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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

2,667 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 134

Milk War Suppliers Paid Little More Than Butter Equivalent

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 7

As predicted in last week's 'Farmer and Settler," Singleton's entry into the Sydney milk distributing trade has brought about a price war. Milk…

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Id a Loaf Marrickville War on Rush for Bread

The Sun · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 7

Another suburban bread war is in progress, with the price down to a penny a loaf. The opponents are a baker and a…

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War Pension Waste. to the Editor Op the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 8

Sir,—Before any soldier gets a pension he is submitted to a searching examination by a medical board, and thereafter regularly called up for further information as to…

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An Old Soldier

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 20

"SOL" COMPTON, sergeant cook at Liverpool, and erstwhile assistant…

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"Fighting Charlie" Joins Up Enlisted in Labor Army Croydon's Capture

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 1

Brigadier-General Cox -- better known as "Fighting Charlie" -- has joined the Australian Labor Army. The enlistment the General is…

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Soldier Settlement. Interest on Loans. Remissions to States. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 13

Remissions totalling £7,000,000 have been granted by the Commonwealth on interest on loans to the States for soldier settlement, according to an official statement issued…

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Smiths Real Story Behind Sam Wiley's Tick Fight Facts That Led to Revolt of Northern Farmers "Smith's" Lifts lid Off Goonengerry Tick War Stand Against Officialdom Was Like Eureka Stockade

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 8

BEHIND the story of the revolt of Sam Wiley, Goonengerry (Mullumbimby, N.S.W.) dairy farmer, with 60 other farmers, against officials of the Tick Control Board, lies a far more serious problem…

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Labor Threat of Revolution Under the Red Star a Force of 100,000 to Be Raised and Armed for Civil War Soviet Menace of Bayonet, Bullet and Shell Murderous Reply to Lawful Demands for Reform

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 1

HUNDREDS of thousands of citizens in city and country, demand the reform of Government, to end the regime of ruin repudiation…

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ENGLAND'S First AIRWOMAN Lin SYDNEY Ran Factory During the War

The Sun · Sunday 29 March 1931 · page 39

TWENTY- TWO years ago, at the epoch-making Aerial display at Blackpool, a slip of a blue- eyed girl tense with wonder and excitement…

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Women Earners in War Italian Law Passed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 6

Italy's women in war time are to be considered wage earners as much as men. A law passed by the Chamber of Deputies says that where there are unmarried…

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Boy Accidentally Wounded. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 16

Yesterday Cyril Bairett, 13, pick [?] up his father's gun and belt of cartridges, put two cartridges into the gun, and was playing with it when one cartridge exploded. His brother,…

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War Book by a Sydney Youth Enlisted in A.I.F. AT 17 LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 10

"DONALD BLACK,"' which is the pseudonym of a New South Wales writer who wishes to remain anonymous, is shortly publishing a…

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War Pension Waste. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 5

Sir,—"Full Pensioner" tries to discount my assertion "that no distinction was made between married and single on enlistment" by drawing attention to the fact that a married…

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For Peace Military Display War Machines

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 6

The wonderful display that the Australian Military Forces have arranged at the rear of the Hordern Pavilion is a convincing argument…

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Bread War Govt. V. Bakers Relief Loaves

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 17

Though the Master Bakers' Association has notified the Government that the price of bread supplied to the Labor and…

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Greatest of all War Secrets A Naval Disaster that was Never Revealed

The World's News · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 10

THE astonishing story of how the British 23,000 ton super-dreadnought Audacious was sunk by a mine off the Irish coast…

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The Plough Share and the Sword Lectures on War at the Show New Weapons

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 6

Weapons of war may have some slight eight political significance in these days of storm and stress, but it is questionable if they have any…

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Soldier's Badge Use by Policeman Report Called for

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 14

The Acting Commissioner of Police (Superintendent Leary) said to-day that he was calling for a report on the allegation that a policeman who…

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Soldiers Behind Govt. Prepared to Fight

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 5

The following motion was yesterday adopted by the Eveleigh branch of the N.S.W. Returned Soldiers, Soldiers and Veterans' Association:--…

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News of Interest to Country Visitors Not Returned Soldier Policeman Wore a Digger's Badge Muswellbrook

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 10

-- The admission by a police constable, who is not a returned soldier, in evidence at Muswellbrook Police Court, that he had…

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