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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 164

Discourage War Talk Methodist Conference Takes Stand Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 1

At the Methodist Conference to-day, the following resolution was carried: "This conference views with increasing alarm the propaganda to…

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Prince George. Visit to Spion Kop. Boer War Battlefields. Ladysmith, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 16

Driving a car himself Prince George motored over the rough country roads from Ladysmith to the famous Spion Kop battlefield and saw other battlefields where Australian soldiers…

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Soldiers' Reunion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 19

Members of the 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment will hold their annual reunion at the Dungowan Cafe. Martin-place, on Thursday, March 29, at 7.30 p.m…

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Dusky Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 7

A SQUAD of Arab cavalry, brought to Paris by the Government for possible use against demonstrations…

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Airmen's Offer for Anzac Appeal

Truth · Sunday 11 March 1934 · page 16

TWO returned soldier airmen have come forward with an offer to stimulate the appeal for funds needed to…

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Pekingese Were the Spoils of War

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1934 · page 16

The Pekingese goes back to very early times in China. During the Han Dynasty there were eight distinct varieties…

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Thirty Thousand Who Died Anzac Shrine Is Not Just a Monument Constant Reminder Lest We Forget the Living

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1934 · page 13

Does civilisation's salvation lie altogether in politics, credit schemes, economic conferences, pacts, treaties, blanket codes and parleys about this and that arising out of man's fertile brain?…

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Prepare For War With N.S.W.! Chicago Hint To Victorians MELBOURNE

Truth · Sunday 11 March 1934 · page 16

PRESUMABLY prompted by reports of the forthcoming Centenary celebrations in Victoria, an American…

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Noted Soldier's Lectures

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1934 · page 14

Lieut.-Col. Sir Frederick O'Connor, the distinguished British soldier and big game hunter, who played a prominent part in moulding the…

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Anzac Memorial Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 8

Further amounts were received on Saturday in response to the appeal for £15,000 to complete the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, the total sum now subscribed being…

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Help, Please Anzac Memorial Appeal

The Sun · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 6

The honorary campaign director (Mr. L. A. Robb) is anxious to get honorary helpers for the sale of star certificates in connection with the…

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Rifle Shooting. Club Matches at Anzac

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 15

Weather conditions were excellent at the Anzac Range, Liverpool, on Saturday. There was a northeast breeze. Possibles were scored by R. Hughes (Randwick), D. Shepherd (Sutherland), F. L…

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Ulm's Plane to Aid Fund Anzac Memorial Appeal Mounting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 7

The famous three-engined plane, "Faith in Australia," may be used to assist the £15,000 appeal for the Anzac Memorial…

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Won't Rear a Boy For Shambles of War

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 7

LITHGOW, Sunday. -- "I have absolutely refused to rear a boy to throw him to a shambles," declared the…

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Spain Arming: Outburst of Civil War Imminent Madrid

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

SPAIN is on the verge of civil war, and the whole country is arming for the clash between Fascism and Socialism, which…

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SPAIN. Facing Civil War. Middle-classes Form Union. London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 9

Spain is faced with civil war as a result of the dissolution of the National Confederation of Labour (an Anarchist-Syndicalist body) and the closing of the headquarters of Socialist…

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Anzac Eve Festival

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 12

Warm appreciation of the ideals animating the Anzac Eve Festival was expressed by speakers at the…

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EXAMS. v. MUSIC Anzac Festival Meeting

The Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 14

"AS teachers, it is our duty to work to remove the wretched bugbear of examinations which at present overshadows the…

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Country Aid Good Response For Anzac Memorial

The Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 11

Country contributions to the Anzac Memorial Appeal Fund have moved forward during the last few days and the campaign headquarters staff…

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War and Its Derelicts

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 4

Sir,--The evening Press states that the appeal for the Hyde Park War Memorial is stagnating, and unless £300 per day comes to hand it…

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