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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 164

Girl Wounded. Shots Fired During Quarrel. Police Hunt in Bush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 11

Margaret Emily May McNeill, 22, of Young-street, Redfern, was wounded twice with bullets from a small calibre rifle at the Woronora River, near Sutherland, early yesterday…

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For Peace or War

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 8

London, Sunday.--Designed to carry 100 passengers from Putney to Greenwich (London) for 6d a heed, London's first river-taxi was launched…

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HEADHUNTERS. Japan's War in Formosa. YOKOHAMA, Dec. 14, 1933

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 10

Ever since China ceded to Japan the Island of Formosa some 37 years ago intermittent warfare has been going on between the conqueiors and the savages One of there sporadic…

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The Jetty New Border War Who Owns It? Murray Problem

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 6

THAT Old Man River...He must know somethin', yet he don't say nothin'. And, according to the best song tradition,…

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Welcome Home to Kangaroos

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 5

St. George D.R.L.F.C. is a arranging a welcome home dinner to "Yappy" Gardner, its representative in the Australian Kangaroos' team. The…

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Labor Outlaws War

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 4

THE declaration by Mr. Lang at Bathurst, pledging the Labor Movement to outlaw war, so that, while making adequate provision to protect Australia from external aggression, it would never sanction the participation of the youth of this country in an oversea…

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Against War. Victorian A.L.P. Policy. Instruction Defined. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

A resolution was passed oy the victorian conference of the Australian Labour party, defining the Victorian Labour party's antiwar policy, and delegates to the Federal…

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Anti-war Action Is Demanded Strong Decision By Victorian Labor Conference Conscription Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 5

THE Victorian Labor Conference to-day carried a series motions opposing war, and strongly advocated anti-war…

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"Judges Merely Soldiers" Counsel's Argument During O'Duffy Case LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

DURING his address to the High Court to-day, Mr. Costello (for General O'Duffy), contended that members of the Military Tribunal were merely soldiers, whose jurisdiction the High Court controlled…

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Ex-soldiers of World Invited Melbourne, Mon

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 5

ALL ex-service organisations, including those of all ex-enemy nations, have been sent invitations to…

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War Looms in the Pacific

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 11

It has been asserted on more than one occasion of recent years that the next great war would be fought in the Pacific, and development, even within the last…

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The Rabbit War — One Night's Catch

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 40

That rabbits are still exceedingly numerous in the west is evident from this picture of the result of one night's poisoning on Back Micabil station, near Condobolin. Incidentally, it also illustrates the danger of providing an ideal breeding-ground for blowflies…

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War in Pacific. Chinese Delegate's Views. SINGAPORE, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 13

That Chinese official opinion is fully appreciative of the danger of war in the Pacific was revealed in an interview with Dr. W. W. Yen, formerly Chinese delegate to Geneva,…

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The Bread War Now Crumbling Bakers Clamoring For Trade Public Firm

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 6

THERE was a strategic move in the Eastern Suburbs bread war yesterday, when Mr. B. Peach, storekeeper, of Bondi, who had…

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Soldier Judges May Accept Hearsay Evidence DUBLIN

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 15

Mr. Overend (for General O'Duffy), addressing the High Court to-day, reiterated that the Military Tribunal was not above the law of…

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A Real "Old Soldier"

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 17

The rider of the horse "Sporing" at the meet of the Epsom Draghounds was some years his junior. Though the horse is ridden regularly to hunt, he served right through the war in France and Flanders with B. Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery. He is 28 years old…

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Free State Tribunal. "Merely Soldiers." Charges Against General O'Duffy LONDON, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 13

The hearing was resumed to-day of the application by the Attorney-General of the Irish Free State (Mr. C. McGuire) to the High Court to remove with costs against the…

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PLAYWRITING Anzac Festival Competitions

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 4

The Anzae Festival Committee is holding a competition for a "Pilgrim Theatre play." It will consist of a play embodying the spirit of Anzae suitable for…

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War Memorial Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 6

The Federal Cabinet to-night accepted the tender of Simmle and' Co of Canberra,for the Constructlon of the first section of the Australian…

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£114,000,000 War Bill Washington, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 5

THE House of Representatives to-day passed the Naval Bill for the construction of 102 vessels and 1184…

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