. Clem Macintosh Newman had passed away, aged 44 years, in the Randwick…

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Soldier Settlers (To the Editor, "Daily Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 3

Sir,—Mr. Attenborough, in his letter appearing in "The Daily Advertiser" of September 19, asks for an endorsement of his views on reappraisement…

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Youth Wounded Death in Hospital Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 1

Basil Sykes, aged 17 years, of Abbotsford, died in hospital to-day from a bullet wound in the shin. It is alleged that Sykes received a…

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Wagga Returned Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 2

A general meeting of the Wagga sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will be held in the Soldiers' Hall to-morrow night. A full…

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Land Reappraisement Our Member and the Soldier Settlers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly last week, on the question of Land Re—appraisement and Soldier Settlers our Member, Mr. M. F. M. Ross,…

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Terrorist Outrage Sir Alfred Watson Wounded Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 1

Sir Alfred Watson, editor of the Calcutta "Statesman," was shot at and wounded by a terrorist while being driven in a motor car round the…

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Peace or War? League Op Nation’s Crisis

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 1

Mr. Wickham Steed, an authority on European polities, who is now special correspondent at Geneva for the London “Sunday times,” In the course of…

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Anzac Memorial Criticism of Statuary Mr. Hoff Replies to Archbishop Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1932 · page 1

The sculptor of the Anzac Memorial, Mr. G. Rayner Hoff, replying to-day to the criticism of the memorial by Archbishop Kelly, said: "It is a…

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Wagga Returned Soldiers Carnival Arrangements

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1932 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Wagga sub-branch of flip Returned Soldiers' League was held last night in the Soldiers' Hall. The president (Mr. G…

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Soldiers' Carnival Many Novelties

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 October 1932 · page 13

At a meeting of the Soldiers' Hall last night, final arrangements were made for the Soldiers' Carnival to be held during Fire Brigades Week on…

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