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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

3,205 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 161

For Worker Women The Soldier

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 5

SOLDIER, wake, the day is peeping; Honor ne'er was won in sleeping; Never when the sunbeams still Lay unreflected on the hill;…

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Quest for Bodies in Cave. Where Lorry-Load of Soldiers Fell

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 7

During the war a lorry full of Italian soldiers, which was being rushed to the front lines, lost its way in the darkness and disappeared into the famous cave of…

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Full Preference. Returned Soldiers. New Minister's Policy. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 13

Considerable significance is attached to a statement made to-day by the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Archdale Parkhill) at a meeting of the Canberra Advisory Council…

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Sponge To Wipe The War Debt Slate Italy's Policy Mussolini's Road To Safety World Trade Rome

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 1

"The Lausanne Conference must decide to make what is known as the 'stroke of the sponge,' cancelling all…

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After the Burning of Churches. Incensed Mexicans Kill Soldiers and Officials

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 32

Reports of the disturbances at Tlapacoyan and Ixhuatlan, both in the State of Vera Cruz, have, caused great excitement throughout Mexico. At Tlapacoyan…

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"You Enlist to Die." Facts About the Famous Foreign Legion

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 7

THERE has been a tremendous lot of A bunkum talked about that famous corps formed by the French in the last century, commonly known as the Foreign…

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War- Pension Receivers’ Association

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

On Monday night next, the 18th inst., the newly-formed association will hold their first meeting of 1932. This will take place in the Sutheralnd School of…

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What to Do Till the War Debts Doctor Comes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

"Made in Germany" should be the label on the crisis— if one could label a crisis—manufactured over the recent bad handling of its own affairs by white civilisation. "Made in Germany" is already stamped indelibly on the Great War of…

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How Japan Prepared War Huge Increase in Armaments Soviet Russia Menaced

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

The Japanese imperialists have been increasing their armaments with great speed during the past few years. In June, 1931. the army authorities…

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Futility of War. Mr. Bernard Shaw's Views. Speech at Capetown. Capetown, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 10

Mr. Bernard Shaw, who has arrived here on a holiday trip, addressing the University Club, at a luncheon given in his honour, said that if he was a dictator he would abolish…

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Soldier Settlers. Request to Government to Write Down Indebtedness. Griffith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 10

The largest meeting of soldier settlers on the irrigation areas for several years la[?] night unanimously decided to urge on the Government to discontinue the present system of…

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New Attack on Unemployed can be Defeated by United Action the Dole Reduced What of the Returned Soldiers

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

The table given below shows the way in which the amount allowed to the unemployed under the “dole” regulations has been whittled down…

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Japanese Soldiers Arrested for Communism. Tokio

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

Japanese newspapers report that prior to a telegraphist detachment leaving for Manchuria, the police arrested 10 of the soldiers on a charge…

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Full Preference to Returned Soldiers

The Biz · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 5

The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Archdale Parkhill) at a meeting of the Canberra Advisory Councill, stated that the new Government…

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Suspect Wounded Ran When Called Upon By Police MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 6

A suspect who bolted along Therry-street, North Melbourne, at 5 a.m. to-day, after having been called upon to stop, was wounded by one of two…

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Slew Wife with Axe Dapto Man Amok Son Wounded Dapto

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

SUDDENLY becoming deranged, following a nervous breakdown, which has kept him from work for…

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VILLERS-BRETONNEUX. Australian War Memorial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 7

Mr. William Lucas, architect, Melbourne, has received from the French Editor of "La Revue Moderne" a copy of the November issue of this leading art Journal, which contains the…

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Clash in Wharf War Knife Used Brush To-day Adelaide

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 3

FOLLOWING last night's outbreak of violence in the wharf war, an Italian volunteer was knocked down…

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War That May Involve Australia Europe, Maddened by Ruin, Plunges to Chaos

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 9

"REPUDIATION or chaos" is to-day the cry raised in the Chancellories of Europe. ALEXANDER SHAW, a Director of…

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Monkeys Save Life in War on Disease Tests of Infantile Paralysis Serum Committee's Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 4

With monkeys as the subjects, the Infantile Paralysis Committee, of which Sir Charles Clubbe is chairman, is…

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