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The wars & local soldiers, 1932

3,205 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 161

War Service Homes. Ministry's Policy. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 15

An announcement of the policy of the Federal Ministry in relation to arrears of instalments due by purchasers of war service homes was made to-day by the Minister…

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Must Meet Payments Purchasers of War Service Homes Policy Fixed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Government's policy in relation to war service homes payments was announced to-day by the Minister…

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Union War Over £2000 in Bank Carpenters, Federal and State, Seeing Bank Officials

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

There has been a fresh outbreak of hostilities in the Carpenters' Union, where a war between the Federal and State officials has been in progress for two years. THE State branch "went…

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Soldier Settlers Want Immediate Writing-down Uneasiness on M.I.A.

The Land · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 3

SOLDIER settlers on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area have urged the Government to discontinue the present system of reviewing indebtedness after…

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CHINA. Students, Soldiers, and "Statesmen." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Shanghai, Dec. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 10

More than the usual amount of wrangling intrigue, and backbiting is characterising the "love feast" of Canton and Nanking Ku[?]mintang representatives, who were to settle all…

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Youngest Soldier Many Claimants, Hard to Authenticate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 12

ALAN GEORGE YOUNG'S claim, made by his solicitor in court when he was sentenced for stealing tyres, to having been the youngest soldier…

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Soldiers Lead Sacrifice

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 2

The surrender of our soldiers to a cut in pension again affords proof of their readiness, in national emergency, to give a lead where others waver. In…

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Returned Soldiers' League Main Suburban Line Council

The Biz · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

The [?] meeting of the Main Suburban Line Council was held in the Returned Soldiers' Hall, Parramatta, on 14th instant, Mr. R. Rowe…

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Recipes by Request (Note: We shall he pleased to answer requests for recipes from, Readers of "The Land.") War Loaf (for Mrs. C.L.J. Ariah Park)

The Land · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 9

MIX together a cup of white self-raising flour and a cup of Howell flour. Stir in quarter teaspoon.of salt. Melt a dessertspoon of golden syrup in a little boiling…

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Latham Attempts to Over-ride S. Aust. Govt. Another Wharf War Clash Sequel to Action by the C'wealth Hill Confers with the Governor Consternation in Adelaide Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

The Federal Government to-day made an attempt to override the South Australian Labor Government's regulations, giving preference on the waterfront in that State to members of the Waterside Workers' Federation,…

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The Next War?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 6

"What would be the character of the next war" is the fruit of an inquiry instituted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Soldiers, scientists, and jurists discuss the probable…

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HORRORS of WAR

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 14

OUR mob were fed-up to the teeth with everything. There had been a long silence among the half-dozen collected outside the…

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A War Hero Death of Australia's First Victoria Cross Winner

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

Captain Albert Jacks, V.C., the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross in the war, died on Sunday last in the Caulfield (Vic.) military hospital, after a…

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Disarmament Conference "War Will Follow Failure." New York, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 11

On board the steamship President Harding, Senator C. A. Swanson, who is leading the United States delegation to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva, asserted: "If the…

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Soldier Settlers Request that Capital Indebtedness be Written Down

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 3

At a large and representative meeting of soldier settlers on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area, held at Griffith last week. It was decided to ask the Government to…

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Soldiers' Gift to Council. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 15

On behalf of the Wagga branch of the Returned Soldiers' League the president of the branch (Mr. H. J. Cunningham) presented an enlarged, framed photograph of Sir John…

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Old Soldier

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 14

HARRY BROWN, formerly of the 22nd Battalion, must surely be the oldest Digger. He was wounded at Ville-sur-Ancre in 1918 at the age of…

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Forfeited Farm Soldier Settlers and Divide-up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 7

FORBES.--The Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, is to be requested by the Returned Soldiers' League to re-open the matter of the disposal of a…

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War Babies' Bravery Never Let Their Country Down

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1932 · page 6

In the light of everything that is horrible in war, is it possible for one, still at the leaving certificate age, to go ove[?] the top amidst shot and shell,…

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Civil War Fear Fate of Western Civilisation at Issue London

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1932 · page 3

Germany's gigantic internal struggle may be decisive for the whole of western civilisation…

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