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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 166

Matraville Soldiers' Village

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1930 · page 12

A request was made to the City Commissioners by the Public Trustee for 14 50 c.p. lamps and one 100 c.p. lamp to be erected in the various streets in the soldiers' garden…

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"Never. Worse" Soldiers' Distress

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 February 1930 · page 7

"WE are at our wits' end to cope with the abnormal amount of distress and unemployement which prevails at present," said mr, W. J…

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Red Cross Post War Work Luncheon Address

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 12

INTERESTING and enlightening details of the work of the Red Cross Society since the war were given by Mr. H. L. Pitt,…

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War Medals for Bread! Starving Digger Starts Street Auction

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 8

"To hell with charity! I want a job because I want food. What offers for my war medals?" WHAT offers? One. A policeman…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, February 27, 1930. Labour's Civil War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 10

The All-Australian Trades Union Congress in Melbourne is providing a battle-ground for more than one issue. The contest is between the Reds of…

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The Soldier-Priest of Sahara. Moving Picture Portrays Transfer of To-day

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 9

Algiers (Northern Africa).—A motion picture portraying the transfer of the body of Father Charles de Foucauld, famed soldier-hermit-priest of the Sahara…

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Hero or Brute? Books Libelling the Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 10

Ian Hay's protest against books and plays degrading the soldier, published in the "Herald" on February 4, and Mr. Alexander Scott's article on the following day must…

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Soldiers' Day Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 6

The annual Soldiers' Day appeal will be launched this year on Friday, March 14. No buttons will be sold, but a replica of the famous "tin hat," worn overseas, will be offered…

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Mr. Scullin. Faith in Australia. Address to Returned Soldiers. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 11

"I have sworn as a member of Parliament to uphold constitutional Government, and I have pledged by word to do so to the party to which I belong, and I am not going to…

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Soldiers League Criticised by Imperial Men Suggested Breakaway

The Labor Daily · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 6

At a meeting of the British Ex-Service Men's Association, at present affiliated with the R.S.S.I.L.A., held at the Railway and Tramway Institute…

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"Silver Bullet" First Shot in International Speed War Kaye Don's Car Shipped for Daytona Track Gigantic Fight Britain and America Rivals London

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 5

With his Silver Bullet car enclosed in a huge packing case on the top deck, Kaye Don tailed for New York on the liner Berengaria to-day, on his way to Daytona Beach, Florida, where he will make his…

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Was "Ex-private X" Among Those Who Fled Diggers' Ire Aroused by Malicious Insults In Latest War Book Another Batch of Pithy Letters

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 2

"The Diggers treated cat, dog, and man alike . . . "Was this anonymous author one of the men we caught running away? .... "…

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CLOSE-UPS of Screen and Stars Australian Light Horsemen's Screen Hope's —- New Trend in War [?]lmns — Champion Boxer May be Star — Hollywood or Holywood ? — Carpentier's Ideas of Women

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 13

THAT IS an ambitious scheme the Australian Light Horsemen are promoting—£50,000 for a talking picture chro[?]ling their deeds in the Palestine…

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Welcome Home at Rockdale

The Propeller · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Wilson, of Frederick Street, Rockdale, were recently entertained by a number of their friends in the St. George district, to…

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No Prancing Modern War Artillery March

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 5

A COMPOSITE [?] Medium Brigad [?] parade through Sydney [?]agge The battery will leak [?]…

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Golf War Who Shall Rule Majority Plea

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 8

I [?] going to make andy [?] except that the above thing a absolutely news to me." said Mr. W. A. Windeyer chairman of the…

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War Books. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 6

Sir,—In your issue of the 27th instant, General Anderson's admirable article will, I am quite sure, have been read with interest by all. There is one aspect of the question,…

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Piracy Deeds in War Britain Attacked in Reichstag LONDON

Daily Pictorial · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 4

"England introduced plundering methods of piracy into land warfare." Dr. Schnee, ex-Governor of…

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Great War Story. English Gunner's Book. "Courage, Faith, and Laughter."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 10

"Women—good and happy, sound and sensible—can now be heard say: 'There was something about all that men must have liked, or you would not think about it the…

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Maccabean Hall Notes N.S.W. War Memorial Next Sunday Cinema Entertainment

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 11

By courtesy of Messrs. Paramounts Ltd. a cinema Show of exceptional interest to movie fans will be presented at the Hall on Sunday next, March 2…

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