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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

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

Exhibitor's Prediction. Last "War" a "Skirmish." FREMANTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

Mr. J. Stiles, managing director of Grand Theatre Co., Ltd. (principal independent house in Perth), who returned from Sydney on the Manunda yesterday, said that last year's…

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Soviet Union Exposes Japanese War Plans LONDON, Dec. 29

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

The correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” in Moscow says that the Commissar for Foreign Affairs (M. Litvinoff) to-day issued a plain warning to Japan. M. Litvinoff said: “We do not threaten her; we want none of her…

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War Memorial Delay Criticised No Move to Build in France

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 7

"IS it not time we demanded that the memorial should be commenced and completed?" said the president of the N.S.W…

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In Pensions Case a Win for Diggers Death Due To War Disabilities

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 12

IN accepting the death of Arthur Lamph, a legless Digger, as due to disabilities arising out of his war service,…

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Wall Street Behind War In South America Conflict Between British and American Interests

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 5

The latest cables report a truce in the war between Bolivia and Paraguay. The following article reveals the real forces instigating…

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Returned Soldier's Death. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

Thomas Patterson, who died yesterday afternoon after inflicting a gash in his throat with a razor, was well known in local sporting circles. He enlisted at the age of 14, and…

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Drowned Soldier Pension for Widow Assured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 7

The widow of Arthur S. J. Lamph, a returned soldier with two artificial legs who, with four others, was drowned last, year in a launch…

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Can You Help? Returned Men Seek Jobs

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 9

The R.S.L. Employment Bureau, Wingello House, Angel-place, Sydney, seeks jobs for the following:-- Apprenticeships: Sons and daughters of…

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18 New War Planes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Next week orders for 18 new land machines for the Royal Australian Air Force are likely to be placed with British…

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The Film War in Sydney is One Hundred Per Cent. Talkie Who's Who In the Great Film War to End Film War

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 3

IN this Celluloid Armageddon there are many strange features. A Theatrical Combine is fighting the distributors who have not combined, and…

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A War That Wasn't Ludendorff's Other Prophecy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 5

Like all prophets, General Ludendorff, who has this week predicted a world-war for 1941, has the gift of forgetting, a necessary faculty for people do not prophesy far enough ahead…

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Obiter Dicta Nazis on War Horrors Debt Farce

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 8

THE coal production on the South Wales field for last year was only 35 million…

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Day by Day Thursday, 28th December. a Film War

The Methodist · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

The principal item of news for to-day is that of a "film war" to be waged in Australia between three opposing companies, which have announced their intention to build large and elaborate theatres…

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Stories of a Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 8

The reminiscences of General Sir Bindon Blood ramble cheerfully over many years and many countries, for the General, like Odysseus, is a much-travelled man. His title, "Four…

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"None Can Escape Next War's Bitterness" European Statesmen In Agreement Sir John Simon Emphatic Arms Problem Comes First of All London

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 1

"EVERY statesman with whom I have been brought in contact is convinced that, in the event of war, no country in the world will escape its bitter consequences," said the British Foreign…

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Boer War Anniversary

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 3

A correspondent reminds veterans who took part in the Defence of Ladysmith (Boer War), that yesterday was the 34th anniversary of the…

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The Week Abroad War-talk

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 7

According to the "Daily Express", the capitals of the world are concerned at the growing tension between Russia and Japan. The latter seems to consider…

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Traffic In Death Preventing War

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 44

In 1932 the world's Governments spent admittedly and directly upon armaments a sum equal to about a thousand million gold pounds; spent…

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Why Film Industry Is at War

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 38

BECAUSE motion pictures in the past have cost far too much, the much discussed film war, on…

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They Bolted For Shelter Just Like Chinese Soldiers Title Events Almost a Washaway Records Blown Out at Athletics Meet Sheaves Shakes a Leg In Great Mile

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 8

AMATEUR athletic officials are becoming more and more like Chinese soldiers every day, for when the rain pattered down at the Sports Ground yesterday, like the sons of Confucius, a halt was called until it abated…

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