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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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The British Losses during the Spanish War Aircraft Attacks on Shipping 23 Lives Include 13 Britishers London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

THREE British ships have been sunk, and ten seriously damaged and 43 slightly damaged in the course of attacks by aircraft since the beginning of the civil war in Spain, said the Under-Secretary for the Foreign Office, Mr. Butler…

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Returned Soldiers' Preference

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 2

A determined effort is being made by the Local Government Association's officers to have amendments made to the Returned So[?]ers'…

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Returned Soldier Preference League to Defend Act Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 3

The State president of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. L. A. Robb said to-day that until now the Validity of the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act had…

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Gundagai Shire Monthly Council Meeting Soldiers' Employment Act Discussion on Preference

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 6

At the recent mating of the Gundagai Shire Council, a letter was re[?]eived from the Local Government. Association, seeking the council's…

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Britain Firm on Italian Pact Mussolini Wants Modification, Clause Concerning Troops in Spain War Not Ending Fast Enough Delicate Situation London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

The "Daily Telegraph" discloses that the British Cabinet last week emphatically rejected, the Italian request that the pact with Britain…

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£792 for War Widow and Son Dead Soldier Reported As Illegal Absentee Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 1

The Assistant Minister for Repatriation. (Mr. Thompson) announced in the House of Representatives to-day that £412 would be paid to the Widow…

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Toll of British Ships Three Sunk and 53 Damaged Since War Began London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 1

Three British ships have been sunk, 10 seriously damaged, and 43. slightly damaged in the course of attacks by aircraft since the beginning…

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Definite Moves for Mediation in Spain Italy and Withdrawal of Volunteers Easier if Truce Arranged Both Sides Weary of War Victory Remote Inside Another Year LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 1

It is learned that for the first time since the beginning of the Spanish conflict, definite plans for mediation are being discussed by outside Powers with a view to the early cessation of hostilities. There have been swift…

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Storage Against War Risks Moves' by Federal Government Safeguarding U.K. Food Supply

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 2

Behind representations made to the Prime Minister by Mr. T. J. Collins. Country Party member for Hume (says "Country Life") is an interesting story…

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Soldier Preference Act

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 2

The movement by which it is hoped to have the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Preference Act abolished is being instituted by the Newtown…

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Bombing of Ships Discussed in Commons Direct Reprisals Urged by Lloyd George "Bomb Balearic 'Dromes" Government to Hold Aloof "Impossible to Aid Ships Without Intervening in War" LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 1

"The Government should bomb" aerodromes on the Balearic Islands," said Mr. Lloyd George in the House of Commons to-day during a debate on the bombing of civilian populations and attacks on British shipping in…

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Citrus Growers Sacrificed by War Between Packing Sheds

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 2

WORD was received in Leeton yesterday that two of the Area packing sheds, in order to corner the New Zealand market, had under-quoted by sixpence per case, the price which growers and packing sheds had virtually agreed upon was a fair and…

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Spanish War Planes Circle British Ship Destroyer to Rescue London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 3

Following the sinking of the British steamer Thorpeness by Nationalist planes early this morning, planes circled over the British merchantman…

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Spain Believes War As War of Invasion Threat To Bomb Other Countries LONDON

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 2

The Spanish Ambassador, De Azcarate, informed the Foreign Minister, Lord Halifax, that unless the rebel air attacks ceased the Spanish Government would order strong immediate reprisals. He gravely suggested that targets might be sought farther afield…

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Far East War Japanese Seamen Killed Vessel Strikes Mines Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 11

More than 100 Japanese sailors and marines were killed when a Japanese launch in which they were travelling struck a Chinese mine above Anking…

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Europe Through Australian Eyes Their Majesties Visit Glasgow Returning War Clouds The Danger Point in Central European Politics

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 2

Miss Aileen Alpen, "The Daily Advertiser" special correspondent in Central Europe, sends a more than usually interesting letter dealing with topics ranging from the peaceful atmosphere of the Empire Exhibition at…

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Yarra Bay Shooting Wounded Man Expected to Live Police Theories Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 4

The police are faced by a wall of silence, and there has been no substantial advance in their investigations concerning the shooting of John…

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Chinese War 'Planes Raid Nanchang Defenders' Claims Hankow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 1

Led by the "Suicide Squadron." 20 Japanese warplanes raided Nanchang in pouring rain to-day. Chinese pursuit planes claim that they brought…

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War Debts to U.S.A. Cancellation Advised "Tariff Prevents Payment" New York

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 3

Dr. Irving Fisher, Professor of Political Economy at Yale University, has made a proposal that the United States should go as near toe the cancellation…

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Local Government Preference to Soldiers Promise and Its Fulfilment

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 6

The matter of preference to soldiers is for the time being under discussion by the councils and the public. It cannot be…

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