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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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Luck of War Right Through, Unscathed

The Sun · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 8

A portrait of King Edward the Eighth, who is the chief patron of the Returned Soldiers' League, adorns the cover of the March issue of…

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British Defence Scheme Baldwin Tells House War Basis London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

YIELDING to the ultimatum of the Right Wing of the Conservative Party, the Prime Minister Mr. Baldwin, in the House, of Commons…

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War Risk If Japan Scorns Caution. (From Our Special Representative.) London, Feb., 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 17

Is the Japanese Government to thrust forward at the risk of war with Russia, and perhaps also with the United States, proclaiming that her mission is the mastery of…

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U.S.A. May Not Have Been In The War Memo. Is Read at Inquiry. Munition Trade Probed Arms Loan

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 10

J. Pierpont Morgan; international banker and war investment broker, adopted on attitude of listless indifference as…

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Bright Uniforms for Military Forces. Ex-soldiers' Protest. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 17

On the motion of Mr. O. W. Wickner, the Singleton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided to protest against any change being made in militia uniforms…

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Japanese Rebels Lay Down Their Arms Result Of Threat Of Force at Last Moment Naval Moves Hint of Civil War Tokio

The Sun · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

FOLLOWlNG a broadcast warning that this Emperor had ordered the use of force against them, the rebels have surrendered. The surrender was announced in an official…

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Month for Carter War on Careless Jockeys

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 5

SUSPENSIONS are in the air. Stipendiary stewards both here and in Melbourne appear to be victims of the…

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No War in East Japanese Eyes Turn To South LONDON

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 15

DESPITE the alarm expressed all over the world concerning the immediate results of the Japanese coup, which, it is now…

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War Ghosts Walk To Canberra Museum Now a Shell Nine Months To Pack Relics

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 15

Taking nine months to pack and two and a half months to move, the 10,000 exhibits, weighing 200 tons, have gone…

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Abyssinia a Gamble War May Ruin I Italy No Money Left For Development ROME

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 14

ITALIANS who have some idea of what the war with Abyssinia is costing are wondering whether there will be any money…

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Britain's Appeal To Dominions Is Answer To World War Cry Ships, Supplies and Be Prepared a Double Menace London

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 1

BRITAIN and her Dominions on a war basis ... assurances from the Dominions that trade routes will be protected and that Britain's war-time…

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Millions Wanted Roosevelt's New Programme Soldiers' Bonus Washington

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 1

PRESIDENT Roosevelt has announced his programme designed to meet the 1,137,000,000 dollars in farms and soldiers'…

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Trees As Memorial to Soldiers Newingtonians Honor Old Scholars

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 16

A living tree in memory of a dead soldier--in this manner, Newington College is honoring former scholars who fought in the Great War…

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Roosevelt's Millions to Bolster New Deal Announcement of Taxation Plan Causes Stir Aid For Farmers And Soldiers' Bonus WASHINGTON

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 5

President Roosevelt yesterday announced his programme of taxation, which is designed to meet. £227,400,000 in farm and soldiers' bonus costs made necessary by the recent actions by Congress and…

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Mutiny Ends, 'Dead' Premier Appears Okada's Brother-In-Law Was "Murdered By Mistake" Mutinous Officers Said to Have Killed Themselves with Pistols Surrenders Saved Tokio From Civil War YOKOHAMA

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 1

The mutiny of Japanese army officers came to a dramatic end this afternoon at two o'clock and with it the astounding information that the Premier, Admiral Okada, previously reported murdered, was safe, the mutineers having shot his brother-in-law by mistake in the…

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Rifle Shooting. Club Matches at Anzac

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 14

There was a good muster of riflemen at the Anzac Range, Liverpool, on Saturday, when club matches were fired. Although cloudy conditions prevailed, visibility was good. The north-easterly…

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War Graves Commission

The Sun · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

London, Sunday.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) will succeed the late Rudyard Kipling as a member of the War Graves Commission…

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War Graves Commission London

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

THE King has appointed the Duke of York to succeed him as President of the Imperial War Graves Commission--a position which, as…

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Trade Review. Improved Indices. Imports and War Materials. Future for Industrials. LONDON, Feb. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 10

The Japanese outrages found the markets already vulnerable, and a wave of profit-taking weakened most securities before the news from Tokyo arrived to make investors…

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