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The wars & local soldiers, 1933

3,351 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 168

Emden's Bell Placed in War Memorial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 12

The ship's bell of the Emden, which mysteriously disappeared from Garden Island in September last and was later recovered buried in the Domain, has been presented by the…

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Current Literature a Surgeon on the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 8

Colonel Arthur Osburn, author of "Unwilling Passenger," had been a surgeon in the Regular Army, was recalled to the colours shortly after the outbreak of war to take up…

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A Good Fighter Great War Will Win More

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 4

ON January 30, Great War finished second to Rex Bells at Harold Park. Not satisfied with the…

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German Cruiser First Visit Since The War FREMANTLE

The Sun · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 5

Welcomed by a salute from the garrison artillery and by dipping planes, the German cruiser Koln entered the harbor to-day…

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Chang and Chiang Rival War-Lords Confer But Speak Not PEKING

The Sun · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 3

THE rival war-lords of China and Manchuria, Chiang Kai-shek and Chang Hsueh-liang, had a conference to-day, yet they did not speak to each other. They sat in their own trains, which…

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Returned Soldiers' League Its Benevolent Work

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 2

In the constitution, rules, and bylaws of the League, we find, among the twelve objects this:—"To provide for the sick, wounded and needy among…

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Discipline of Soldiers. Britain and the Dominions. LONDON, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 13

The House of Commons, by 157 votes to 30, carried the third reading of the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Bill. Sir Stafford Cripps (Lab.) moved the…

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Australian "Hobo" Who Became Chinese General Shanghaied From U.S.A. As Alien Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor Penniless Wanderer Returns In Luxury Liner No Dole Because He Can't Be Identified And Everything Else Except The Thief Was Spy for the Japanese Army

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 7

BACK in the land of his birth--"shanghaied" back on…

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Passion and Pageant-- Make Up a Policeman's Happy Holiday Tug-o'-war Was a Gastronomic Tragedy "Flying Squad" Off the Regulation Beat

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 9

SATURDAY, the Sydney Showground and the imposing spectacle of a city's police force at play! The Police Sports! In the jargon of the underworld, it fairly "copped the…

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The TRUTH about War Debts

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1933 · page 4

UNDOUBTEDLY the biggest economic event of last year was France's repudiation. At Lausanne…

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War Hero v. Knight Wages Claim Fails

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1933 · page 17

HOLDER of the Military Modal and Croix de Guerre, Captain Eric Stanley Gordon last weak appeared in the Chief Industrial…

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Stop Press Danzig War Sparks. Paris

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1933 · page 14

Smouldering sparks in Dancing may easily start another war, declares Dr. Zelhm, President of the Danzig Senate, who is proceeding to Geneva in…

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Poland in War Paint Alarms Germany Plea That Britain Should Hold Aloof London

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1933 · page 5

Berlin reports state that despite the Polish Government's denials, Taglische Rundschau asserts that Polish troops are concentrated at various border points, and that there is unusual military activity through the Corridor…

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Why War Must Not Break Out! Graphic Picture of the Horror Which Experts Declare Would Ensue

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1933 · page 17

In an address at Edinburgh University, Sir Ian Hamilton declared that Japan menaced British possessions in the Far East and spoke of the horrors of the next war, but the undergraduates refused to take hint seriously, and he was compelled to finish…

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Australia's First Expedition to "Opium War" Declaration Against China Paid Indemnity of 21,000,000 Dollars Drug As Great Money Spinner

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1933 · page 11

Australia has but a general interest in the reported intention of Manchuhuo (or of the Japanese) to foster the…

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Anzac Memorial. Dome Almost Completed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 10

Mr. C. Bruce Dellit, architect of the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, said yesterday that work on the memorial was progressing well. The granite exterior was fast approaching…

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War Perils in Europe Gravest Situation Since Armistice Hitler Storm London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

Europe is facing her gravest period since the war. HITLER'S domination of Germany, and the national…

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Figures on the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 12

WORK IN PROGRESS YESTERDAY ON SOME OF THE FIGURES THAT WILL ADORN THE ELIZABETH-STREET SIDE OF THE MEMORIAL…

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Real Fighting in China Young General Is Wounded Japanese Win Peking

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 1

THE capture of Kupeikow Pass by the Japanese, following a severe week-end engagement, is officially confirmed by…

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M.C.C. Wins Tennis War Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 8

AT a special meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia to-day, a resolution was carried that the members of the Davis Cup toam…

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