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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 164

Bread War Record Low Price at Bondi

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 10

The bread war at Bondi was waged with a vengeance to- day, when one local grocer was selling at two loaves for 5½d-- a record low price…

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Blind Golfer's Success Lost Sight In Great War

Referee · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 12

W. H. J. OXENHAM, an osteopath, of Brighton, claims to be the first blind golfer who has been given a handicap of twenty by the West Hove…

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GERMANY. Potential War Strength. French General's Warning. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 11

General Bourgeois informed the French Senate that Germany, in the event of mobilisation in 1934, could place from 20 to 30 strong divisions in the field, and soon after, including…

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Trouble Over War Memorial British Legion's Protest "Rubbish," Says Secretary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 3

Sacred to the memory of the town's fallen heroes, the Auburn war memorial has become the centre of a fierce…

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Royal Visit. Prince Invited to Canberra. War Memorial Ceremony. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 12

It is expected that early action will be taken by the Federal Ministry to invite Prince George to visit Canberra during his stay in Australia and that he will be requested to perform some…

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No War in Money Sphere View Changes Roosevelt's Aim Washington

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

IT is now announced that, although ready for any emergency, the United States Treasury has decided that it is unwilling to…

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Tennis Party For T.B. Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 4

A tennis party organised by Miss E. McColl was held on Monday on the courts at the home of Mrs. M. E. Wilson, Roseville. Proceeds will be devoted to the T.B. Soldiers and Sailors'…

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Merrylands Rofle Shooting at Anzac

The Biz · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

4th/3rd Battalion—Eight Shots at two sightons, at 300 yards: Cpl. Hopkins 34, Lt. Cartwright, V.C. 33, Cjd. Spencer 33, Capt. Small 31, Sgt. Bllgh 30, Sgt…

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Roosevelt's War Plan Naval Construction Bills. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 6

Another Naval Construction Bill believed to be sponsored by the Administration, was Introduced In the House of Representatives to-day by Mr. C…

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Says Japan Ready for War with Russia Peking

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 10

"IF Russia wants fight, we are ready to go to war immediately," declared Colonel Dan Takashashi, the…

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Returned Soldiers' League. Hurstville's Annual Report

The Propeller · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

The annual meeting of members of the Hurstville Sub-brunch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League was held in the Memorial Hall on…

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Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

Following the article, under the heading of R.S.S.I.L.A., in last week’s issue of this paper, it is our intention to publish weekly an article relative…

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What Youth Of Present Generation Is Demanding Decent And Comfortable Conditions "Women In Parliament Would Abolish The Slums" Menace Of War

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 12

A COMPETITION entitled "What Youth Wants" being conducted by the "Daily Herald" (London) has brought in thousands of letters…

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Can You Help? Returned Men Seek Jobs

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 7

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

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Strangest War Book Yet

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 16

THE strangest war book that "Smith's" has yet seen is "Verification," by ex-Private Athol Hadden, of the 18th Battalion. A.I.F. From the author's point of view its chief interest lies in the fact that it contains no direct references to the war, leaving that episode altogether out of…

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A Welshman at the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 10

In "Old Soldiers Never Die " by Prliatc Frank Richards ne have the tale of a simple soldier—a Welsh regular who went through almost the whole of the war never missing a…

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Generals of the Great War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 10

In "From Serajevo to the Rhine the German authority on the history of the war who tafe, the nom de plume of "Arminius analyses chapter by chapter the character…

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War on Cancer a Year's Cures at Coast Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 9

Work on a building to house activities in deep-ray therapy treatment of cancer has commenced at the Coast Hospital…

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Ready for War Boot-leg Arms in Germany Nation Afire

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 8

I AM for force, because in force I see strength, and in strength the eternal…

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Salvage Enterprise. Ship Sunk During War. Valuable Cargo. London, Jan, 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 16

The "Daily Telegraph" says: "What promises to be an even more remarkable marine salvage enterprise than the recovery of gold in the sunken liner Egypt, is about to be undertaken…

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