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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

3,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 181

An Anzac Missing Cootamundra Man May Have Lost Memory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 7

Mr. Norman Pinkstone, of Cootamundra, who disappeared on October 29, after arriving in Sydney and booking a room…

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Shots Fired. Constable Wounded. Revolver Duel. Pursuit Through City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 9

Constable John Terbutt, aged about 30, who Is attached to the Darlinghurst police, was shot through the forehead in a revolver duel in Elizabeth-street, near the Central Railway…

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War on Onion Smugglers

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 13

War is being waged on onion smugglers in the United States. Customs patrol boats are daily scouring the waters of the great lakes and…

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A New Angle on the War

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 16

THE war has been viewed from many angles during the last seventeen years, but Mr. Michael McDonagh, a well-known London journalist, in his volume "IN LONDON DURING THE…

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Allegiance to League. Bishop Burgmann's Fear of War. GOULBURN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 10

In his New Year diocesan letter, the Bishop of Goulburn (Dr. E. H. Burgmann) states that the fate of the League of Nations depends in a very great measure on the courage and vision…

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Italo-abyssinian War. Laval Government Narrowly Escapes Defeat. Guerilla Tactics by Abyssinians

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 18

THE most interesting development of the week in connection with the Italo-Abyssinian war has been the vote of confidence expressed in the French Chamber…

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War Risks Cause Lift in Prices Wool And Wheat Have Firmer Markets Local Sales

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 10

Although no reason is given by the State Marketing. Bureau in a report on the overseas price- advances for Australian primary…

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Letters From Rome By H. M. Morati, M.B., Ch.M.—Sydney. F.R.C.S.—Edinburgh. R.A.M.C,-World War (See November, 193?, issue, page 8—December, 193?, issue, page 3) Through Pacifism to Revolution. Rome, November 30, 1935

Italian Bulletin of Australia · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 10

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Letters From Rome By H. M. Moran, M.B., Ch.M. -- Sydney. F.R.C.S. -- Edinburgh. R.A.M.C, -- World War (See November, 1935, issue, page 8 -- December, 1935, issue, page 3) Through Pacifism to Revolution. Rome, November 30, 1935

Italian Bulletin of Australia · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 8

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Stray Bullet Ryde Woman Wounded

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 1

After completing, her shopping on Christmas Eve, Edith May Birt, who resides at 235 Morrison-road, Ryde, was proceeding home along Morrison-road…

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Wounded Constable. Condition Critical. Search Forassailant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

The Chief of Detectives (Superintendent Prior) organised an intensive police search yesterday for the man, who shot and critically injured Constable John Terbutt in…

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Talking War

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 20

AS it is officially stated that Great Britain has a sited Turkey, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Spain are they prepared to support the British Navy if…

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Wounded Constable Has A Fighting Chance an Advance Police Inquiries Hunting Gunman 40 Detectives Out

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 13

POLICE inquiries advanced a stage to-day in the investigation of the shooting of Constable John Terbutt, on…

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Stage and Screen British Actor's Triumph Claude Rains In Fine Role War Story

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 10

Claude Rains, noted British actor of both stage and screen, recently imported by Faramount to Hollywood, distinguishes…

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If Italy Makes War Britain and France Ready Navies, Armies, Air Forces LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 6

FRANCE'S renewed attachment to Britain is borne out by the thoroughness of her naval, military and air…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 5

TO D.C.— There is an Act of Parliament which insists upon preference being given to returned soldiers, providing all things are equal, where va[?] in Governmental…

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Ran Away to Enlist in Legion English Boy Who Failed In Exam. at Algiers London, December 14

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

A 19-years-old English boy, suffering from curvature of the spine; ran away from home after falling in an examination, and for three months…

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Jewish War Veterans

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 3

London reports show that live thousand Jewish war veterans marched in the sixth annual Jewish Ex-Servicenien's. National Remembrance Parade and passed…

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War Risks Dwindle London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 8

The war risk premium on cargo to and from the Mediterranean and the Red Sea has been reduced to 34 per £100…

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Wasp Parasite War on Green Vegetable Bug

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 9

THE Department of Agriculture is breeding a small wasp, which is giving evidence of acting as a valuable parasite on the green vegetable…

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