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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

3,205 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 161

Army Chaplains. Move to Abolish Uniforms. Clergyman's Denunciation of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 13

The Rev. Albert Morris, at the Methodist Annual Confeience yesterday, bitterly denounced war and the wearing of military uniforms by chaplains. He declared that…

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Peace Army Fantaitic Suggestion to Prevent the Horror of War

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 2

A PREVENT-WAR movement that is attracting considerable attracting In England because of the prominent positions occupied by some of its chief…

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Great War. Germany's Intentions. King's Warning in 1911. LONDON, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 13

A warning letter written by King George to Mr. Winston Churchill defining Germany's warlike intentions is one of the most remarkable papers in the seventh volume of British…

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William Ewart Gladstone's Cousin Driven To Dole In Sydney No Dough for Relative of Famous Statesman Fought in the Bread War Sold Thistles to Scots

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 7

ON the morning of New Year's Day (such is the adaptability of some people in the stress of poverty) William Gladstone and his daughter arose at 4 o'clock, and going to a paddock off the Parramatta Road which they had noted as being infested with Scotch thistles, they cut…

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Wounded Warder Still in Danger

Truth · Sunday 6 March 1932 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Although yesterday he was reported to have made much progress. Thomas Dowd, the warder who was shot in the abdomen…

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The Great Wall of DESTINY World's Last Bulwark Against War Storm!

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1932 · page 35

For 2000 years the destiny of the Far East has been linked with the Great Wall of China, that gigantic rampart built to buttress an Empire which was old when England was still a barbarians' wilderness…

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Peace Or "More Terrible War" Japs. Still Pouring in Troops Awful Issue Remains in Balance Woosung's Stand "To Last Man" Reds' New War Scare

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1932 · page 3

WHILE the League was discussing cessation of hostilities, the Japanese were pouring reinforcements into China and taking up positions enabling them to turn both Chinese flanks and possibly cut off the Chinese army from Shanghai…

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Mr. R. T. Ball's Dignity Is Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

BECAUSE he considers that his dignity has not been sufficiently recognised in his…

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Pictures From War Zone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 7

Top: INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL Settlement at Shanghai, showing the barricaded conditions, and a British machine-gun nest guarding a vital point. Below: General Ho Chu Kwoh, commanding the Chinese forces in Shanghai, reviewing troops…

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Big Tattoo Miniature War at the Show

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 9

An innovation at this year's Show will be the military tattoo on the night of March 21, when there will be rockets and flares, gunfire, bombs,…

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Ex-crown Prince. War Disclosures. Germany's Collapse. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 9

The ex-Crown Prince of Germany, who is on a visit to Oslo, Norway, in an interview in the "Tidens Tegu," makes the following statement regarding Germany's collapse in…

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War Debts Amounts Due to Britain London, Sunday. (Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

REPLAYING to a question in Parliament, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Chamberlain said that the amount of…

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War Debts. Liabilities to Britain. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 10

Replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) said that the amount of war debts due to Great Britain…

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War in the Raw at Shanghai Eye-witnesses in Sydney Bullets Whine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 7

'Wars," said Chief Steward Trotman, "are great--at a distance." "Sir," said Cadet Hockey',…

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Fighting Goes On! Despite Japan's Announced Acquiescence in Peace Move of League of Nations War in the Outskirts of Shanghai Bursts of Rifle Fire Continue in the Nanziang Area League Probes U.S. Representatives to Co-operate with Other Powers Shanghai

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

Fighting is continuing in the outskirts of Shanghai, despite Japan's acquiescence in the resolution of the League of…

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Peruvian President Wounded While at Mass. Vancouver (B.c.), March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 9

A message from Lima (Peru) states that the President (Lieutenant-Colonel Luis Sanchez Cerro) was shot and slightly wounded in a shoulder, while attending Mass in a…

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Modern War at Royal Show Terrific Attack on Pill-box

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 6

A naval and military tattoo, on a scale never before attempted in Sydney, will be the chief attraction at the Royal Show on the night of…

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War on Soviet Feared Russian Newspaper Causes Scare London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 7

The Soviet has ordered the entire provincial press to reprint the "Izvestia's" article, in which the newspaper claims to have unmasked…

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War in the Air with Lang Possible Conflict on Aviation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--It was suggested to-day that the Commonwealth and N.S.W. Governments may come into further conflict, this time…

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Returned Soldiers. Efforts to Obtain Preference. Unions' Counter-move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 10

It was reported in union circles yesterday that efforts were being made by returned soldiers' organisations to obtain an amendment of the Arbitration Bill now before the…

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