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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

808 stories in Riverina's papers · page 28 of 41

Australia and War Mr. Lang's Policy Labor Support Not Unanimous

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 3

Although the Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. Lang) has held several meeting in opposition to Australia's participation in any war…

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"Under Threat of War" Says Archbishop Mowll Danger of Conflagration Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 1

"We have met under a threat of war. Probably war would have broken out weeks ago if it had not been for the League of Nations," declared the…

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Civil War Risk

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 1

Sir Percival Phillips, special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Addis Ababa, says that an Abyssinian statesman described Baron…

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Soldier Settlers Conference at Orange Government Help Outlined by Mr. Main ORANGE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 4

Officially opening the conference of returned soldier settlers here to-day, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) said that the Government had…

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British Soldiers Don’t Want War

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 6

Strong anti-war feeling exists in the British Army, according to Colonel K.B. Tennent, of Auckland, the official New Zealand representative…

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Returned Soldiers Governor Opens Conference Orange

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 1

The annual conference of the Returned Soldiers' League was opened by the Governor (Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven) to-day…

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Items of News Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 4

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

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Returned Soldiers Preference Act Abolition Urged at Local Government Conference SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 4

The Local Government Conference to-day carried a motion asking the Premier to amend the law which gives returned soldiers preference in local…

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Our Open Column. Tumut District Soldiers' Memorial (To the Editor)

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 2

SIR,-I much regret that I was unable to attend the public meeting called to consider the above, or the subsequent meeting of the commit…

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Abyssinia Convinced War is Certain International Commission Presence Wanted to Determine Aggressor Frontier Activities Impressive Letter Sent From England to France LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 1

Abyssinia is now convinced of the inevitability of war, though she is determined that she will not fire the first shot. She has asked the League of Nations to immediately despatch by air the suggested International Commission to…

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Pitched Battle Husband Wounded and Wife Killed New York

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 1

Mrs. Sophia Crempha, 40 was killed, and her husband, John Crenpa, a Belgian war veteran, was wounded 4o-day in a pitched bottle with…

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Returned Soldier's League

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 3

The state Congress of the Returned Sailors and Solders Leagues sitting at Grange unanimously defeated a motion to change the name of the…

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May Be No War This Year Italy's Risk Of Being Declared Outlaw Nation League Decision Acclaimed One of Greatest in History LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 1

The League oft Nations Council decision to invoice Article 15 of the [?]ant, which provides that the Council shall draw up its[?] report and recommendations after conciliation has failed, is generally acclaimed as "one of the…

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War

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 3

Not war! No! No! Not yet, not yet. Why we have not even begun to forget. The last war's scars are not e'en healed…

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War Incident Strange Story

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 1

The author of the “Christmas Truce” of 1024 died in Aberdeen last month. He was Dr. J. Esslemont Adams,…

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Will There Be War?

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 2

Under the above heading Miss Aileen Alpen, well known to many residents of Riverina and now living at Cracow, Poland, contributes on another page…

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War Mania Mussolini's Mad Outbreak LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 1

Mussolini's latest statement is ominous. "I have reflected well. I have calculated all. I have weighed everything," he told the Rome…

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“Every Available Man Would Be Sent” If War Breaks Out Says Labor Secretary Albury

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 2

The organising secretary of the State Labor Party (J. B. Martin, M.L.C.) told the Albury branch that if war broke out the people would…

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Will There Be War? Question Answered in the Affirmative Position Reviewed Great International Exhibition at Brussels Brussels, August 19

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 5

The dispute between Abyssinia and Italy is carefully summed up by Miss Aileen Alpen who, in her tour of Europe, has been able to obtain her own impressions of public opinion. Her conclusions make very interesting…

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Returned Soldiers Preference Act Abolition Urged at Local Government Conference

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 1

The Local Government Conference on Thursday carried a motion asking the Premier to amend the law which gives returned soldiers preference in…

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