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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 164

Welcome Home to the 'Roos

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 3

EASTERN Suburbs District Rugby League Club is arranging a big welcome home to the Kangaroos. A…

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Arsenic Value War On Pests Tariff Opposed

The Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 9

THE value of arsenic in preparations to protect primary industries, such as sheep, cattle and fruit- growing, was…

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Alleges Japan Has Prepared to Launch War Moscow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 11

"IF Japan strikes at Russia, the Red Army will answer with such a blow as will make the strongholds of capitalism…

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The Far East. Talk of War. Soviet and Japan. Russian General's Warning. LONDON, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 9

"Japan is feverishly preparing for war," declared the Soviet Commander-in-Chief in the Far East (General Bleucher) in an address at the Communist Party Congress…

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Soldiers' Club. Sly Grog Prosecution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 10

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, Alfred Charles Parsons, 55, motor driver, was convicted of selling liquor without a licence at the Bondi Soldiers' Memorial…

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Soldiers Take The Places Of Paris Strikers PARIS

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

THE one-day general strike proclaimed as a protest against the Hitlerising of France commenced at midnight, and demonstrations have been…

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Alexander's Soldiers Saw Them Natives of India Had Sugar Diet Early Methods of Refining What Aust. Eats

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 4

WHEN the soldiers of Alexander the Great marched into India in 377 B.C., they found the natives chewing sugar-cane, which they…

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A.L.P. Executive's Anti-War Declaration Adopted Overwhelming Majority Delegates Applaud Report Most Complete Yet Presented To Movement 'To Bitter End'

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 6

BY an overwhelming vote, the Metropolitan Conference of the A.L.P. last night adopted the declaration of the Central…

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Austria Ablaze with Civil War Guns Blasting Socialists Out Of Strongholds Scores Die Munition Works Stand Rebels in Charge Battle in Vienna Vienna

The Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

ARMAMENTS ranging from machine guns to howitzers are being used by the Government forces against Socialists armed with hand grenades and rifles. The death roll is heavy. Fierce street fighting continues in Vienna and elsewhere. After View to of Graz where scores have been killed in the rioting…

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Anzac War Memorial

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 9

At a meeting of the trustees of the Anzac War Memorial presided over by the Premier last week it was decided that H.R.H. Prince George should officially open the Anzac War…

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Flood-lit Anzac Memorial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 16

Experiments are now being carried out with flood-lighting…

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The Gloves Off To War

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 4

TAKING a perspective of the economic and political situation in Britain, viewed in the light of the Fascist wave that is sweeping over the ancient civilisations of Europe, Sir Stafford Cripps, as representative of the advanced group in the British Labor Party, a…

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May Be Another Beach War Surf Carnival When Prince Arrives

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 5

Will the visit of Prince George to Sydney in October result in another battle between Manly and Bondi regarding the choice of where the…

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Civil War in Austria. Fierce Fighting Between Socialists and Fascists

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 8

EVENTS are marching quickly in Austria, where the Dollfuss Fascist regime is making a determined effort to overthrow the Social Democrats…

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"Fair Profit at 4½d a Loaf" Bread War Spreading in Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 7

A bread war which three weeks ago reduced the price of bread in Redfern to 4d and 3½d a loaf has spread to the Eastern Suburbs, and…

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Austria's Sanguinary Civil War Govt. Fights Disorder with Cannons Whistling Bullets in Streets Socialists Maintain Barricades London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 1

THOUGH the Austrian Government claimed that at midnight calm had been restored and the situation was under complete control, the Vienna correspondent of…

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For T.B. Soldiers

The Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 12

A successful tennis tournament was organised by Miss Caple on Mrs. M. E. Wilson's courts, Roseville. The proceeds were given to the T.B…

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Athletics. Police Tug-o'-war

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 17

The draw for the tug-o'-war at the police car[?] on Saturday is:—First round. No. 3 division [?] 12 division. Seconds round: 15 v 11, 9 v 13, [?] 1, 4 v 8, 7 v 6, [?] v 2, 16 v 10, 5, v winner…

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War Decorations Unauthorised Sales Discussed With Govt

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 8

With a view to preventing the sale of war ribbons and miniature decorations to unauthorised persons, the Returned Soldiers' League recently…

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Civil War Sanguinary Street Fighting in Austria's Capital

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 2

HARDLY had the sound of the rioting in parts died away when civil war broke out in Vienna. the capital of Austria, between the Socialists and the…

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