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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

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The Next War Abyssinia And Italy. Will Britain Be Towed In?

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 July 1935 · page 2

Since the failure of the mission of the Minister for League of Nations Affairs (Mr. Anthony Eden) to Rome when Signor Mussolini rejected his…

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PREFERENCE To Returned Soldiers Obligations of Councils

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 July 1935 · page 1

The obligations of municipal and shire councils respecting the administration of the Returned Soldiers’ employment Act were referred to by…

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Returned Soldiers' League Monthly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Narandera subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held on 6th July, there being present Messrs. E. S…

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Returned Soldiers’ Euchre Party

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 5

A very successful euchre party and dance was conducted by the Ganmain, sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League in Garrick’s Hall on Saturday…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers Obligations of Councils

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 3

The obligations of municipal and shire councils respecting the administration of the Returned Soldiers' Employment Act were referred to…

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Possibility of Averting Abyssinian War Italian Ambassador Believed to Have Proposed a Solution Free Hand to Suppress Slavery British Declaration Eagerly Awaited LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 1

The diplomatic world continues to be absorbed in the problem of averting in Italian-Abyssinian war. Although strictest secrecy is maintained, the Italian Ambassador in London (Signer Grandi) is believed to have tentatively…

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Wagga's War Trophy

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 10

For some time past there has been feeling in Municipal and R.S. and S.I.L.A. circles that the mounted gun should be removed from its close…

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Italian Native Soldier Stoned Further Abyssinian Incidents Rome Opinion Hardens War Believed the Only Solution Concentration of Troops Rome

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 1

A notable hardening of Italian opinion concerning the Abyssinian position has occurred in the past 24 hours, due to new incidents in…

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Bastille Day Celebrations in Paris Several Wounded in Riot PARIS

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 3

Two hundred thousand people participated in the Red March celebration of the taking of the Bastille, to-day. They came from all parts of…

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Six Killed in Riots in Belfast Bombs Explode in Street Fifty Houses Wrecked Police Hesitate to Fire on Mob Troops in War Kit Belfast

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 1

At least six persons, including two women, have been killed and 140 wounded as a result of the riots which occurred following the…

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War Horrors and League of Nations Governor's Warning Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1935 · page 4

"Failure to build an impregnable barrier against war will mean inconceivable horrors," said the Governor (Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven)…

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Ceding of Territory by Britain U.S.A. Interested What of War Debts! Washington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1935 · page 4

The suggestion which was frequently made a year ago, that Britain might pay her war debts by the transfer of insular territory to the United States,…

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Abyssinian View "War to the Death" Country Will Never be Subdued Mandate Idea Rejected Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1935 · page 4

Mr. Tecla Hawarist, the Abyssinian Ambassador and delegate to the League of Nations, declared to-day that Abyssinia will…

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Preference to Soldiers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 July 1935 · page 2

When the question of appointing an auditor came in for discussion at the meeting of the Yass Council on Monday evening it was held that the…

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Twelve Italian Soldiers Dying Daily From Intense Heat Aden

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 1

Intense heat is reported from Eritrea, where an many as 12 Italian soldiers are dying daily. Large numbers of sick troops are being…

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Soldiers-story

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 2

Francis Yeats-Brown, author of Paramount's The Lives of a Bengal Lancer," coming on Saturday, July 27, to the Arcadia theatre, was for…

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Tumut Park Improvements Acrimonious Discussions Returned Soldiers Seek Memorial Park And Ask For Dedication Of Lower Park Request Acceded To Town Band Want £250 Grant For Rotunda And Practice Room Request Turned Down

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 6

The peaceful calm and serene atmosphere that mostly hovers about the Tumut Shire Council meetings was disturbed on Tuesday last during the discussions on Park improvements, and, awakened suddenly by the emphatic remarks of fellow Councillors, their…

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No Change Of Anzac Day

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 July 1935 · page 8

With only 15 of the 232 delegates present dissenting the 20th annual conference of the Victorian branch of the Returned Soldiers' League…

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War To The Death

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 July 1935 · page 4

In a statement at Paris, the Abyssinian Ambassador in London said that a conflict between Italy and Abyssinia would be a war to the…

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"Simple" Check for War

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1935 · page 4

Sir Thomas Holland (principal of Edinburgh University and an eminent on metallurgy and minters propounded a scheme for…

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