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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

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Returned Soldiers’ Act Extensive Discussion at Local Government Conference Motion for Repeal of Section 95 Defeated by 75 to So

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 4

Delegates attending the Local Government Conference at Goulburn on Wednesday morning vetoed a resolution having for…

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Dingo Drive One Shot; Another Wounded All-night Sitting at Tickle Back

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 4

Owing to the depredations of dingoes on sheep flocks at Wee Jasper, a dingo drive was held on Coodravale yesterday week. One large…

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Lord Milne Arrival at Sydney War Possibilities Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 1

Field Marshal Lord Milne, the first official Centenary guest to reach Australia, arrived to-day. In an interview he expressed the opinion that there…

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The Councils Conference at Goulburn Preference to Soldiers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 3

The Local Government Association's conference at Goulburn rejected, by 75 votes to 50, a motion for the repeal of section 95, clause 3,…

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U.S.A. and Japan Aeroplanes for War General's Suggestion Washington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 1

Brigadier-General William Mitchell, a retired army officer, informed the Aviation Commission to-day that the most dangerous enemy of the United…

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British Guns Sold to Foreign Powers Mr. Henderson's Complaint Labor and War London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 1

"What is more hideous than seeing in a public park a gun inscribed on one side 'Captured from the Germans' and on the other side that the makers…

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He Was a War Leader Paul Goldenstedt, the U.a.p. Candidate for Darling

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 5

Writing of Goldenstedt, the U.A.P. candidate who put up a great fight for the Darling electorate at short notice, a pressman says:—…

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"Death Ray" Astonishing Experiment New War Horror Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 1

The military experts experimenting with a "death ray" to-day accidentally turned it on the villagers who were…

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British Labor Attitude to War "Dangerous and Foolish" London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 1

Describing the Labor conference[?] attitude towards war as incredibly dangerous and foolish, the Secretary for war (Lord Hailsham), speaking at…

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Prince Henry at Perth Opening of Anzac House Great War's Legacy Alliance of Hussars and Light Horse PERTH

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 4

Despite a heavy day yesterday Prince Henry arose early this morning and, before 9 o'clock, was prepared for a long day of official duties. He first visited the Perth Public Hospital and chatted individually with the returned…

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Civil War Outbreak in Spain London

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 1

A state of civil war exists in Spain. The catalonians have declared a separate republic, and have clashed with the Government forces…

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Civil War in Spain Many Hundred Dead MADRID

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 2

Martial law has been proclaimed in Spain to deal with the situation which practically amounts to Civil War. Fighting is occurring all over…

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Civil War Fierce Outbreak in Spain Catalonians Declare Independence Strikers and Rebels Harry Government London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 2

A state of civil war exists in Spain. The Catalonians have declared a separate republic and have clashed with the Government forces. There has also been an uprising throughout the country, particularly in the Asturias where…

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Civil War Fierce Outbreak in Spain

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 3

A state of civil war exists in Spain. The Catalonians have declared a separate republic and have clashed with the Government forces. There…

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Assassinated! King Alexander, of Yugoslavia French Foreign Minister, Too Two Others Wounded PARIS

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 October 1934 · page 1

King Alexander, of Yugo-Slavia, and French Foreign Minister, M. Barthou, were assassinated at Marseilles to-day while driving through cheering…

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Preference to Returned Men Municipal Conference Hostile

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1934 · page 7

A question which considerably ruffled the Local Government Conference at Goulburn when under discussion, and has been much talked of…

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War on Grasshoppers

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1934 · page 1

The grasshopper meance is steadily encroaching on this district, and reports to hand show that the pest is daily increasing in numbers…

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Europe Horror-stricken at Double Assassination King Alexander of Jugoslavia And French Foreign Minuter French Officials Wounded Greatest Calamity Since 1914 Angry Crowd Lynches Assassin Fear of European Repercussions PARIS

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1934 · page 1

King Alexander of Jugoslavia and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs (M. [?]rthieu) were assassinated at Marseilles to-day while driving through the cheering crowds which Had assembled to welcome King Alexander…

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Civil War Veteran's Death

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 October 1934 · page 3

William Harry Shephard, 89, a resident of Hay since 1870, was found dead at his home on Thursday. He was a pensioner of the United States,…

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Left £10,000 for Soldier Son Reported Missing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 October 1934 · page 3

A grant of £10,000, which had been set aside by a father in the hope that his soldier son, who had been reported missing, would return to…

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