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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 166

For Limbless Soldiers

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 8

Mrs. Thomas Buckland, during her stay at No. 44 Macleay-street, Potts Point worked a beautiful luncheon cloth, which was disposed of in a competition. It…

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Border Army of 7000 May Wage War on Rum-Runners No Quarter Non-stop Bootleggers Canadian-u.s. Proposal Conference Between Countries Washington

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

Senator Borah's attack upon the personnel of the administration of the liquor laws may hasten the transfer of the whole enforcer ment from the Treasury to the Justice Department. A proposal to establish an anti-smuggling army of 7000 along…

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Famous War Play Tears at "Journey's End"

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 6

"Journey's End," one of the most discussed of the plays of the decade, was staged at the Criterion Theatre last night. This play has been commended as a powerful sermon against war by Mr. H. G. Wells, who gave it the honor of mention in his…

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'Journey's End' Unforgettable War Drama at the Criterion

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 2

"JOURNEY'S END" had been so wildly eulogised by Press agents, that the audience at the Criterion last night, when this war drama was…

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Making Many Books a Hurt Soul Graves Runs Amok Bitterness of War

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 25

The war was a tragedy to every- body-- save, perhaps, those who so avidly made money out of it-- but for the young men of genius, the poets…

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Carnival Week in Rome War Forgotten ALBERT & Rupprecht at Royal Wedding Brussels

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 2

CHEERING thousands thronged the streets to-day, as Princess Marie Jose drove to the station to join her Italian fiance on the Royal train,…

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The Short and Long of It—War of Skirts Goes Merrily On Hygienists in Favor of Brevity

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 17

THE War of the Skirts overseas goes merrily on! And even in this far-flung corner of the globe the pros and cons of the long and short are the source of much thought and as much discussion…

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Are You a Patriot? Help These Soldiers

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 4

Apprenticeships: Sons and daughters of returned soldier, killed in war. Any approved trades. Special attention is paid to the selection of these boys and girls. Carpenters and…

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: Like the Soldier, the Police Prosecutor Fights for Glory : £30 a Year More Than Man on Beat

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 6

In an age of specialisation, the Police Department has decided that the job of the police prosecutor, both in metropolitan and suburban courts, is one demanding special training; and in future the work of the suburban…

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French War Film

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

The cast being French, "The Soul of France" now being screened at the Empress, is a silent film. It provides stirring and terrible…

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"Journey's End." Vivid War Play. Emotion and Humour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 7

Sincerity is the chief quality of "Journey's End," R. C. Sherriff's famous play, produced at the Criterion Theatre on Saturday night. There is in it no artificial "appeal to the…

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Padre Sees a Sermon "Journey's End" Preaches War's Futility

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

"Journey's End" is a tonic to all whose forgetfulness might eventually plunge the world into further…

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The Prince and War "There Must Never be Another"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

The Prince of Wales was made a member of the Post-War Brotherhood Federation at Portsmouth recently. In his speech the Prince said:…

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Fighting War Over Again Illusion of Reality in "Journey's End"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 9

For thousands in Sydney the war henceforth will be visualised as a dugout on the stage of the Criterion…

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Saturday's First Nights War's Horror "Journey's End" Stark Realism at the Criterion

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 7

BRAKING with "All Quiet on the Western "Front," as a story which brings home to those who do not understand the true horrors…

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Soldiers' Money Gaol for Embezzler Emotional Outburst London

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

Major Harold Cheesman, formerly metropolitan secretary of the British Legion, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment in the second…

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"Dud" War Bomb London

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

[?] an old [?] this morning [?] war bomb [?] had been dropped…

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N.Z. War Pilot Killed Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 11

News of the death of Robert Hector Gray, a former New Zealand war pilot, and his wife, as the result of an air crash at Amarillo (Texas), was received here to-day. Gray went…

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Mighty Mickey! Walker Waged War on Himself Champion's Career

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 11

NOVELISTS and ether gentlemen of elastic-like imaginations and scant regard for truth, have it in them to run off…

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A Soldier's Letter Voice That Spoke on Armistice Day November, 11, 1917

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

In this unusual Armistice Day contribution, Mr. Sherri[?] strikes once again the note of simple human appeal which contributed so largely to…

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