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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

3,205 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 161

Going Ahead With Plans British Cabinet War Debts Talk M. Herriot Fierce Never Yield London

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 3

FOLLOWING the suggestions of a possible postponement of the Lausanne Conference on reparations…

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What They Are Doing in the Markets Bacon War Raging for Trade Dairy Products Steady Fruit Sought

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 6

Curers and distributing companies are ruthlessly cutting prices for bacon in an effort to capture trade. Supplies exceed requirements, and,…

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Soldier Settlers. Work of Review Boards. Ministerial Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn), who is also chairman of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, made the following statement yesterday, referring…

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A Forgotten Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 6

Jean Cavalier, the subject of a "Life" by Mr. A. P. Grubb, was a remarkable figure, and, although outside France, he now is probably not even a name to most people, he…

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Wipe Off Urge War Debtless World?

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 9

With the Reparations Conference at Lausanne looming near, the past few days have been crowded with significant…

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What the World Is Reading The "Anzac" Fighters of the Sea: Story of the Destroyers

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 3

A GOOD deal has been said of the heroes of submarines, but until the technique of dealing with…

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Red Rally Call at Darwin Town Develops War Nerves Demand for Release of Pine Creek Rioters Story of Bombing Darwin

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 4

Following a deputation to the Government Resident (Col. Weddell) seeking the release of the six Pine Creek unemployed, recently sentenced to a month, the Communists have decided to call upon all unemployed at Pine Creek,…

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Ruthless Campaign to Strike Terror Into Criminals' Hearts No Quarter Now From Police "It's War to Finish" Says Commissioner Childs Underworld Is Upset

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 2

Although they are handicapped by obsolete laws, police from now on will give no quarter to gangsters and those who are found to be in possession of unlicensed lethal weapons…

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War Hero Dead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 10

Captain Albert Jacka, V.C., M.C., whose death is reported on page 9…

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Bullet Hit Constable on the Hip Suspected Thief at Bay Not Wounded Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

Constable Charles Lowe was saved by his pocket-book from being seriously wounded by gunfire last night…

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Australian War Hero, Jacka, Is Dead Result of 17 Years Old Wound First Man In A.I.F. To Win The V.C. Brave Soldier Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 5

Captain Albert Jacka, the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross in the world war, is dead. He died in Caulfield Military…

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War Debt Issues Conference Too Soon London

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

GERMANY considers that it will probably be impossible to avoid an adjournment of the Lausanne…

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Captain Jacka. Hero's Death. War Exploits Recalled. Melbourne, S[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 9

The death occurred at Caulfield Military Hospital this morning of Captain Albert Jacka, the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross in the Great War. Captain Jacka had been…

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War-time Fund. Found to Have £700 Balance. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 11

In 1915, a fund was established to assist men from this district who returned wounded from the war. Some £3000 was contributed to this fund, and, as men returned, they were…

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JACKA, V.C., "Goes Over" Gallant Life Ended by War Injuries 'SUPER-DIGGER'

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Captain Albert Jacka, V.C., the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross in the Great War, died in the…

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Race War Feared U.S.A. Admiral's View on Hawaii Crime Wave Honolulu

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 8

"I have feared violence and tension between the American, and the native of Hawaii for the last four years."…

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Il Duce Hits Tariff Walls Mad War of Trade Is Near Personal Call by Mussolini "To Destruction" London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 5

"Besides military disarmament, we must have economic disarmament so as to enable trade once again to…

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Sir Henry Lawson. Distinguished Soldier. Visit to Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 8

A distinguished soldier and administrator, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Merrick Lawson, K.C.B. arrived in Sydney on Saturday from New Zealand, by the Makura. After…

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Mother Nursed Wounded on Waterloo Field

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 5

GRAFTON, Monday.--There is a man living at Maclean whose mother was a nurse at the Battle of Waterloo (1815). He is Mr. William Stout, of…

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War Relic

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 8

Compass stand from the bridge of H.M.A.S, Sydney, which destroyed the Emden at Cocos Island on November 9, 1914. It has been erected…

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