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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 166

"Wizard" Smith Averages 144 M.P.H. "Times" Motor Editor's New Australasian Mile Record "Anzac" Attains 160 m.p.h. Kaitaia (N.z.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 1

IN a drizzle of rain which rendered visibility extremely poor, Norman "Wizard" Smith, motoring editor of the "Sunday Times,"…

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The Legacy of Dr. Stresemann Peace Offensives of Offset Bismarck's War Police Germany of To-morrow Benefits

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 24

WHAT Bismarck did with his dangerous war offensives to build up an empire for the Black-White-Red flag of 1871, Stresemann with his "peace offensives" accomplished' for the Black-Red-Yellow flag of the Weimar democracy, writes the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Express." His policy embraced the Dawes Plan, Locarno the League of Nations, the Young Revision, and The Hague…

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Girl Undergrads Resent Being Called "Ugly of Face, Form and Mind" Sexes' War Banned From Club Hot Retorts London

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 4

A wordy warfare between the sexes has broken out among university undergraduates, the proposal that the new £100,000 club buildings at Glasgow University should be thrown open to women students having been…

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The Stage the Soldier Says ... Melba's Protege

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 9

These are the reactions of a common soldier to "Journey's End": "Too real to laugh at. Struth! You can tell the men who never…

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Rush to the New Army Enlistments Total Over 7500

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 5

Recruiting of the new Citizen Army, which was suspended during the holidays, has been renewed, and officers express…

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Free Treatment? Ailing Returned Men Dr. Purdy's Report

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 8

Investigations made on behalf of the Returned Soldiers' League by the State president (Dr. Purdy) have, it is said, indicated the impracticability…

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"Organised, Legalised Murder" Padre Preaches on War Drama

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 7

"War is nothing, but organised and legalised murder, and modern warfare is too scientific and mechanical to give the ordinary soldier even a…

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Union at War New Secretary Who Will Get Books

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 9

THE fight for control of the Breadcarters' [?] been waging at the Trades [?] last Thursday, between the [?]…

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War Loss £44,000,000 Claim Legal Battle London

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

The preliminary skirmish of a legal battle between private citizens and the Crown in which £44,000…

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Australian Motor Transport. Days in the War. (E.W.E.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 10

It is fi[?]tting that the holding of the A.I.F. Mechanical Transport Reunion should coincide with the holding of the present Motor Show. Comparatively few people know that…

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War on ! Chorus Hits Back Frank Neil's Attack Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 10

Unskilled laborers. The ideal Monica and Edna, Jean and Jessica, Maisie and Madge, Eva and Nancy are up in arms…

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Money, Industry and the State the War's Effect on Conceptions of Money Upsetting of Conventions "Deflation's" Aftermath Britain's Tragic War Heritage No. 1

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

WHEN the Great War began, the spokesmen of the banks predicted that it would soon be over, for the simple reason that the monetary resources of the nations would be exhausted within six months…

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The Rejuvenation of "Jenny" Beauty Treatment For a Pre-War 'Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 10

Old 'planes never die--at least, not good ones--and a "Jenny" Curtiss biplane, the pride of her line before the war, is to sally forth shortly in a…

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Unwinking Eye War Victim Who Never Sleep's His Daily Round Fresh for Toil After Night Out Vienna

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

BRAIN and nerve specialists in central Europe are puzzled over the astonishing case of M. Paul Kern, a Hungarian Government official, who has not slept has not even closed his eyes-since he was wounded by a Russian…

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Returned Soldiers Parramatta Branch Activities

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Parramatta branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held on Wednesday last. The president (Mr. W. R. Hulks) was in the…

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Soldiers' Monument Police Want Removal EPPING R.S.S. OBJECTS

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

The Police Traffic Department has reported to Dundas Council that the Soldiers' Monument in High and Bridge streets at Epping is considered to be…

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T.b. Soldiers Families Affected

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

WORTHY [?] is being done by the [?] and Soldiers' Association, [?] behalf a unique competition will be announced shortly. The…

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To Help Sons of Soldiers Hall is a Fitting Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 22

MRS. R. R. S. MACKINNON, honorary director of the Junior Red Cross, officially opened last week a new hall at "Juong," the Junior Red…

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New Armaments Race Threatens If Conference Fails Dogs of War Straining at the Leash Britain's Warning Mediterranean Pact Not Needed London

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

The British Government, replying to the French Government's memorandum regarding the coming navel conference expresses the view, if it does not result in the beginning of a reduction in navel disarmament,…

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Returned Men's Congratulations

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

ABOUT 200 returned men were present at a meeting of unemployed in Sussex Street at the lunch hour yesterday…

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