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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

2,667 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 134

A.I.F. Golf Cup Problem War Against 'Colonel' on Three Courses

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 3

This year's A.I.F. Golf Cup Competition will present a first-class problem for the organisers to solve…

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Fear of War. Soviet's Call to Arms. Secret Document. League Perturbed. LONDON, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 9

The League of Nations has received from the secret service of a western Power a confidential Soviet document, appealing to schools throughout Russia…

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Soldiers Build Their Own Home

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 6

Soldiers at the Array Vocational Camp in Wiltshire, England, are taught trades before being discharged into civilian life. They are here seen building "married quarters" for their wives and children…

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Ex-soldiers' Reunion

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

The committee of the Australian Mechanical Mining and Boring Company annual reunion has decided to hold a supper and smoke social in the Conference Hall on the fifth floor of the…

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Anzac Service

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 7

The Mayor and aldermen of Concord accepted the [?] last night of the St Andrew's Church authorities to be present at Anzac Sunday service on…

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Wounded Comrade Sympathy Among Insects

The World's News · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 4

A STORY of how one wasp cared for another that had been injured is told by a gentleman who, while reading the newspaper, felt bothered by the buzzing…

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Havre War Tomb

The World's News · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 6

A MONUMENT has been unveiled at Havre (France) to those who lost their lives in British ships sunk in the Channel during the war, notably the…

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War on Against Rough Play League Active

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 4

A war against rough play, such as marred many of the Rugby League matches last year, will be waged by…

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Heroine of the Boer War Braved Rifle Fire for Water

The World's News · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 4

A WOMAN'S gallant act during the Boer War is recalled by the death, in her 70th year, of Mrs, Jane Montgomery Campbell, wife of Captain A. Montgomery…

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Quick-fire War Debts in Commons Snowden What Britain Pays U.S. LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 1

A lively quarter of an hour or cross-firing was spent in the House of Commons this afternoon on the question of Australia's war debt…

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Boy Soldiers

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 11

THE New South Wales Minister for Education is to be commended for his refusal to sanction military training in the schools…

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Our Soldier Settlers Life on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 33

The outside world has heard a good deal about the dissatisfaction of settlers on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, but on the farms and orchards themselves the impression the visitor gains is that of a splendid camaraderie that is slowly shaping the destiny of this great experiment in a way that will benefit both the settlers and the country…

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Lands Department. Cost of Soldier Settlement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 11

The annual report of the Lands Department for the year ended June 30 last was tabled in Parliament yesterday. It stated that altogether 9348 discharged soldiers had been…

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Cost £8,058,108 Soldier Settlement Repatriation of 10,051 Ex-a.lf. Men

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 1

SINCE the Inception of the returned solders' settlement scheme 10,051 ex-soldiers have been repatriated by the Government of New South Wales…

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Our War Debt to Britain Stirs House of Commons Appeal for Relief Not Yet Made How France and Italy Escaped "Unhappy Position" of Australia London

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 1

THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowden, spent a busy quarter of an hour in the House of Commons to-night, answering questions relating to the abatement of Australia's war debt to Britain…

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Returned Men Auburn Sub-Branch

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 13

At the monthly meeting held by the Auburn sub-branch R.S. and S.L.L.A., on Wednesday last, the 1[?]th instant, the resignation of Mr. W. A. Brown,…

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The Pioneer. War Veteran Scuttled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 9

Just before nightfall yesterday an unostentatious procession made Its way down the harbour and sought the open sea. It comprised the tug Mermaid, with the hulk of the…

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Cactoblastis Is Winning War on Prickly Pear

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 4

Complete eradication of prickly pear in New South Wales by means of the ravages of the cactoblastis insect is predicted in the report of the Western…

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Fertiliser Factor in Costs Below Pre-War Levels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 10

In a statement, in "The Daily Telegraph," Mr. F. H. Tout, president of the Graziers' Association, boiled down the big problem of the primary…

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