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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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1000 N.z. Soldiers

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 2

Speaking at a function arranged in his honour at Albury, the State President of the R.S.S.I.L.A. (Mr. Robb) said that arrangeraents were…

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Spanish War Exchange of Civil Hostages Boy Scouts for Actors Hendaye

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1937 · page 4

The first exchange of civil hostages captured in the Spanish war did not lack originality. Thirty-six rebel Boy Scouts who had been in Barcelona…

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Dangerous Play Child Wounded SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 1

Mary Geelan, aged 12, of Wentworthville, is fighting a desperate battle following an accident with an American 22 calibre revolver at her…

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Dangerous Play Child Wounded by Revolver Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 4

Mary Geelan, aged 12 years, of Wentworthville, is fighting a desperate battle for her life in Parramatta Hospital following an accident with an…

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Canada and War Resolutions at Church Conference Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 1
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A conference of tie United Church of Canada, held at Ottawa, rejected a demand for the completed disarmament of Canada. The…

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War Is “Inevitable” Unless America Intervenes, Says German Writer

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 7

The conyng war is inevitable be cause its basic causes are of a psychological nature (writes Emil Ludwig, famous biographer, in…

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Spanish War Non-intervention Countries Agree in Principle Question of Neutral Observer LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 1

It is reported that Britain, France, Italy and Germany have agreed in principle to the non-intervention proposals. The Spanish Government's…

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Ex-soldiers Demonstrate in Belgium Pardoning of War-time Traitors Brussels

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 1

Armored cars and police rushed to the scene when 300 members of the Fascist Croix de Feu and ex-servicemen marched past the tomb of the…

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This Is War: Vivid Pen Pictures

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 5

DOES death come swiftly and mercifully, or does it linger agonisingly while the body slumps over barbed wire entanglements? Is death by bursting shrapnel painless and peaceful, or does it become a living hell fire that rages for many years after the…

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Spanish War Young New Zealander in Sydney Shot Down Seven Rebel 'Planes SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 1

Eric. Griffiths, a young New Zealander, who arrived in Sydney on his way home, after fighting as an airman with the Spanish Government forces,…

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Whither Europe? England the Hope in an Armed Continent Breaks in the War Clouds

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 6

Mr. J. T. Massey, of Adelaide, general sectary of the Y.M.C.A., who is touring the world, concludes his article, the first portion…

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EX-SOLDIERS Demonstrate in Belgium BRUSSELS

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 1

Armored cars and police rushed to the scene when [?] members of the Fascist Croix de Feu and ex-service men marched past the tomb of the…

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Shocking Murder in Central Australia Another Man Seriously Wounded Alice Springs

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 2

A hideous crime was reported to-day, involving the death of one man and the serious wounding of another. After driving all night, L. R. Tuit…

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Vow To Shoot War Traitors Belgian Demonstration

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 1

A Brussels message states that armoured cars and police were rushed to the scene when 300 members of the Croix de Feu and ex-Service…

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War in Spain Patrol Warships Right to Retaliate If Attacked by Spanish Forces LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 6

The crux of the non-intervention question is the patrolling warships' rights to retaliate should they be attacked by Spanish forces. This, it is…

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Returned Soldiers South-west Conference Delegates at Harden Important Resolutions Carried

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 3

The conference of delegates representing the south-western branches of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League of New South Wales…

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Constable Shoots Wounded Man in Hospital Safe Explosion Sequel Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 June 1937 · page 1

A Melbourne resident, with two gunshot wounds in the left leg, is being Closely guarded by police at his bedside in St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Spanish War Bilbao Expected to Fall Strong Rebel Attack Trenches Pulverised by Shells LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 June 1937 · page 1

Bilbao will fall in a day or two if the success achieved by the rebel forces in the first days of their lone-awaited large scale attack…

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Returned Soldiers South-West Conference Delegates at Harden Important Resolutions Carried

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 June 1937 · page 4

The conference of delegates representing the south-western branches of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors’ Imperial League of New South Wales…

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