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The wars & local soldiers, 1933

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"Back to the War"

Northern Star · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 7

The "feature nights" conducted by the Bankstown sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League at each alternate meeting have brought inquiries…

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Full of Grave Menace Manchuria Dispute May Develop Into World War

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday:-- Unless China is persuaded to surrender Manchuria, Japan certainly will leave the League Nations, says the Geneva…

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Danger of War Japan and China Soviet Also in It

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 9

Developments in the Far East are regarded as constituting a serious danger of a world war being participated within the next…

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Picture Theatres May Close Exhibitors-Distributors at War SYDNEY

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 5

Distributors in Australia of American films will meet this week, probably on Wednesday, to discuss the refusal of…

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Was Saved From Gall0ws Soldier Now Free Lost Fiancee While in Prison

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday:- A young soldier, who was sentenced to death for Marder on November 16, 1923, and reprieved in dramatic…

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New War Feared London Press Apprehensive

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 6

LONDON, Monday:--The newspapers fear the Shanhaikwan fighting may develop into a new war, involving Peking and Tientsin. The ''Mail's" Peking…

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War Debts British Mission to Washington

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday:-The "Mail'' says Sir Warren Fisher (Permanent Secretary of the Treasury) may be selected as head of the British War Debt…

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Talkie "War" Exhibitors Defy Suppliers Many Theatres May Close

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

There is a war between the American film distributing companies and Australian exhibitors. The American agencies demand that…

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War Clouds Hang Over China Japanese Already in Action; An Ultimatum SHANGHAI

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

According to Tientsin reports, a combined Japanese army, naval and aeroplane bombardment commenced this morning in the military area of Shanghaikuan, forcing General Hochukuo to withdraw his…

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Trouble in Jamaica British Soldiers and Police

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

KINGSTON (Jamaica), Tuesday:-Soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers caused a disturbance on Monday night. After one of their comrades…

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Soldiers Run Riot Clash with Police Kingston (Jamaica)

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 7

Soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers caused a disturbance on Monday night after one of their comrades was slain in a fight. They…

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Fusillade of Bullets Man Runs Amok Wounded Three; Then Slashed Throat

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:-When a man, believed to be temporarily demented, poured a fusillade of bullets into a motor car in Fewing Street…

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War Debts France arid America

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: -Senator Borah told the Senate to-day lis. had no doubt that France had reason to believe that if it settled the…

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Casual "Diggers" War Gratuities and Medals

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

In spite of the lapse of time since the war, nearly 70,000 medals, 1914-15 stars, and British war and victory medals, are awaiting owners to claim…

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The Horror of War Japanese in China Shanghai

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

Telegraphic communication has been restored to Shanhaikuan enabling further reports of the clash between the Japanese and Chinese…

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War Debts Bitter Debate in U.S.A. WASHINGTON

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

The debate on war debts in the Senate was brought to a climax by Senator Borah's charge that President Hoover was directly responsible…

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Renegade Indian Soldier Calcutta

Northern Star · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

Jang Singh, a N.C.O. of the Bombay Sappers and Miners, who shot Captain Thompson last Saturday, was arrested near a village in Poona district hidden…

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Man Wounded Shooting Affray in House Police Search Begun Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

Kenneth Wilson (44) was seriously wounded in an affray in a house at Portland to-day, bullets penetrating his chest and…

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Film War Minor Theatres May Close

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday- While some of the minor theatres of General Theatres Corporation may close, there are ample supplies at present for the major…

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Vocal War on Harbor New Guard and Navy Send-Off to Mr. Eric Campbell

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday:-Mr. Eric Campbell's departure in the liner Oronsay to-day was made the occasion of a vocal conflict between…

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