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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

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Preparing For War Coal From France

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 3

Cable messages states that Italian ships are feverishly reloading and there is great-activity. Italy has contracted with French collieries for…

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Mussolini War Mad Dramatic Outburst At Rome

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 2

Warning the nations of Europe that Italy would "reply to acts of war with military measures," Signor Mussolini stood under glaring searchlights…

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Anti-war Movement Paris Papers Attack Britain

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 5

The French nationalist newspapers are almost in a panic and attack britain, Seventy "Extreme Right" intellectuals, including M. Leon Daudet…

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No War Declaration Italian Legation Staff Detained

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 5

The "News-Chronicle" representative at Addis Ababa says that two squadrons of aeroplanes carried out raids, after which the Italian infantry…

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News in Rome Two Years War Expected

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 5

General di Bono urges the population to remain calm and to continue with its normal occupations. "Woe to him who 'spreads false views and…

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Earlier News the War Is on Italians Cross The Frontier Bombing of Adowa London, October 8

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 2

Italy, began the invasion of Abyssinia last night. The correspondent of the British United Press with the Italian forces in Eritrea has sent the…

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Wheat Jumps 1 on London Market Due to War Outbreak Australian Shipment Sold at 4[?] a Bushel London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 1

The outbreak of war has caused a leap in the prices of wheat. Australian cargoes were quoted to-day at au advance of 1 to 13 a quarter…

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Correspondence (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents.) Movement Against War (The Editor, "The Daily Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 10

Sir,—Kindly allow me space in your paper to put before your readers the structure of the "Movement Against War and Fascism," and its present…

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Defence Training Enlistment of Employees

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 5

The Council of the Chamber of Manufactures, at a meeting in Sydney on Tuesday, gave consideration to the encouragement that should be…

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Soldiers' Preference Discussion in Council

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 13

The Soldiers' Preference Act came up for discussion at the Wagga Council meeting on Thursday night, when the Mayor (Aid. H. McDonough)…

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Spark That Kindled War Nervous Soldier's Random Shot New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 1

Dr. Pitman Benjamin Potter, the American jurist and a member of the international committee which adjudicated on the Walwal incident on the…

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Ant-war Meeting Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 3

Addressing an anti-war gathering at the Sydney domain, Mr. Jefferies, of the Pastoral Workers’ Union, said, “Don’t call laborers and shopkeepers…

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Eastern Trade Effect of War Discussed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Travellers by the Nieuw Holland, which reached Sydney yesterday, expressed the opinion that Australia's Eastern markets would be adversely…

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Labor Conference Anti-war Campaign Decided on Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 1

A conference, of 220 delegates representing unions and A.L.P. branches, held at the Trades Hall to-day, adopted plans to propagate labor's policy…

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Australia and War Munition Factories Not Sufficient to Supply Requirements SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 1

Believing that difficulties might toe experienced by Australia in obtaining munitions in event of war, the New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures…

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Delay at Geneva Bad Impression Caused Aggressor Not Named After Three Days of War LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 1

An extremely bad impression was left to-night by the League of Nations council, while bombs were falling in Ethiopia, adjourning…

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The War! Two Thousand Abyssians Slaughtered Near Adowa Committee Reports Violation of Covenant Italy Guilty of Unprovoked Aggression London

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 2

It is reliably understood that Mr. Hoare, replying to Italian Ambassodor M. Grandi, said that there was the gravest misunderstanding in Rome…

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The Returned Soldiers Act Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 3

The Acting Minister of Labor, Mr. Hawkins, denies having told a deputation that amendments of the Returned Soldiers’ Preference Act were…

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Let the Boy Fight Bishop Talks of Children Soldiers and Popguns

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 2

“If you boy has a fight, send him oat for another one. Do not punish him. It is a perfectly natural thing for a boy of three…

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