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The wars & local soldiers, 1930

3,305 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 166

Feeding the Flames Tory Press Stirring Up Hate Bavin Already Speaks of "War"

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 8

The "Herald" started a terrible possibility by drawing attention in a leading article to the letter of a correspondent on the subject of a Civil…

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Myth of ‘Army Cuts’ Exposed New War Technique demands Small Armies Military Experts Talk Frankly

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

“The prospect before us to-night is the prospect of established peace.”— Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at the London Lord Mayor’s banquet…

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Workless Ex-Soldiers Greet Miners

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

At a meeting of 200 unemployed returned soldiers held at the Sydney bureau of the R.S.S.I.L.A. on Monday, it was decided to send “fighting fraternal…

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Order Must Be Maintained. The Spirit of Civil War Must be Quenched Before it Becomes Nationally Disastrous The Bavin-Buttenshaw Government Must Act with Firmness

The Land · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

The times has come when the Government of New South Wales must either enforce the law or collapse before the march of revolution. Having put their hands to the plough, Messrs. Bavin and Buttenshaw and their colleagues cannot now turn aside from their task. They must…

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Lenin, Liebknecht, Luxemburg Fought To Transform War Into Revolution “ The Chief Enemy Is In One’s Own Country” “Democratic Peace” Is Possible Only Through Overthrow Of Capitalism Building a Revolutionary International

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 3

The working class must learn from its victories as well as from its defeats. For this reason it needs to study thoroughly all the stages of the fight waged by the great evolutionary leaders— Lenin, Karl Liebknecht, and Rosa Luxemburg—against the 1914-18…

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Anzac War Memorial. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 11

Sir,—In a recent issue of "The Sydney Morning Herald," re the proposed Anzac War Memorial, stiong exception was taken by representatives of the National Council of…

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The Man in the Street. (To the Editor.) an Anzac Enthuses

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 4

Sir, -- I read with great satisfaction in the "Labor Daily" that the Diggers at Kurri Kurri have formed a Labor Defence Army…

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War Hero. Father's Tribute to Son

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 12

A Bath mother is jealously guarding the secret of the whereabouts of her two sons, one of whom is stated to have saved 11 lives when his ship was sunk during the war…

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Motor War General Motors and Fords In Japan

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 15

The management of General Motors at Osaka (Japan), taking advantage of the recent protest against the discharge of workmen, has closed the works until…

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Hon. Syd. Smith Again Weds Bride Served in the War

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

An item of much social interest, locally, this week has been the marriage of Mr Sydney Smith, senr., several times a Minister of…

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Why I Publish Smith's Weekly Talkies, the Stage, and the Chinese Rules of War

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 14

RULE One from the Chinese Articles of War. Should one army learn of the accidental approach of a hostile army within a radius of 200 miles, the first army shall be allowed to leave immediately for the other side of Tibet…

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Food Imports in Britain Dominions'' Share Big Post-war Increase London. Friday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

Striking facts and figures about Britain's food supplies are contained in the "Blue Book" issued to-day. Dealing with the changes between…

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Bavin Is Trounced War by Police Great Mass Meeting at Lithgow 'Blood on Batons' Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 7

A GREAT meeting of the citizens of Lithgow to-night carried a resolution condemning the Bavin Government for its action against the…

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"Smith's" Man Struck by Business Agent War Declared on Client-fleecers Snide Methods of These Commercial Pariahs

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 8

FOR outrageous effrontery, chicanery in the highest -- or lowest form, and a superlative aptitude for bullying their critics as well as fleecing their clients, some ol the alleged business agents of Sydney are in a class by themselves…

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Voluntary Enlistment. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 22

Notification appears in the Commonwealth Gazette issued yesterday that the GovernorGeneral-in-Council has ordered that all existing units of the citizen military forces shall…

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Make-believe Soldier Who Out-soldiered the Soldiers

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 23

WHAT a hideous mockery is that elusive thing men call freedom! When achieved it frequently becomes a thraldom [?]…

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Ex-policeman and Ex-soldier Enters His Protest (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 5

SIR, -- A great deal of publicity is now being given in the Sydney Press, as to volunteers offering their services to the…

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Anzac Fellowship

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 22

THE Anzac Fellowship of Women will hold their hostel committee meeting on hold their hostel committee meeting on Wednesday at the Empire Service Club…

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Muriel Starr in Unique War Drama

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 2

"THE ENEMY," played for the first time in Australia at the Palace Theatre, last night, by Muriel Starr and her company, will do more than entertain. It…

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"The Enemy" Muriel Starr Scores Anti=war Play

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 6

Not until 10 years after the war is over has the antiwar play come into its own. Muriel Starr and company presented…

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