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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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A.l.p. Conference Soldier Preference Repeal Move

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 7

A recommendation thai next Labor Government immediately repeal the Soldiers' Preference Act was carried unanimously by the Stale A.L.P. Metropolitan Conference last night. There was practically no debate…

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Russia and Japan. War Not Impossible

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 13

"Fears of an armed conflict between Russia and Japan cannot be entirely dismissed," declares the semi-official Japan "Times." "A vital factor is the presence of two great armed…

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The Funny Side of War. Two Reports

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 2

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First War Victim: Holland German Attack Next Year Predicted PARIS

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 8

WAITING in "L'Oeuvre," Madame Tabouis predicts that Germany will attack Holland and Czechoslovakia in the…

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Plans in Readiness for War Parkhill Tells Of Expansion Air Scheme

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 5

"OUR local defence is built up as a deterrent to an aggressor, and it aims at providing in peace an organisation capable of expansion in…

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German War Plan. Sensational Allegations. Attack on Holland and Czechoslovakia. London, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 13

The noted diplomatic correspondent, Mme. Tabouis, writing in "L'Oeuvre," predicts that Germany will attack Holland and Czechoslovakia in the middle of 1937 without a…

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Our Interviews The true face of Italy at war, as seen by an Australian

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 2

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Italo-abyssinian War. the Question of Oil Sanctions. Important Victory Claimed by Marshal Badoglio

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 18

AN announcement was made last week that it was estimated by the committee of experts on the question of an oil embargo that Italy's oil stocks are…

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The Sunny Side of War an Anonymous Sees Italy Through the Eyes of the "Sunday Sun"

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 4

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Soldiers' Reunion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 7

The 16th annual reunion of the Australian Electrical, Mechanical, Mining, and Boring Company (A.I.F.) will take the form of a launch picnic to Middle Harbour on March 1…

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No Change Preference Act for Soldiers Govt. Attitude

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 15

THAT the Government has no intention of altering the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act was indicated at a…

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Want Returned Soldier Act Amended

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 6

The Government should make proper provision for returned soldiers and councils should not have to shoulder the responsibility, said…

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Peers Who Think War Has Lasted Long Enough Seek An Effort For Peace Sanctions Fear Minister's Reply Pressure Increases London

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 1

THE subject of the war in Abyssinia was raised in the House of Lords to-day when Lord Phillimore inquired whether steps were being taken to promote a peaceful settlement…

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Laborer Wounded Disturbance And Shot MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 19

Soon alter William Chandier, 40, laborer, returned to his home at Eagle Hawk, near Bendigo, last night a disturbance occurred. An elderly…

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Tribute to Noted War Writer

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

A fine tribute to Capt. G. D. Mitchell, M.C., D.C.M,. the noted war writer, was given at a dinner in his honor at the Imperial Service Club…

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War Veteran Indian Commander Here

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 23

General Sir C. N. McMullen, commander-in-chief of the Eastern command in India, arrived in Sydney by the Mooltan to-day on the way to a…

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Educational Books. Caesar: Gallic War

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 34

From Pellegrini and Co. Ltd. we have to hand a neat booklet that should be a real boon to students who are sitting for the Intermediate Certificate this year…

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"Super" Nursery On Giant Liner. War Toys Excluded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 12

The new Cunard liner, Queen Mary, is rapidly nearing completion, and while experts are asking: "Will she make the fastest Atlantic crossing?" many women are taking a keen…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, February 20, 1936. War and Peace

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 8

The Battle of Enderta, declares a member of Signor Mussolini's staff, "is "the beginning of the end for Abyssinia." More important still is the…

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BOOKS and BOOKMEN Kinsmen at War. Sir' Philip Gibbs's New Novel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 3

This is the fiction of a publicist rather than of a novelist. Sir Philip Gibbs has taken for his subject the experiences of the Greman ration during the last quarter…

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