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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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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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ABYSSINIA. Huge War Vote. Italian Grant. Grim Funeral Pyres. LONDON, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 9

An additional £24,700,000 has been appropriated by the Italian Government for war purposes. The official spokesman in Rome, it…

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"UNJUST" Soldiers' Preference Act

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 13

The Local Government Association of Officers is urging its members to write to their local parliamentary representative, pointing out "how unjustly and…

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Free Service Limbless Soldiers R.A.C.A. DECISION

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 21

Free road service to members of the Limbless Soldiers' Association has been decided upon by the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, which…

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N.s.w. Jewish War. Memorial (Maccabean Institute) Bridge Tournament

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

You are asked not to forget the first Bridge Tournament of the season on Wednesday, February 26 at the Maccabean Hall. It is to be the beginning of…

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'Smithy' Rejected Big Offer War Pictures From Abyssinia To London

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 8

REVEALING the inside story of the lost sad flight of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in a national broadcast address lost night,…

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Jewish Returned Sailors' and Soldiers Association of N.S.W. Address by Col. A. W. Hyman

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

Mr. S. J. Guss presided at a special gathering of Returned men in the lower Maccabean Hall, on Thursday evening, February 12, when Col, A, W. Hyman…

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Distinguished Soldier. General Sir Norman MacMullen in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 10

General Sir Norman MacMullen, who arrived by the Mooltan yesterday on his way to spend a fishing holiday in New Zealand, has been General Officer Commanding in…

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Council Wants Act Repealed Aldermen Attack Preference To Soldiers "Is Fascist'

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 10

"THE Stevens Government has done a dastardly thing to the people of this State in selecting a particular class in the community for…

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Attack on Soldier Preference "Act Rotten to Core" Says Alderman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

A STATE-WIDE challenge to the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act, particularly in its application to municipal and…

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No Politics at Anzac Day Service ? Controversy At Lane Cove

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 6

"WE do not want Aldermen or Members of Parliament airing their views at the Lane Cove Anzac Sunday…

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Artists Of War Days

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 16

WHERE to-day are the artists who contributed so admirably to the make-up of that excellent and famous publication, the Anzac Book?…

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Menace of War. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 18

Addressing a United Australia party meeting, Mr. J. N. Lawson, M.P., said that, as the result of his extensive travels in Europe, he felt obliged to take a gloomy view of the…

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"Shipmates Forever" (War[?]er Bros)

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 22

DEAR, dear! Another of these U.S.A. naval pictures, and not a good one either. If it's…

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The Era Of The War Lords In China Chiang's Volte Face

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 8

The death of Dr. Sun YatSen closed the more visionary essay in social reconstruction and ushered in a…

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War Makers On The Grill Finance For The Allies Admissions By Morgan Two Probes

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 8

War-makers have been submitted to the glaring search light of public examination in two continents during recent…

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Most Shocking Case of Repat. Callousness Pitiable War-wreck Refused Pension Sympathetic Intervention Urgently Needed

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 10

SHAKING and twitching, without even a second's relief from his nerve-wracking affliction, Digger Edward Davis, of North Melbourne, is a pitiable rebuke to the callous administration of the Repat. Department. Scores…

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Gearing British Industry for War Expecting All Arms Attack In First 14 Days Plan Guards Against Aircraft Wastage London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 1

Far-reaching plans to organise industry and to supply the requirements of the defence services are being prepared by the Government, according to the London "Daily Telegraph."…

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Working of Soldiers' Preference Act

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 6

The Secretary of the Local Government Association, Mr. A. B. Bluett, is preparing a report on the working of the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act, for submission to the…

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Heard by the Way A Dry 450 Miles—Peaceful Days at St. Marys—Railway "Control" System—Diggers Go to War—Springwood Hall, etc. Dress Subtraction

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 1

A LITTLE matter that causes much talk was mentioned at a meeting of the Health Resorts Association, England. "Whatever you do, you will nos…

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