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Southern Highlands · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1933

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Returned Soldiers Annual Meeting at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the Town Hall, Bowral, on Wednesday night, when Bowral Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League held…

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America and the War. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

Sir,—We in Australia hear so much of Yankee boasting that the United States' army won the war that I was astonished to find the following…

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Lost Leg in War May Lose Arm Sedan Car Collides with Motor Lorry

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 2

To have lost a leg in the war and to be threatened with the loss of an arm as a result of a motor accident on Sunday last, is the hard lot of…

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War Against the Billboards

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 4

There is no battle on in Australia against billboards (advertising signs) which disfigure the landscape, as there is in America, but there ought…

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A Little Border War. Tale of Expedition to Punish Head-hunters in House

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 1

In the course of reply to some, questions from Sir W. Byles, the Under-Secretary for India gave an interesting little account of a…

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Welcome Home

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 3

Members of Bowral Choral Society: assembled in force at Springett's on Monday night, when a welcome home from their honeymoon was tendered…

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Returned Soldiers Mittagong Branch

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 3

The President (Mr. A. N. Chew) presided over a well-attended meeting of Mittagong Returned Soldiers' League, over 20 members being…

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The Great War—1914-1918

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 2

There is a great war now going on in the East, between Japan and China. The Japanese are seeking new territory,…

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Brief Mention Returned Soldiers

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

Bowral Returned Soldiers meet at the Town Hall on Wednesday next at 8 p.m. All Diggers welcome. TOURIST BUREAU…

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"War Correspondent."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 2

The attraction at Mack's Theatre to-night (Saturday) is "War Correspondent," the latest Holt-Gravest vehicle for Columbia. Set against the…

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When France Goes to War

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 1

Compared with conditions in France, the life of a British mayor is a little short of celestial, for it is on the French mayor that the…

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Mittagong Diggers Anzac Day

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

Mittagong Diggers are making preparations for Anzac Day this year. Regret is felt that Bowral Diggers…

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Who Is It That Wants War?

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 4

In every civilised country all period capable of apprending plain facts are agreed tint the nest great nor will, In all likelihood, bring the…

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Anzac Night

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 2

On Tuesday next, a special one-night program will be screened. The principal feature will be the great American football story " Sport…

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Anzac Day BOWRAL

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 4

Bowral Diggers will celebrate Anzac Day with a service at The Empire Theatre commencing at 11 a.m. on Tuesday…

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Blind Soldier Defies Fate Wonderful Achieve­ment of Capt. Nobbs. Anzac Day Orator at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 6

The principal speaker at Mittagong on Anzac Day will be Captain Gilbert Nobbs, who was blinded in the war by a bullet which went…

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Anzac Day Service

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 2

The annual Commemoration Service will be held at the Memorial Rooms on Tuesday, 25th April, to begin, at 11 am. The service,…

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Anzac Day Holiday Trains

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 2

Supplementing, for the benefit of holiday tourists and others, the ordinary week-end cheap excursion trains, the Railway Department announces…

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Anzac Day BOWRAL

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1933 · page 3

Bowral Diggers will celebrate Anzac Day with a service at The Empire Theatre commencing at 11 a.m. on Tuesday…

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Doomed Battalion Great War Picture

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1933 · page 2

"The Doomed Battalion," an epic picture of the Great War dealing with activities on the AustrianItalian front is set amidst the…

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