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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

4,094 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 205

Japanese Trade. Australian Pigiron. First Purchases Since War. Tokyo, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 10

The newspaper "Asahi" reports that, besides purchases from India and Russia of 800,000 tons of Digiron, Japan has also negotiated to buy from Australia. The first shipments of…

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22 Hurt In Smash Van Hits Light Pole Was Like War Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday:-- Twenty-two picnickers were involved in a smash early today…

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Distribution of Work. Returned Soldiers' Complaint

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 11

Complaints that the distribution of Government work was not equitable were made at the last meeting of the Bankstown subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League. It…

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Anzac Fellowship of Women—

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 4

Mrs. A. B. Cooke was elected hon secretary at the last meeting of Anzac Fellowship of Women's executive committee. The resignation of Mrs. Uttley Todd, owing to her…

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War Homes. Interest Reduction. Proposed Action Deferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 8

The Federal Ministry has decided to defer consideration of the proposal made recently by the Minister in charge of Was Service Homes (Mr. Therby) that a further reduction…

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Australia's War Memorials Sir Fabian Ware's Praise London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 8

Sir Fabian Ware, Permanent Vice-President of the Graves Commission, in an article in the "Manchester Guardian." describes the beauty and…

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Britain's Plans to Meet War Gas Attack Simple Home Measures And Avoidance Of Panic LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 8

THE Committee of Imperial Defence will, says the "News-Chronicle," shortly issue to local authorities throughout Britain complete plans for the protection of the population against gas attacks in war…

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Exclusion of 13,000 DIGGERS Soldiers' Labor Club Is Banned Tin Hat Day

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 6

DESPITE the spirited claim by Ald. Shannon, M.L.A., that 13,000 returned soldiers were to be deprived of participating in the…

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Anzac Day. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 12

Sir,—The announcement by the Government that free passes will be issued to all Diggers wishing to visit Sydney to take part in the procession on Anzac Day, has been…

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New Times --Old Ways Leaves Of Hansard Technique of Mongers of War Is Unchanged

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 4

THERE is no more fascinating phase of this turning back the scroll of historical records preserved in the Parliamentary Hansard than to note the recurrence of human types, to wade through a desert of words of some dead-and-gone politician, and then light upon the precursor of some identity who has grown up with our own generation only to borrow his technique from the mausoleum of the past…

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Soldier Settlement. Reduction of Interest Rates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 12

At a meeting of the State Executive Council yesterday it was decided that the Financial Agreement (Returned Soldiers Settlement Ratification) Act should take effect on March…

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Ex-soldiers Again Excluded "Tin Hat" Day Reserved for One Body

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 9

Waverley aldermen were confused last night by the number of returned soldier organisations. Applications to sell tokens on "Tin Hat Day" were…

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Soldier Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 16

The State Executive Council yesterday decided that the Financial Agreement (Returned Soldiers' Settlement Ratification) Act, which…

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Anzac Day New Arrangements

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 1

About 60 members attended the meeting of the Mascot Sub-Branch R. S. and S.I.L. of A. in the Memorial Hall on Monday night. Mr…

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A Word to the Anzac Memorial Trustees

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 20

THE Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park was re-opened to the public on Friday last, reminding many citizens of the controversy which raged around it, and of the objections which were raised to the statuary which is part of its embellishment. As there appears every prospect of the memorial remaining…

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Anzac Fellowship Activities Outlined for the Year

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 15

AT the last meeting of the executive committee of the Anzac Fellowship of Women, Mrs. A. B. Cooke was elected honorary secretary. Mrs. Uttley Todd…

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Anzac Day. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 8

Sir,—The same fear expressed by Mr. W. A. Windeyer about accommodation for Diggers visiting Sydney during the Anzac Day celebrations has had the attention of the…

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Shot Fired. Man Wounded in Leg. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 10

Arthur Edward Lockrey was shot in the leg at Wattle Flat, a small mining township, 25 miles from Bathurst, late last night. The police were informed that two men…

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Job Sex War

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 6

That the employment of women in offices and industry plays a considerable part in the…

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War at North Head

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 7

ONE OF THE MANY range-finding instruments used in anti-aircraft gunnery, as demonstrated at North Head yesterday…

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