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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

3,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 164

War Memorial Opening at Rose Bay

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 9

The opening of Rose Bay War Memorial which had been fixed for next Armistice Day, November 11, is likely to be deferred to coincide with…

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"Women Are Bitter" Professor Anderson on War Sentiment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 6

"Soldiers no longer sing hymns of hate, and patriotic soldiers do not fight for fighting's sake," said Professor Francis Anderson, president of…

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Far East. Possibility of War. Professor Roberts's Views. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 9

Professor S. H. Roberts, Professor of Modern History at Sydney University, discussed to-day the speech in the Japanese Diet by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Hirota). He…

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Millions Club Ex-soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 5

A proposal to form a sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League in the Millions Club was agreed to at a meeting at the club yesterday. Sir Arthur Rickard presided…

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World Peace Talk All-countries Congress of Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The Returned Soldiers' League will shortly send messages to the Soldiers and Sailors' Leagues or organisations…

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Welcome Home

The Biz · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

Mrs. J. Dowllng, of Wattle Avenue, Carramar, who returned home last Thursday after touring England for the past six months, wis 'welcomed by her friends at…

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Congress Medal For War Song WASHINGTON

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

Congress will award a gold medal to George Cohan, for writing a wartime song hit ''Over There." George M. Cohan has always been known…

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Wool Outlook Favorable Pre-war and Present Prices

The Land · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 23

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Though wool values have recently shown fluctuation, reason exists to anticipate that the relatively small quantity now remaining on hand to…

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Sixteen Tenders. National War Memorial. Sydney Firm Likely to Receive Contract. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 9

Sixteen tenders have been received for the erection of the first section of the Australian National War Memorial at Canberra. To-day was the closing date…

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Douglas Credit, Or--War Within Twelve Months! the Major Gives an Ultimatum at Stadium

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 7

MAJOR DOUGLAS, author of the Douglas Social Credit System, at the Stadium last night, predicted a war within…

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Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

The objects of the New South Wales Branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A. are:— (a) To inclucate loyalty to Australia…

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T.b. Soldiers

The Biz · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 4

A concert held at the Rivoli Theatre Parramatta, last Sunday night for the benefit of the T.B. Soldiers and Sailors' Association of New South Wales was…

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War Fever

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 6

"Britain Holds On" is a somewhat deceptive title for Miss Caroline Playne's record of the social history of Britain during the last two years of the war, for it is not the tenacious…

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A War Reminder What Is the Cost of Human Lives

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 2

War Office statistics are a remarkable revelation of war casualties. As they are likely to escape the memory, the figures should be carefully filed…

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Low Scoring At Anzac Range Shooting

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 22

Considering that except for a slight glare towards the end of the day, conditions were almost perfect at Anzac Range yesterday, scores were…

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Punters Wounded When Hot Shot Misfired Stewards Held Inquiry Horse Had a Cold, Was Surgeon's Report Favorite Ran Last

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 18

HOT SHOT was a hot favorite for the Canterbury Handicap yesterday afternoon, and it was quite the natural thing that he should have been. On form he looked to be next door to unbeatable for the race, for…

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Old Soldier

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 52

Frank Richards, late of the second battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (like Robert Graves, he spells it Welch, with a "c," just to show…

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Sauce Factory Clerk As War Minister Japanese General Araki Is Just Pushed Out Not One Of Ruling Class, but Came From Nowhere

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 16

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SADAO ARAKl, Minister of War in Japan, has resigned "on account of ill-health." That is a formula. The General represented the extreme Fascist Imperialist Party of Japan, the party of the younger generation. The Moderates, the long-headed older…

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Rifle Shooting. Club Matches at Anzac

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 8

A slight glare late in the afternoon made conditions somewhat trying but on the whole the weather was perfect for shooting at Anzac Range on Saturday Nevertheless the srores generalls…

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Ridicules War Rumor What Allenby Said to Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 7

PERTH, Sunday.--While" Lieut. Francis, who returned from England yesterday, was in Colombo he was privileged to hear the views of an…

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