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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

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Soldiers' Hall New Lease Granted

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 October 1932 · page 13

On the recommendation of a joint meeting of the Finance and Health Committee the Wagga Council on Thursday night decided to grant the…

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British War Loan 92 Per Cent. Converted London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1932 · page 1

The war loan conversion offer, which had been open since July 1, closed tonight, £1,920,000,000 having been converted, leaving £165,000,000, or 8 per…

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The Spirit of the Anzac

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1932 · page 2

With the passing of the years the numbers of those gallant men of the Australian Imperial Force, which played such a magnificent part on all…

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Japanese Ex-soldiers to Farm in Manchukuo Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1932 · page 1

About 450 ex-soldiers, commanded by a retired colonel, left for Manchukuo to take up farming in the neighborhood of Sanheing. Before…

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Soldier Pensions Councillor's Motion Arouses Anger Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1932 · page 1

At the Collingwood Council meeting last night Councillor Marshall moved that the council should not employ any returned soldier drawing a pension…

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Austrian Soldier's Death Mysterious Malady No Sleep for 15 Years Budapest

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1932 · page 1

Cornelius Szekely, who was wounded in the head on the Austrian front in 1917, puzzled the doctors owing to the fact that he never had a moment's…

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District News Boree Creek Soldiers Memorial Hall

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1932 · page 1

At the annual committee and public meeting of tie Boree Creek Soldiers Memorial Hall, a very satisfactory balance sheet was read…

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Soldier Pensions Council's Motion Arouses Anger

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 October 1932 · page 6

At the Collingwood Council meeting on Tuesday night Councillor Marshall moved that the council should not employ any returned…

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Welcome Home Bishop Of Wagga Address From Clergy and People

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 October 1932 · page 8

Following his arrival home on Saturday morning after six months spent in visiting the Eucharistic Congress and Rome, His Lordship the Bishop…

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Returned Soldier's Carnival

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 October 1932 · page 3

The Venetian Carnival opens on Tuesday night at 7.30 p.m., and continues nightly up to Saturday night. Much interest is centering in the…

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A War Mystery Solved

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 2

Sixteen years after the battle of the Somme of July 1, 1916, the mystery of the unexpected opposition by the Germans has been cleared up…

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Anzac Park a Wilder Ness Our Beautiful Area Let Run Wild

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 2

Gundagai prides itself with being one of the most picturesque towns in New South Wales, and on having scenery unequalled by any other…

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Wagga's War Memorial Arch

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 1

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Returned Soldiers Venetian Carnival Successful First Night

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1932 · page 3

The first Venetian carnival conducted by the Wagga sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, assisted by the Women's Auxiliary, in aid of…

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Amusements Returned Soldiers' Venetian Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1932 · page 7

Despite the inclemency of the weather, there was a fair attendance at the returned soldiers' carnival at the esplanade last night. There was fun…

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In Five Years Another Great War Britain Must Keep Out of It Great Journalist's Views

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 4

Mr. J. R. Garvin, in a striking editorial in the London "Observer," on Franco-German relations, says that the present situation is as sinister and…

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War Debt To Britain Payment Again Postponed Canberra

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 4

Advice has been received from Mr. Bruce, in London, that pending settlement of the general question of Britain's war debt to the United. States,…

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Amusements Returned Soldiers' Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 2

There was an increase in the attendance at the returned soldiers' carnival last night. The stall holders resorted fair business, the housie housie…

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Returned Soldiers' Carnival Stocking Parade to Night

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 1

The carnival conducted by the returned soldiers of Wagga on the banks of Wollundry Lagoon has been unfortunate in regard to the weather…

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Prisoner Shot Attempted Escape Twenty-three Wounded Montgomery, (Alabama)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 5

A convict was killed and 23 others were wounded by gunfire in the prison here to-day when 16 when attempted to escape. A general uprising…

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