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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 166

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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Time Unsuitable for Anzac Memorial

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

Mr. George Black, M.L.C., and members of the National Council of Women, saw the Premier yesterday respecting a proposal as to the form the…

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War and Play

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

SUCH a play as "Journey's End" gives everyone something to think about. More than one preacher has taken it…

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Anzac Memorial. Premier Opposed to Raising Money at Present

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 10

A proposal to raise further money for the Anzac Memorial to be erected in Hyde Park does not meet with the approval of the Premier (Mr. Bavin), in view of the present…

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Class War Prisoners' Aid Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

Reports were circulated on the coalfields to-day that the International Class War Prisoners' Aid Society was prepared to stand by any man who found himself in trouble as…

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No Sleep for Years. Remarkable War Case. Specialists Baffled. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 11

The brain and nerve specialists of Central Europe are puzzled by the astonishing case of Paul Kern, a Hungarian Government official, who has not slept or even closed his…

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War God Ready to Beat His Gong Britain Replies to French Memorandum LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

The British Government, replying to the French Government's memorandum on the Naval Conference, says that if the Conference does not…

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"Army" on Parade Ex-soldiers in Charge Cessnock

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 13

Marching in the scorching sun and performing military movements at the command of a band of returned soldiers, 1200 miners of the newly formed…

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On Naldera Limbless Soldiers' Ball

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 23

THE first big ball of the year will be held on the Naldera on March 1. It will probably be the last big effort of the Limbless Soldiers' Appeal…

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Soldiers Line Up Support Miners "Comrades in Arms" Congratulated Branches Act

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

ALTHOUGH the constitution of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League of Australia is said…

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Bullets For Six--Three Dead, Three Wounded! Two Frightful Triple Shootings in an Hour in Western Suburbs Husband Kills Wife and Self : Baby in Critical State : Awful Deed at Summer Hill Enfield Couple Felled : Man Empties Gun in Own Mouth

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

One murder, two attempted double murders, and two suicides was the frighful record of yesterday, January 13, in Sydney's western suburbs. Within an hour two triple shootings occurred, one…

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The Anzac Memorial. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 9

Sir,—I regret that through some confusion the National Council of Women has been credited, as shown in a report of an interview between the Premier and the Hon. George…

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Woman Shot. Wounded in Throat and Back. Youth Turns Gun on Himself. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 16

Two persons were critically injured at Port Pirie this morning. A youth is alleged to have shot a woman, his cousin, at whose house he was living, and then turned the weapon upon…

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Huge Profits From War Play London

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 1

ANOTHER romance of the war play "Journey's End" was revealed to-day. Mr. Maurice Browne, the producer, who…

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War on the Mau Stamping Out Sedition Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 12

A determined attempt to round up native Samoang belonging to the Ma[?] organisation is in progress. The representative of the "Auckland Star,"…

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Wireless War Scotland Yard v. Crooks Hampering Police London

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 14

Scotland Yard has called in experts from the Post Office and wireless companies in an effort to counter a conspiracy by a gang of crooks, which is…

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If Soldiers Needed [?] Could Act

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 11

Following the Rothbury riots last month, the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, announced that he would not call out the military to deal with the position…

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Safety Men Withdrawn From Northern Mines. Coal-hewing Ceases At Unassociated Pits. Labour Defence Corps Drilling Under Returned Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 15

An almost complete stoppage of coal-hewing on the northern coalfields, except at Rothbury mine, has been brought about by the decision of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association to withdraw the safety men from the pits. The association has taken this action…

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Labour Army. Drilled by Returned Soldiers. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 15

Mass picketing will be carried out at collerles on the South Maitland coalfields to-morrow morning. The Labour defence corps, which was recently established at Cessnock,…

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Missing Soldier. Remains Found in France. LONDON, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 16

During the Australians' first engagement in France on August 5, 1916, Frederick Hankin was among the missing. His body has just been found and identified by means of a gold…

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