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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 164

The Case for the Lunacy of War Address by Rev. Dr. Norwood

The Methodist · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 11

At first you wonder if this is really the man you have come to hear. Has some misadventure happened requiring some one else to be sent in place of the man who has been notified far and wide as…

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Lost Soldier's Badge

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 4

Would the person finding a returned soldier's badge (No. 58715), lost recently, kindly return it to Mr W. Potter, High Street, Penrith…

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Soldiers' Reunion

The Sun · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 2

A reunion of the First Australian Horse (South Africa) will be held next Wednesday at Adam's Tattersall's Hotel, Pitt-street, at 6.15 p.m…

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Man Charged Death Of Returned Soldier HOBART

The Sun · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 3

As a result, it is alleged, of an altercation in Morrison-street, Hobart, last night, Leslie Gordon Garrod, 37, a returned soldier, died in Hobart…

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Labor's War to Death

Truth · Sunday 1 April 1934 · page 12

PROSPECTS of Labor Unit at the forthcoming Federal elections have disappeared. The Easier Conference of the Lang…

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War Material for Japan Washington

The Sun · Sunday 1 April 1934 · page 5

Japan's current orders from America include 150 tons of special nickel…

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War Nurse Presentation by Friends and Admirers

The Sun · Sunday 1 April 1934 · page 37

Sister Netta Howard, who saw four years' service in France and Egypt. was presented with a purse and…

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'Planes Knocked Down Enemy Thrilling Flying By Air Force In Face Of Advance Epics of War London

The Sun · Sunday 1 April 1934 · page 1

AIRMEN flew so low when machine-gunning the Germans during the enemy's offensives in 1918 that their…

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Began Soldiering At Four Years

The Sun · Sunday 1 April 1934 · page 37

Harry Roddom has wanted to be a soldier since his cradle days. "When only four he made a bid to achieve his desires…

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Army of Ghosts Beats Roosevelt His Reverse On War Veterans' Bonus Demand Why Congressmen Scattered Their Largesse Fears for Their Jobs Washington

The Sun · Sunday 1 April 1934 · page 1

Ghosts of war veterans haunted the capital of the United States this week, and proved their spirit is mighty yet. They pointed a grisly finger at Franklyn Roosevelt. When he failed to heed the warning, they…

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Anzac Memorial Appeal. £11,000 Still Needed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 8

As soon as the holidays are over the Anzac Memorial Appeal will enter upon its final stages and as £11,000 is still required to complete the amount needed by Anzac Day (April 25)[?]…

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Three Weeks to Raise £11,000 for Anzac Memorial Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 9

With little more than three weeks left before Anzac Day, the honorary campaign director of the Anzac Memorial Appeal. Mr. L. A. Robb, is…

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Battle of Towels Demand By War Office Clerks

The Sun · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 8

The Battle of the Towel is being waged in and around the British War Office. Some War Office clerks employed…

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Circular to A.l.p. Delegates Unity Demands Called Declaration of War

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 7

Opposition at the Trades Hall to the State A.L.P. unity demands was disclosed in a circular distributed to delegates at the Easter Conference…

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GERMANY. Aims Explained. Not Colonies or War. "Rebirth of People." LONDON, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 9

"Germans do not want colonies. They do not want war; Germans only want Germany," said Dr. Karl Borner, a high Nazi official, when departing for…

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Soldiers' Reunion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 2
Also in The Labor Daily

"It would be a great thing if we could bring back the spirit of the A.I.F.," said Sir Donald Cameron, of Queensland, at the 7th annual reunion of members of the 7th Light…

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Bread War Ends At Nth. Strathfield

The Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 13

The bread war in Concord-road, North Strathfield, which was waged all last week, prices going as low as 1½d a loaf, has ended. Traders were…

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A Warning "War Must Eventually Break Out." MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 9

Rear-Admiral W. T. Randle Ford, who will succeed Rear-Admiral R. C. Dalglish in command of the Royal Australian Navy, and who reached Melbourne to-day by the Anchises,…

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Blind Soldier's Hobby Hears World Radio

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 4

Mr. Frank Downes, who lost hid eyesight in the war, keeps in touch with the world largely through broadcasting. He is now living on…

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