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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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Items of News Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 2

The Wagga sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. extends an invitation to all returned men to attend a social evening to be tendered to the State…

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Europe's Feverish Preparations for War

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 6

Mr. Walter Duranty, the English author and journalist, who has for many years been the chief correspondent of the New…

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Mussolini Has Lost War BERLIN, Wednesday

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

Newspapers echo the German general staffs view that Mussolini has lost the war…

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Amazing Reports From Abyssinia War Correspondent Lifts Veil Comedy of Makale "Victory"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 8

Mr. Ladi[?]las Farago, war correspondent of the "Sunday Chronicle," has returned to london with an amazing story of Italian blundering in…

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The "Beauty" of War

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 10

The one-time celebrated Italian futurist leader, Signor F. T. Marinet[?], who has recently gone to Abyssinia with the Blackshirts, has published…

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War Zone Conflicting Reports Priests Accept King of Italy Rome

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 1

MARSHAL Badoglio in a communique states: "General Grazianl's troops are continuing the pursuit of the Abyssinians without…

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The War Italian Claims Moves on Southern Front Neat and Malaria Cause Delays LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 4

Though the Italians, while not disclosing their own losses, claim that 4000 Abyssinians were killed i the Ganale Dorys battle,…

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Returned Soldiers' Annual Dinner

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 4

The annual dinner of the Wagga sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. will be held in the Masonic Hall on Saturday night at 8:30 o'clock. The…

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War Zone Battle in Southern Abyssinia Rome

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 1

AUTHORITATIVE circles describe the Italian victory in the southern districts of Abyssinia—Ganale and Dorya—as Important, rather than…

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The War Battle in Southern Abyssinia Italian Lines Over Extended Area Decisive Northern Blow May be Attempted ROME

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

Authoritative circles describe the Italian victory in the southern districts of Abyssinia—Ganale and Dorya—as important rather…

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Returned Soldiers Welcome to the State Secretary an Interesting Address

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 1

OVER a hundred returned soldiers attended the Glideaway on Thursday night when Mr. R. D. Hadfield, State Secretary of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, delivered a lengthy address on the work of the League, its aims and objects, and the…

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War Zone Italians Pursue Ras Desta's Troops Many Beg for Food Rome

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 1

A communique from Marshal Badoglio to-day states that General Graziani's troops are still relentlessly pursuing Ras Desta's troops in the…

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No Peace Efforts League of Nations' Tactics No Investigation of War Conduct No Financial Help for Abyssinia GENEVA

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 1

THE Committee of Eighteen, which meets on Wednesday, is expected to appoint a committee of experts to study the question of the oil…

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Returned Soldiers

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 2

Information has been received from Headquarters of the R.S.S.I.L.A. of New South Wales, that ail returned soldiers are requested to wear either…

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Returned Soldier's Death

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 4

W. H. Duncan, a returned soldier in receipt of the pension, was found dead outside his home on the River Estates yesterday morning. The police…

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Oil Embargo to Be Virtually Shelved League of Nations' Tactics No Peace Efforts No Investigation of War Conduct No Financial Help for Abyss[?]a GENEVA

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 1

The committee of Eighteen, which meets on Wednesday, is expected to appoint a committee of experts to study the question of…

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Items of News Returned Soldiers' Reunion

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 4

The annual reunion dinner of the Wagga R.S.L., which was to have been held in the Masonic Hall on Saturday night, has been postponed until…

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Request to Returned Soldiers Mark of Respect to Late King

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 4

The secretary of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers League (Mr. L. M. Boyton) is in receipt of the following communication from the State…

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Twenty-five Years a King in Peace and War

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 1

WHAT quarter of a century of the world's history has seen so much as that which surrounded the reign of the late King of…

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Preference to Soldiers Position at Cannery

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 2

A deputation waited on Mr. J. Brady (General Manager or the Cannery) on Wednesday, headed by Mr. Humphrey, A.W.U. organiser…

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