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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

56 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 3

Returned Soldiers’ Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 2

A meeting of ladies interested will be held in the Red Cross Room of the School of Arts on Tuesday. 24th instant, at 3 p.m. to arrange…

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War—and Education

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 2

The recent passing through Bega of a party of international educationists is a reminder—and a consoling one—that there are still people in all…

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Somewhere To-night. The Song of a Soldier’s Sister. (Written August, 1917)

The Bega District News · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 4

Somewhere to-night ,o’er the wide, wild sea, I have a brother who's fighting for me:…

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A Soldier Passes

The Bega District News · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 4

Hats oft: tis a soldier passes. Let’s give him a solder’s due: That visage of tan is the face of a man…

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Returned Soldiers League South Coast and Tableland Zone Conference

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 9

The zone conference of Diggers was held at the Diggers' Hall, Nowra, on Saturday afternoon last. The deliberations commenced at 2.30 p.m…

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Returned Soldiers League. South Coast and Tableland Zone Conference

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

The zone conference of Diggers was held at the Diggers' Hall, Nowra, on Saturday afternoon last. The deliberations commenced at 2.30 p.m.,…

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Returned Soldiers' Preference Act Criticised

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 September 1937 · page 7

The alleged injustice of the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act to capable young men to-day, who were in the cradle when the Great "War was…

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Soldier Preferences. County Council Problem

The Bega District News · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 2

At yesterday’s meeting of the Bega Valley County Council a letter was real from the Returned Solders Employment Board stating that a…

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Untouched by War, Killed by Wasps. Ex-Soldier's Harvest Death. Suffolk Tragedy

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 12

Ten minutes after being stung by wasps, a Suffolk farm worker dropped dead. He had gone right through the war, including the retreat from…

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The War Without End

The Bega District News · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 1

To-day, when the Great War is still a dull rankle in our minds, and with Europe ready to simmer over with the clash of international…

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War On Snails. Canberra Success — Simple Method

The Bega District News · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 1

Successful experiments carried out over a long period by the officers of the Council for Scientific Research have confirmed a process for the…

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The War Without End

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 10 November 1937 · page 8

To-day, when the Great War is still a dull rankle in our minds — and with Europe ready to simmer over with the clash of international affairs — we are…

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Spanish War. “Bloodiest in History.”

The Bega District News · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 3

An Englishman. who has been fighting under General Franco in Spain, For eight months, has arrived In Australia. He is Mr R. Waller,…

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Bega Returned Soldiers 1937 Re-union Dinner

The Bega District News · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 2

That old soon with the tangy military flavor tells as that “Old Soldiers Never. Did then non-soldlers wild were privilege to bee present at the…

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Over Population and War

The Nowra Leader · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 2

The next century--perhaps this century--will produce the problem of over-population. Closely connected with the problem of over-population…

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The War Graves. Bega Lady’s Visit

The Bega District News · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 2

Miss Annie Cochrane of Bega, writes from London on October 18: I just thought this might be of interest to many of your readers…

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