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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 164

Heavy Loads Balmain Police Train For Tug-of-war

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 8

Anxious to improve on its performance at the last police carnival, when it filled second place in the tug-of-war event. Balmain police team has…

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Lit Fire Austrian "War" Europe's Peril Fascism's Spread London

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 1

THE brief but bloody Austrian civil war has lighted fires capable of spreading abroad Fascism's victory…

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'Soulless Business Concern' Interest On The War Service Homes A.L.P. PRAISED

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 4

STATING that the spirit of the Act passed for the purchase of war service homes has been completely departed from,…

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Raising a Loan Soldiers Seeking Land May Apply to R.I.B.

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 14

"Ansac" asks my advice regarding a loan from the Repatriation Department to enable him to purchase a property. Answer,—I had a chat with the…

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Desperate Fight for Freedom Rages Austrian Socialists Stiffen Resistance To Fascists 1000 Men & Women Are Butchered Soldiers Desert Dollfuss Move For Peace VIENNA

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 1

IN the teeth of desperate odds and confronted with a Fascist dictatorship, the Austrian Socialists are putting up a courageous fight for social and…

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Lest We Forget Anzac Memorial Fund Urgent Appeal

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 9

MONEY is urgently needed to enable the Anzac Memorial Committee to complete the Shrine of Remembrance in time to permit Prince George to perform the dedication ceremony in October. The amount required is £15,000…

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Mystery Shot Man Thought to Have Been Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 9

A search of hospitals was conducted by police last night, in an endeavor to throw light on the report of a mysterious shooting affray near…

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Power Against War

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 8

That the picture would be a power against war was the opinion expressed by Professor John Anderson last night after-viewing. "Two…

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1½d Loaf Bread War at Coogee

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 11

Housewives in the vicinity of Paddington-road, Coogee, are finding a bread war, which has broken out, very much to their benefit…

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French General. Message to Australian Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 10

Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Abbot, president of the Federation of Allied Ex-Servlccmen, and chairman of the British Legion in Paris, was a passenger by the Otranto, which arrived…

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Stately Symbol. Anzac Memorial. Trustees' Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 14

The sum of £15 000 is urgently needed to complete the New South Wales Anzac Memorial as it was originally planned. Imposing in its conception and design the…

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Smithy Would Make Big Air Race 'Anzac' Show

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 1

"NEW ZEALAND aviation enthusiasts are keen to furnish the extra £5000 so that I may take part in the centenary air…

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£15,000 More Is Needed to Finish Anzac Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 8

TO complete the Anzac Memorial Shrine of Remembrance in Hyde Park, £15,000 is needed…

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A German War Scare

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 10

Dr. Paul Einzig in "Germany's Default" utters a very outspoken warning against what he considers to be a very grave danger to European pence in the present economic and…

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Penny a Loaf! Housewives Smile Amid War

The Sun · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 3

War to the last loaf! That is how a Coogee business man described the battle of tactics -- and bread -- that grocers are waging in…

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LAMBRIDGE Water Extension War Mayor's Casting Vote

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 1

Two factions from Lambridge in the water extension dispute were well represented at the meeting of Penrith Council on…

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"Red" Ward, D.S.O., M.C., Dies in Poverty in City Hostel Distinguished Soldier's Inglorious End In Sydney Lost Everything in Great War

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 2

EXILED six thousand miles and more from his Canadian home, there died in Sydney last week, unwept, unhonored and unsung, Sydney Harold Ward, Had Ward died in his native Canada, it is safe to state that he would have been accorded the honors that were due to him as one who had fought and strived for his…

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New Railway Log Tour to Enlist Opposition

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 5

TO enlist the support of railwaymen and the public generally in opposition to the new log that has been served on the employees in the…

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A Record Day Remarkable Shots At Anzac

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1934 · page 22

PHENOMENAL shooting under perfect conditions at Anzac Range yesterday produced a record number…

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Anzac Memorial Appeal State-wide Drive to Collect £15,000

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1934 · page 12

In two weeks' time the Anzac Memorial Appeal Committee will commence a drive to collect £15,000 required to complete the memorial…

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