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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

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There Is an Oil War Brewing Russia and Latvia On the Job a Big Move!

Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 22

There are all the makings of a man-size oil war in Australia. PROBABLE causus belli is a card that reads, "Thomas Barker…

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Welcome Home. Armidale People Greet Bishop Coleman

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 14

Obviously pleased to be back again with his people, the Coadjutor-Bishop of Armidale (Right Rev. Dr. Coleman), who looked remarkably well, was given a rousing…

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War on Vermin

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 15

It is important just low to keep a keen eye for the presence of vermin, which are apt to multiply at a alarming rate in the hot weather, unless rigorously…

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N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 2

The Council of the New South Wales Jewish War Memorial entertained Rabbi and Mrs. F. L. Cohen at afternoon tea in the…

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War on Court! Union Swing Against Arbitration

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 2

THE Ironworkers Union yesterday decided to recommend to the A.C.T.U. conference on February 16 that the Federal Arbitration Court…

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General Dawes. Remarkable Speech. America's Part in the War. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 9

"Some truths about America's part in the Great War" were told by General Dawes, the American Ambassador, when he was entertained by members of the American Legion…

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To Piggery Soldier's Decline 'Varsity Graduate

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 15

"I have been in gaol five weeks, and I think your Honor will agree with me that it is not a pleasant place to be in."…

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Jewish Returned Sailors and Soldiers League

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 8

Members of the above are particularly requested to keep the evening of February 19th free for a function, further particulars of…

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Pius X.'s Prophesy of War. His Peace Effort Recounted. Begged Emperor Francis Joseph Not to Soil Last Years with Blood of Europe

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 40

Some criticism touching the memory of Pope Pius X. with regard to his role at the beginning of the World War has led "Messagero," a Rome journal, to…

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Welcome Home

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

After their trip to England, Miss Beryl Osborne, top, and Miss Marjorie Osborne. with their mother. Mrs. Sep…

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Time to Pay War Debts Soldiers' Idea R.s.l. Seeks Conference

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 10

THE N.S.W.Council of the Returned Soldiers' League at its meeting yesterday, adopted the following resolutions: --…

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War Office Contract. "Australia Cannot Compete." Mr. Cramsie's Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 11

"The British Government of to-day, though it be Labour, is prepared to place contracts with foreign countries using cheaper labour and having a very much lower standard of…

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"Logical Thing" Cancelling War Debts Theodore's View Canberra

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

Referring to the leader in "The Sun" to-day, which suggests a general cancellation of war debts as between Governments and…

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Dilatory U.s.a. in War Foch Is Frank Britain to Rescue

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

(From the memoirs of the late Marshal Foch. Copyright by Doubleday, Doran and Co. Exclusive to "The Sun."--No. 14.) The terrible trials and stresses…

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Unhealthy for Capitalist Spies Soviet Workers and Their G.P.U. Fighting War

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

MOSCOW, Saturday. — Thirteen years ago the G.P.U., or political police, whose duty Is to safeguard the Workers’ Republic, was first…

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Cowra Returned Soldiers. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 12

At the annual meeting of the Returned Soldiers" League, which was well attended, a motion was passed protesting against the action of the Postal Department in dismissing…

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Starved to Death—Australian Ex-Soldier

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

London, January 21.—It was revealed at a Camberwell inquest to-day that George Robert Palliser, 59, an Australian, who was found dead in…

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A World Political Trial Exposure of Imperialist War Plan Soviet Workers to Be Starved, Then Butchered Capitalist Remnants Conspired with French Military Staff

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

ON THE TRIAL OF THE COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY “INDUSTRIAL PARTY” IN THE SOVIET UNION The indictment against the…

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The Melting Pot. the War

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 20

THE Browns seemed a happy young couple when they first moved to our neighborhood. But soon it was noticed that She no longer waved…

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Current Literature Prisoners of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 8

Many books have been written by British soldiers about their escape from German prison camps during the war, but none is more interesting than "Within Four Walls," by…

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