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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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Bomaderry. Anzac Day Service Organised by the P. & C. Association

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 3

On Monday last Anzac Day celebration was held at Bomaderry. Quite a large gathering, comprising well over one hundred citizens, plus the…

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Anzac’s Intellance. Higher Than English Tommies

The Bega District News · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 3

In au article on Australians abroad in the “Sun,” Mr Rupert Lockwood the following: The contingent of Diggers now in…

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Soldiers' Memorial at Berry

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 3

Berry has a memorial avenue of trees running along Gillam-street from the railway station to the Council Chamber. This in honor of the…

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Returned Soldiers Conference. Diggers Meet at Kiama

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 1

A meeting of the South Coast and Tablelands Council of sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League was held at the Council Chambers, Kiama,…

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Myths of Great War

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 2

Myths of the Great War, many of which urinate to embed themselves in war histories, were dealt with in an address by the official…

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War in America

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 3

An embattled nation lashes out at the racketeers and mobsters preying on its citizenry, turns the weapons of terror back on the men who first used…

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War Service Homes Interesting Figures

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1937 · page 1

More than a quarter of the returned soldiers who were provided with homes under the War Service Homes Act now own them. This statement…

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The Salvation Army Caring for Basque Child Victims of Civil War

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1937 · page 3

An important share is being taken by the Salvation Army in Great Britain in the humanitarian work made necessary by the plight of hundreds…

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Salvation Army. Caring for Basque Child Victims of Spanish Civil War

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 9

An important share is being taken by the Salvation Army in Great Britain in the humanitarian work made necessary by the plight of hundreds…

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War In China

The Bega District News · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 2

A message from Tokio says that the Japanese War Office officially announces that in view of the serious situation [?] North China, it has…

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Maori War. What Happened to the Sentries

The Nowra Leader · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 9

The death has just been reported of a Maori woman at the age of 113 years. She accompanied her husband during the Maori wars. This…

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Ethiopian War Costs

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 2

A Borne correspondent writing in mick-June says that having given the Italian people the. vivid realisation that they now tad an Empire by…

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Whet the War Cost

The Bega District News · Monday 26 July 1937 · page 4

Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University tells what might have ben done with the what might have been done with the…

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Welcome Home

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 1

The Rev. N. F. Reeve and Mrs. Reeve, after their honeymoon, returned to their home in Bridge Road on Monday, and at night tiem about 40…

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Horror of World War French Air Minister Speaks Out

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 July 1937 · page 6

“As Minister for Air, I can perhaps understand better than some people the horror of what would happen if a world war should come,”…

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War Over-night. Is a “Crushing Surprise Blows Likely to Succeed

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 July 1937 · page 1

A writer In the “Economist” this replies to a question which inevitably is in the minds of many: “Despite reliance upon the…

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Horror of World War French Air Minister Speaks Out

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 7

"As Minister for Air, I can perhaps understand better than some people the horror of what Would happen if a world war should come,"…

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War Debts Payments

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 4

For the next 25 or 30 years the British taxpayer will be levied to pay the war debts to the United States, of not only British war debts…

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Terrors In War

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 August 1937 · page 1

Dilgadler-General Crozier has caused a stir by the frank disclosures in his new book, “The Men I Killed.” General Crozier trenchantly…

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War Debts. Britain Left to Carry the Baby

The Bega District News · Monday 16 August 1937 · page 4

For the next 25 or 30 years the British taxpayer will be levied to pay the war debts to the United States, of not only British war debts…

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