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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

827 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 42

Anzac Day Dinner

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 1

The Hillston sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L. of A entertained the local returned men and visitors at a dinner held in the Roxy Theatre on…

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Anzac Day Service at Batlow

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 4

Anzac Day was celebrated at Batlow on Saturday afternoon with a service in the Church of England, conducted by the Rev. H. J. Velvin,…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Observance at Hillston

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 1

The largest attendance that has yet assembled in Hillston to commemorate the day of Anzac gathered at the Monument on Saturday last to pay…

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Anzac Day Impressive Local Commemoration Service 21st Anniversary of the Landing

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 2

The twenty-first anniversary of the Anzac Landing was commemorated in Ardlethan pa Saturday morning last at an Anzac Commemoration. Service held ft the Soldiers’ Memorial School of Arts, where, under ideal weather conditions,…

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Anzac Day in Tumbarumba Fittingly Commemorated Mourning Should be Dropped, Say Speaker

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 1

The main feature of the Anzac Day observance in Tumbaruba on Saturday was the delivering of speeches by leading citizens at the Shire Hall, which was almost filled for the occaslon, a large proportion of the proportion being children. One of the…

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Anzac Day Coolamon Commemoration

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 2

The twenty [?] of Australia duty into the [?] War was appo[?] to Coolamon on Saturday last Committee…

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District News Whitton Anzac Day

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 2

Anzac Day celebrations at Whitton were held under ideal weather conditions at the school Memorial Gardens on Saturday, and were…

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Ganmain News. Anzac Service at Ganmain

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 3

Following the custom of pre[?] years, the [?] last Service at [?] was held at the Memorial [?] [?] There was a [?]…

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Australian War Memorial an Appeal for Relics

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 3

THE transfer of the National Collection of War Relics and Records (better known, perhaps, as the War Museum) from…

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Tariffs and Trade Barriers Cause of War WASHINGTON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 1

Addressing the United States Chamber of Commerce to-day, the Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) advocated the scaling down of tariffs and the…

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And So There Was War

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 3

A small boy asked his father how wars began. "Well," said his father, "suppose that Britain quarrelled with France…

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Suez Canal. Italian Threat Frightful World War Rome

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 2

Signor Gayda launches a threat that a frightful world war would follow the decision to close the Suez Canal, or otherwise directly assist…

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To Prevent War U.S. Senator Advocates Tariff Whittling American Trade Policy Washington

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 1

Addressing the United States Chamber of Commerce to-day, the Secretary of State (Senator Cordell Hull) advocated the scaling down of tariffs…

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In Addis Ababa Many Killed and Wounded WASHINGTON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 1
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Mrs. A. R. Stadin, wife of an American attached to the Seventh Day Adventist Mission in Abyssinia, was killed by a stray bullet during further…

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"The War of Armageddon"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 4

"The Great Battle of Armageddon" was the title of a lecture delivered on Sunday night in the Soldiers' Hall by Mr. A. E. Harvey, of Newcastle,…

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R.m. College New Provision for [?] Cadets Air Training Under War-time Conditions Duntroon Will Have 200[?] in Residence

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 3

The Royal Military College, which is to he re-transferred from Sydney to Canberra at the end of 1936, will have…

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District News Barellan Returned Soldiers' League

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1936 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Barellan sub-branch of the Returned Soldier's League last week, the election of officers for the ensuing year…

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Gallipoli Anzac Day Observance Friendship Displayed by Turks

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 2

Official details of the Anzac Day service at Gallipoli have been made available by the Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill.) The report received by the…

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War Relic Explodes Hel Ensburgh

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 5

A bomb which had been brought home from the war by his father exploded while Robert Malcolm, aged 13 years, was playing with it to-day and…

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