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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 164

The Anzac Day Parade

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 16

MANY of us who have, regularly marched with the boys on the Anzac Day parade have been hard put to it to understand how it is that so…

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TRUMPETS Women's Gift Anzac Memorial

The Sun · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 7

AT the official opening of the Anzac Memorial, in Hyde Park, "The Last Post" and other appropriate calls will be…

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Gala Nights Anzac Memorial Appeal

The Sun · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 3

General Theatres Corporation, Ltd., has given the use of the Lyric Theatre on April 11 for the midnight screening of "Damaged Lives," loaned for…

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Returned Men Want Board to Protect Them Is Soldiers' Preference Act a Dead Letter? League Forced To Fight For Rights Further Cases of Diggers Let Down

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 5

DISREGARD of the preference clause in the Local Government and Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Employment Acts have become so frequent that the N.S.W. branch of the Soldiers' League has invited the opinion of leading…

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The ROBOT goes to WAR

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 5

"STEADY . . . Steer 'em a point east!" The wireless message reaches the Fleet Commander…

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Fresh Development in Bread War

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 4

A fresh development in the bread war has arisen by the decision of the Central Bakery, Parramatta Rd., Ashfield, to deliver the 2lb. loaf at…

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Talks Peace, Prepares for War, Says Preacher

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 10

"WHEN the world said it was trying to make peace, it lied. With all its professions about peace, it was arming for war."…

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War Debts "No Resumption," Says Bruce ADELAIDE

The Sun · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 5

"There is practically certain to be no resumption of war debts payments by Australia, which will mean a saving in our annual interest of about…

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DR. F. W. NORWOOD. Address on Evils of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 19

The Rev. Dr. F. W. Norwood, the distinguished pastor of City Temple, London, addressed a large gathering in the Congregational Church, Pitt-street, last night, on "The…

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"Davis Cup" School of Arts Issues a Challenge (By Our War Correspondent)

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 5

A feeling of gloom has pervaded the sacred precincts of the School of Arts since last Saturday, when their "boys" suffered an inglorious and…

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The Anzac Landing

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 1

The A.I.F. Historian (Dr. Bean), Lt.-Col. Loutit, of Adelaide, who was one of those to reach the farthest point in the fighting at Anzac,…

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Month to Go Raising £15,000 for Anzac Memorial

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 15

On Anzac Day, April 25, exactly, one month from to-day, the appeal for funds to complete the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park will close. The…

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Declare War to Save Face? Canberra

Truth · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 26

PRIME MINISTER Lyons returned from his conference tour to-day, and with his arrival it seems apparent that the possibility of unity…

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Arms and the Man Who Pays International Combine and Its Dividends the 100 War-makers

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 7

"If you could get rid of approximately 100 men responsible for wars, the world would enjoy peace," says Henry Ford, in an attack on munition makers. HAVE you heard the one…

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Firms Help Anzac Memorial Appeal

The Sun · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 6

The Australian Gas Light Company has contributed £50 to the Anzac Memorial Appeal. Mr. L. A. Robb. honorary…

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Memorial Cross Anzac Services On North Shore

The Sun · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 9

Several big Anzac services are being organised on the north side of the harbor. At Chatswood, on the afternoon of Anzac Day, the local…

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To Help Anzac Fund Theatrical Benefits Being Arranged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 7

A number of theatrical benefits are being arranged in aid of the Anzac Memorial Fund. There will be a gala performance of "Fresh Fields" at the…

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The Futility of War

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 6

"We have not given enough thought to the making of peace. We nave been spending most of our time trying to prevent war…

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New Terror Of War LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 1

THE British Fleet is being equipped with the "predictor" a new range-finding device which increases by 500 per cent…

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Soldiers' Hospitals

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 8

To the Editor, "The Telegraph." I trust that your article of March 16, "The Soldiers' Hospitals," will result in Diggers getting a fairer deal…

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