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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 166

Two Youths Wounded. Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 7

A boy scout, Richard Fitzpatrick, aged 17, who was camping at Cobbity with a visiting troop, was admitted to the Camden District Hospital yesterday suffering from a buliet…

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Samoan Civil War Natives Revolt Police Clash 9 KILLED; 18 Are Wounded New Zealand and Her Mandate Grim Battle Auckland (N.z)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 1

THE Dominion has been gravely stirred by the wholesale shooting of Samoans in Saturday's disturbances…

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Poetry War Poet Laureate's Bomb

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 7

ENGLAND may be enjoying the lost of her Poets Laureate. Rumor has it that Mr. MaoDonald will appoint no successor to Robert…

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War Not Inevitable. Labor Has Peace Mission

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 20

Addressing a crowded audience at Hampstead (London) on November 7, Miss Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of the British Labor Prime Minister, said that…

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Motoring "Wizard" Smith Sails for New Zealand Mystery Car Christened "Anzac" First Race Probably on January 14th

Referee · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 15

Great excitement on the Maunganui on Friday last (December 27), when Mr. Norman ("Wizard") Smith, motoring editor of the "Sunday Times," sailed for New Zealand with his big golden "Anzac" mystery car, to attack the world's ten miles record…

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Dog with Second Sight True Story of the War

The World's News · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 18

FROM time to time, but oftenest during the World War, there have been authentic instances of the kind I am going to relate. I…

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The Curse of War. Difficulties in the Way of World Peace

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 4

"Even the dreadful certainties which we experienced during the last War, when whole populations found themselves involved in the struggle, and death rained at…

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Man Shot in Gang War Police Inquiries Met Again By Silence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 3

New Year's Day was ushered in with another underworld feud, when, at two o'clock, a young man was shot in the head in…

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Once Lived in Palaces Colony of Refugees What War Did to Them

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 7

IN the South of France, in the neighborhood of the town of Toulon, there is a strange and pathetic little colony of people, all the more…

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War on Quacks in Norway Potent Remedies; No Secret Formulas

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

War has been declared on quacks in Norway, and this month, according to the "British Medical Journal," a new law to…

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Paths of War in American History Broken Virginia Reconstructing Agony of the South

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 10

It takes only a few hours by train or motor to go from Washington to Richmond, but we breathe a different air. It is another country. The scenes of bustling progress, of thriving and profuse prosperity, the echoes of the last word in modernity, have been…

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Hillview Soldier Settlers Stand Behind Children of Miners 12 Holiday Homes Promised

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

The residents of the Hillview Soldiers, Settlement held an enjoyable social on Now Year's Eve in the local hall…

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Shot Wife ? Found Wounded Near Home Perth

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 11

William Henry Johns, of Southern Cross, has been arrested on a charge of unlawfully wounding his wife. When about 200 yards from Johns's…

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War Memorial Carillon. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 11

Smoking a cigarette and wearing mittens, Mr. Clifford Pall brought his hands down on the keys as the Lord Mayor of London pressed the signal button for the Wellington (N.Z.)…

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£1,000,000 Mills Purchase From War Office London

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

Messrs. Allen West and Co, electrical gear manufacturers, are in[?]cgetiation with the Land Department of the War Office, and hope to secure…

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Scout Reunion Welcome Home to Scout Lee Habgrave

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

There was a large attendance of friends and supporters of the various troops in the Blue Mountains District on Saturday, 21st December, at…

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Three War Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 10

In "Three Personal Records of the War," ft trio of well-known authors have set forth the plain unvarnished story of their experiences during that struggle. The first is Mr…

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Paying the Cost. Germany and the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 17

"Having lost a war, Germany simply had to set to work and pay for it. I think that is being done, but you must understand that the people of Germany are still passing…

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'At the Shows Famous War Play Here Harold Lloyd's First Talkie--Gay Tunes In "New Moon"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 11

"Journey's End," the famous war play, opens at the Criterion this afternoon. To-night a colorful musical comedy, "The New…

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Queensland C.M.A. Gifts for Soldiers

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 16

Boonah held a gift social at the conclusion of the December meeting, in aid of the soldiers Christmas cheer fund, and as a result, over forty parcels were made…

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