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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

47 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 3

Anzac Day

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 1

They shall not grow old, as we who are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn…

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Digger Doings. Anzac Day Social

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 4

The usual Anzac Day social will be held this year on Monday, May 2nd, at 8 p.m. in the School of Arts. Returned men of Nowra will, at this…

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Anzac Day Service at Nowra. at the Memorial Gates

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 6

Anzac Day (Monday last) was celebrated at Nowra as in the past. The procession was organized by the local branch of the R.S. & S.I. League, near…

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Sex Thousand Soldiers' Brides

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 2

When Napoleon I. married Marie-Louise, daughter of the Emperor of Austria, on April 22, 1810, he spared no pains to make the happy date a…

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For Women. My Anzac Day--a Girl's Lament

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 2

I always rise up early Anzac Day, Gathering chrysanthemums with dew still wet His grave I cannot deck--so far away…

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Australia’s War History

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 May 1932 · page 3

The Auditor-General is complaining of the heavy cost of Dr Bean’s “Official History of Australia in the War,” and urging that the completion of the…

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Current Topics. The War Debts

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 May 1932 · page 2

Some idea of how the war debts are holding the world back have been given by Sir Arthur Balfour, chairman of the British council of the Australian…

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Political War Drum

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 1

Says our Cobargo contemporary:—The political war drums are sounding Following upon a first-hand statement made in the "Chronicle" last issue,…

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Australia's War History

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 1

The Auditor-General is complaining of the heavy cost of Dr. Bean's ts "Official History of Australia in the War," and urging that the completion…

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Random Readings. Fifteen Century War-auto

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 2

Among the interesting documents in the old Bohemian city Saaz, on the Eger river, is a picture showing an attack on the fortress Glatz, in…

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Open Column. "War Against War." (To The Editor.)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 3

Sir,--Will you allow me a space in your column on disarmament and antiwar propaganda. In a bulletin given out during a Red Cross meeting in…

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Returned Soldiers Monthly Meeting

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 5

A well attended mooting of Nowra returned men took place at West's Theatre on Tuesday night last. There was more business than usual; and…

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War Debts and Gold

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 1

“Through the rise in the price of gold, debtors everywhere are required to pay 70 per cent, more than a few years ago” declared Mr Winston…

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South African War Souvenir

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 August 1932 · page 4

In a recent issue of these columns we thought a local correspondent had rather a large stretch of imagination when he wrote in humorous vein…

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How War Relics Are Faked

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1932 · page 2

A careful observer who has visited many of the world's great battlefields declares that the greater part of the mementoes, of which there seems to…

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War-- And that Soon

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 2

The policy of this paper is to advocate the principles of Peace. Yet we do not for one moment hold to the theory of "Peace at…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 3

A general meeting of the Nowra, Sub Branch of the R.S. & S.I. League was held at Nowra School of Arts on Tuesday night, Capt. U. K. Walsh…

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Why War Gas Is Not So Bad. Will Gas Wipe Out Cities in the Next War

The Bega District News · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 4

The next war will blot out great cities, say the prophets of doom. These Jeremiahs stand in the market place (or its modern equivalent, the…

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Returned Soldiers' League Monthly Meeting of Nowra Sub-branch

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Nowra Subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' Imperial League was held at the Crown Theatre on…

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A War Mystery Solved

The Bega District News · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 4

Sixteen years after the battle of the Somme of July 1, 1916, the mystery of the unexpected opposition by the Germans has been cleared up…

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