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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

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Readers Say Anzac Day

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

THE total cost of the Anzac Day ceremony, I understand, is under £100. Just now many of the R.S. League branches are anything but…

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Against Imperialist War Enthusiastic Rally in Sydney

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

With the slogan, “Not a Man, Not a Gun, Not a Ship to aid the Imperialist Butchers,” the League against Imperialism held a mass rally in the…

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Expensive Job What War History Has Cost

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 7

The cost to the Commonwealth of its War History forms an interesting item in the report by the Auditor-General…

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The War Crisis in China A Bulletin Which Answers Questions

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 3

On every hand it is admitted that the present war which is raging in China brings the world face to face with a situation similar to that of…

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War Menace Dangerous Tension Between Japan and U.s.a

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 1

The tension between Japan and the United States is rapidly approaching danger point. The Japanese press regards the coming large-scale naval and…

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Pre-war Millionaire. Death of Mr. Edgar Speyer. LONDON, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 10

The famous pre-war millionaire and banker. Mr. Edgar Speyer, has died at Berlin, aged 70 years. Mr. Speyer was a conspicuous figure in…

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REV. A. Wylie Blue. Australians' Part in the War. an Undying Story

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 13

The Rev. A. Wylie Blue, of Scots Church,, was the guest of the Legacy Club at David Jones' yesterday, not only as a distinguished visitor, but primarily because of his war…

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War Debts Must Go World on Rack, Says Banker Britain's Lead London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 8

"War debts and reparations cannot be paid, and prolongation of attempts to exact them means leaving the world…

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War Debts. Damage to World Trade. HON. A. Shaw's Speech. London, Feb. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 9

At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Shipping the Hon. Alexander Shaw, acting chairman of the P. and O. Company, moved a resolution supporting Britain's proposal to…

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Late War. News Japan May Defy the League "Will Maintain Position" Ultimatum Tok[?]o

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

It is unofficially reported that Japan is planning to reply to the League of Nations that she will maintain her present…

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Hands Off China ! Defend the Soviet Union! Manchurian Invasion Is for Plunder of China and War on Soviet Union

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 2

“The imperialists are with great f[?]y hurling themselves into the struggle against each other for markets, which are becoming more and more restricted as a consequence of the crisis and the growing impoverishment of the masses. The efforts being made by the imperialists to extricate…

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"Old Soldiers Never---" Payment For Eye That Did Not Exist

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 7

IT is stated in the Auditor-General's report that numerous overpayments of war pensions during the year arose from false declarations and…

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Soldiers on the Move

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 10

Reinforcements leaving Japan and arriving at Mukden, Manchuria, prior to being despatched to the war zone, is an item of current interest in the…

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Returned Soldiers' Concessions

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

There returned soldiers who are cut-patients of the Price of Wales Hospital, Randwick, and who are eligible for rail and or tram passes for…

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Not Our War! Amazing suggestion That Australia May be Embroiled in China British Politician Butts In Aggression Bogey Is Raised League's Strong Note to Japen LONDON

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 1

A GRAVE suspicion is beginning to dawn on Australian circles in London that attempts may be made to drag Australia into the war in China. The fear was accentuated to-day by an amazing question asked of the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons suggesting that Australia was in danger from Japanese aggression…

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Labor Returned Men

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

The East Sydney Returned Sailors and Soilors and soldiers Labor Club met at paddington Town Hall on February 18 with Mr. Alec. Williamson in…

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Australia Returns "Deserter" His Honor Tragedy of a War Mistake "Digger Was Killed in Action 16 Years Ago

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 1

DESERTER! Bitterest word in the dictionaries of war, the brand of Judas, last taunt in the shameful brotherhood of cowardice and treachery. For 16 years it has rung in the ears of a soldier's wife and a…

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War's Horrors and Toll

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 4

Sir,--If we concede tho primary cause of war is "fear," and that mankind in the mass are actuated by tear when they resort to armed…

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Career of Crime. Man Who Fought at Anzac. LONDON, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 14

When Thomas Johnson was convicted at Salford of fraud on an hotelkeeper, the police revealed that he had had a remarkable career of crime. He ran away from home at the age…

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Costly History of War Bean Says He Told Government

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 4

The Commonwealth war historian, Dr. C. E. W. Bean, would make little comment last night on the report of the Auditor-General that "the work…

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