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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 164

War Bullet Shifted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Wounded on Gallipoli in 1915, while serving with the 6th Battalion, George S. Henry Gibson, 48, of St. Kilda West,…

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An Anzac the Bandit King Angora Tale Ruler Is Angry London

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 1

A former Anzac lieutenant found wandering on Gallipoli, suffering from shell-shock, after the evacuation, is now the…

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Gran Chaco War. Armistice Extended. Vancouver, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 7

A message from Asuncion, Paraguay, states that President Alaya yesterday consented to en eight-day prolongation of the armistice with Bolivia in the Gran Chaco dispute. The…

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Japanese War Minister's New Year Greetings to Australia Tokio

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 8

UNPRECEDENTEDLY discarding military uniform, without which he has never previously received an interviewer,…

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'Reveals Brink of War' Russo-Japanese Situation Soviet Makes Stand London

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 1

NEWSPAPERS discuss the gravity of the Russo-Japanese situation. The "News of the World"…

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New Year Honors the State List Is a Small One Soldier And Explorer Are Included No Knights

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 5

NEW YEAR State honors' conferred by the King for this State were: C.B.E. (Companion of the Order of…

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Pinkie Makes War in China

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

Sir.--Your "pinkie" contemporary despite the rebuke recently administered to its controllers, has again developed an attack of waritis, and,…

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Bandit King of Turkey Anzac Lieutenant Who Was Shell-shocked London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 7

Known as the Giaour, a former Anzac lieutenant, who, after the evacuation of Gallipoli, was found wandering about suffering from shell-shock,…

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Film War "Statements Are Ex-parte" Govt. Probe

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 7

MR. F. W. MARKS to-day commenced the film industry inquiry which he was appointed by the…

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World War. General Ludendorff's Prediction. LONDON, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 10

"Just as in 1912 I foresaw 1914, so now I cee a second world war coming with giant strides," said General Ludendorff, in an interview with the special representative of the…

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Reading the Signs. Soviet Speculates On World War LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

THE significance of German Fascism and Japanese imperialism in the struggle for a redivision of…

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Talk of War. Russia and Japan. Concern in Europe. LONDON, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 9

The foreign editor of the "Daily Express" says that the capitals of the world are concerned at the growing tension between Russia and Japan. The cause of the tension is that…

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Two New Knights for N.z. Soldier and Banker Honored

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.-- The New Zealand New Year honors list includes two Knights Bachelor-- Major-General Sir William Sinclair…

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"Herald" Finds Emden Bell Australia's Priceless War Relic Buried in a Melbourne Park. Dug Up From Depth of Four Feet. Investigators Make 1300-Mile Journey by Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 9

The Ernden Bell, stolen from the War Museum in Prince Alfred Park, was found at 3 a.m., on Friday last in parklands on the outskirts of Melbourne by a member of the "Sydney Morning Herald" staff specially deputed to make a search…

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Far Eastern Crisis Alarms Europe War-Scare Reports Circulated In London And N.Y. Japs. Deny Action Against Russia But May Intervene in China Rebel Alibi LONDON

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

THE unrest in the Far East, coupled with Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations, is causing increasing concern in the chancelleries of Europe…

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SURPASSED! Pre-War Steel Outputs

The World's News · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

The daily output of steel in the Sheffield area is now nearly a thousand tons higher per working day than it was at the corresponding time last year, and is…

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Mexican War Methods in Australian Film Fight

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 16

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- Mr. Joseph S. Hummel, general foreign sales manager of Warner Bros., New York, who…

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Film War Declared Rival Companies Will Build New Theatres

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 14

The film war has broken out again, and rival companies have announced their intention of building elaborate theatres in Sydney and in other capital cities…

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The Film War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 9

Sir,—As one of the many thousand regular attendants to the picture theatres of Sydney, I am much impressed at the large amount of space you are devoting in your valuable columns…

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Not Quiet on the Western Front France Prepares for Peace By Arming for War

The World's News · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 10

BETWEEN France and Germany, in the area shown on the map above,…

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