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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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Fear of World War Main Reason for Wheat Price Boom

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 2

With wheat prices at the highest level for nine years, farmers in distant Manitoba, in the Danube Valley, on the yellow plains of Irak, and in…

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Anzac

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

There are some things which time cannot tarnish, nor distance blur; and surely Anzac—what it was, what it stands for, what it is—is one of them…

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Anzac Day Holiday

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

MONDAY next will be observed as Anzac Day holiday. Shops will be closed all day. Post Office Arrangements…

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Footballers and Anzac Observance

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

The executive of the R.S. find S.I.L. of A. request footballers to follow the Sydney procedure on Anzac Day. Before commencing the…

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Commemorative Anzac Day Services

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1

ANZAC DAY will be commemorated on Sunday next, with special services in all Churches, and the usual united service in…

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Sport and Anzac Day

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

In order that Anzac Day may be fittingly observed, sporting bodies are requested by the Mayor of Wagga (Alderman H. M'Donough), in an…

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Local and General Postal Arrangements for Anzac Day

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

The Cootamundra post office will open 9 a.m. till 10 a.m. only. All malls close 10 a.m. There will be no delivery by postmen…

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Anzac Day Twenty-second Anniversary Arrangements at Narandera

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

Sunday next, April 25, will be the twenty-second anniversary of the landing of the A[?] at Gallipoli, and the day will be celebrated in the…

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Anzac Day Sunday Next. Monday a Statutory Holiday

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

Owing to Sunday next, April 23th being Anzac Day, Monday. April 26th has been declared a statutory holiday throughout New [?] Wales…

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Anzac Day Sports Cyclists of Class to Visit Coolamon

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

Propose for the Sports Meeting, which is to be conducted at Kindra Park Coolamon. on Monday next, commencing at 2 p.m., sharp, are very…

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Soldier's Romance to Be Married After 20 Years Found Photograph at War

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

More than 20 years ago an Australian soldier who was examining the papers of a comrade who had been killed at Gellipoli found a photograph…

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Retailers War Wyong

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1

A bread war is taking place between retailers at the Entrance where loaves are being sold for 4d each, and at Wyong where the retail price is 6d…

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Madrid Shelling Continues With Heavy Casualties! 200 Killed; 250 Wounded MADRID

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1

For the 11th day in succession, Insurgents yesterday intermittently heavily shelled the capital, and the casualty roll is now 200 killed and 250 injured…

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"War Can Be Averted" Says Mr. Lansbury LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 1

Mr. George Lansbury, former Opposition leader who had an interview with Herr Hitler at the week-end, said that he did not want to be too optimistic, but he had begun to feel an inner…

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Returned Soldiers Artificial Eyes

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 3

Mr. J. Sharpe, secretary of Leeton sub-branch, has received the following letter from the State Secretary:—"The Repatriation…

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Anzac Day Holiday

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

The following arrangement will be observed at Wagga post office on Monday, 26th. April, 1937. The post Office will be open from…

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Anzac Day, 1937

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 6

As the years pass, each successive Anzac Day, far from diminishing in emotional appeal, appears to gain an increasingly firm grip on the thoughts…

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GOLF Anzac Day Golf Returned Soldiers' Day

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 13

The Wagga Golf Club has arranged a golf day for returned soldiers--golfers' and non-golfers--for Monday next, and visitors from other towns…

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Anzac Day at St. John's

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 6

There will be Requiem St. John's Church, Wagga, to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. All members of St. John's Choir are asked to…

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Anzac Spirit Lord Gowrie's Message

The Gundagai Independent · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 2

A plea to exert their influence in the cause of pease and to preserve civilisation' for the generations to come, was made by the…

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