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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

2,667 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 134

It's Dear Guarding Wounded Man Police Vigil Victim of Shooting

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1931 · page 1

It has cost the Police Department about £100 to guard a wounded man who is lying in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital…

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War Secrets See The Light News When Gamp Censor Gives Way LONDON

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 15 February 1931 · page 4

A war secret, of how a British officer, when a prisoner of war in Germany, was given a fortnight's parole by the Kaiser to visit his…

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Looking Through the New Books What is the Chaplain for ? Grim War Yarns

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 15 February 1931 · page 15

FIVE fighting tales of grim mood make up Duncan Grinnell-Milne's "Fortune of War" (Dymock's, 66). These chronicles of torpedoing, of…

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To Mother the Kaiser Helped Him War Prisoner in England on Parole London

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1931 · page 4

A war secret of how a British officer, when a prisoner of war in Germany, was given a fortnight's parole by…

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British Gift for German Soldiers London

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1931 · page 4

The will of Otway Robinson, a bachelor master mariner, of Whit- stable, allots a share of his £50,000 estate to the German Government…

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Veteran of Two Campaigns Birthday Party on Anzac

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 11

Sick diggers at Randwick Military Hospital are intensely proud of Charles B. Henderson, a veteran of two wars, who has just completed…

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Wounded Mother Fought Saved Babe When Lorries Crashed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 1

WITH a mother's instinct, Mrs. Mary Harley (33), wife of a Camden orchardist, though injured, saved her four-months-old baby from harm when two…

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Rifle Shooting. Metropolitan District Clubs' Prize Meeting. "B" Series at Anzac

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 6

The 10th annual prise meeting of the Metropolitan District Rifle Clubs' Union was commenced it the Anzac Rifle Range Liverpool on Saturday, when the "B" series was fired…

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Dramatic Film of War Spies Here

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 5

"Inside the Lines" with Betty Compson. Radio Pictures' all-talking drama, "Inside the Lines," featuring Betty Compson, opens on Wednesday at the Roxy Theatre…

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Australian War Debts. Pericd of Repayment. Question of Extension. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 9

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Snowden) was inaccessible to-day to inquirers as to what negotiations were afect respecting Australian war debts, but the Treasury…

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Ex-war Minister Dies in Sleep Caught Chill Following Censure Speech LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 11

Sir Laming Worthington Evans, M.P. for St. George's division of Westminster, died in his sleep early to-day at the age of 62…

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Why Some Girls Are Bachelors Premier's Daughter Explains Finest Men Lost in War

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 8

Miss Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of the Premier, speaking at the Bachelor Girls' Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, said there were…

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King Snubs War Bully Prince Who Used Poison Gas No Meeting London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 11

The "Sunday News" published a story of how King George snubbed Prince Rupprecht, of…

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Knock-back Couldn't See the King Bavarian Prince Cruelty in War London

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 1

After a secret visit to England, extending over ten days, with the object of effecting a reconciliation with the British Royal…

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Returned Soldiers "Macarthur" Sub-branch

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 2

"The above sub-branch, at a recent meeting, held their annual election of officers. The body has only been in existance for a period of six months,…

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Government Liens. Request for Postponement. Soldier Settlers at Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 7

PARKES, Saturday.—A large meeting of Soldier settlers this afternoon at Parkes carried the following resolutions:—(1) That this meeting of soldier settlers of the Ashburnham…

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Soldier Settlers' Dues and Liens Western Men's Appeal for Postponement

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 16

PARKES, Sunday. -- A large meeting of soldier settlers of the Ashburnham electorate, this afternoon at Parkes, carried a series of…

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Campbell's Welcome Home LONDON

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 2

Captain Malcolm Campbell, on his return from Daytona, where he established a new land speed record of 245½ m. p.h., will receive an official welcome…

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Fatally Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 10

John Herbert Minifie, aged 56 years, of Ennls-street, Balmain, who was taken to Balmain Hospital on February 3, suffering from a, badly cut throat, died yesterday afternoon…

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Gang War Yankee Gunmen in Sydney Cocaine Feud

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 9

Underworld guns, it is expected, may soon blaze forth again in Sydney. ARMED with miniature…

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