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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 166

Disagreement at Canberra Returned Soldiers Hit by Employment Order Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

Considerable discussion is taking place among returned soldiers regarding the amended order of preference in the Federal Capital Commission…

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Engineers Declare War on Beeby Award

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

"That the A.E.U. cannot accept the draft award of Judge Beeby, and that mass meetings be called immediately to place the position before the…

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War Victims T.b. Diggers' Plight

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 14

MR. A. E. YATES, hon. general secretary of the T.B. Sailors and Soldiers' Association writer: "The Great War is over, but T.B…

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"War Guilt." Modern Historian Exonerates Germany

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 14

Germany, which has all along strenuously denied her "war guilt," seems to be exonerated by Mr. G. P. Gooch, a recognised authority on modern history, who…

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War Book Diggers Object Backed Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

GEELONG returned soldiers last night passed a motion supporting Sr John Monash's protest against personal references to Australian…

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Fatal Sting. by "Man-o'-war." Townsville

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

Maurice Woods, 7, was bathing at Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island, with his father late on Monday afternoon, when he was stung by what is believed to have been a Portuguese…

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£54,000,000 Claim First Legal Step Fails War Injuries London

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 8

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of the Civilian War Claimants' Association, whose total claims on account of Injury and loss…

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10,000 MEMBERS Returned Soldiers' League

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 16

That financial members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League now numbered over 10,000 was stated by Mr. F. Hatfield, of the central…

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"Soldiers" Not There Coalfields Corps Cessnock

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 11

There was no attempt to-day to form a second battalion of the Labor Defence Corps, as previously rumored. The first division of the corps held its first parade…

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Australia Is So Popular Lonely Soldiers Write to "Pictorial"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 6

Almost the entire English Army in India seems to have taken a liking to Australia. For the last six months "Tommies" have been…

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Welcome Home to Kangaroos Dinner on Night of Arrival

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 25

The "Kangaroos" are due to arrive in Sydney on March 3, and the same night they will be entertained at a "Welcome Home" dinner, by the…

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War Book

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

London, Thursday.--"Her Privates We" is a curiously-titled war book which will be published to-morrow. The author anonymously signs…

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Bavin Wants Bloody War!

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

HAVING first flagrantly disobeyed the laws of the country; having next created laws which he knew men could not possibly observe; having then loosed his hireling police upon the people to baton them instead of summoning them before the courts, our Premier, in whose…

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War Wolves Talk Peace Powers Play for Position in Next War

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

On January 21 in London representatives of Britain, U.S.A., France, Japan and Italy will meet to discuss their individual naval requirements for the…

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European War German Battleground American Car Ban?

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 16

Behind yesterday's cabled reports that Germany is seeking to prevent the importation of American cars, there must be a…

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"Moppers-up" War Tactics Diggers Defended Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 8

MR. MALTBY, M.L.A. who told a meeting of Geelong returned soldiers on Wednesday night that most Digger would have to plead guilty…

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NOVELS of the Day a German War Book

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 7

A striking war book by a German has appeared with the title "Schlump—the Story of an Unknown Soldier." It has more romance than is to be found in the one by…

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War Heroes Indignant at Wanton Savagery of Police

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 1

HUNDREDS of returned soldiers resent the unprovoked attack by the police on the miners on the Northern coalfields, and the wanton maiming of helpless and unarmed men, gathered for the purpose of a peaceful demonstration…

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EUROPE v. U.S.A. Motor Markets Make For War

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

BRUSSELS, Dec. 6.—This week the international Federation of Automobile Manufacturers in Europe is meeting here with a view to limiting the…

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Another Frank Book on the War The Private's Point of View LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

Another war book, with a gruesomely frank description of warfare from the private's viewpoint, is to be published to-morrow…

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