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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

3,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 172

Boy Wounded. Shots Fired in Street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 12

Ralph Brine, 14, of [?]otany-road, Waterloo, was near the Cricketers' Rest Hotel, in Botany-road, yesterday, when he was shot in the left hand…

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'Plane Capsize in Mimic War Singapore

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 13

When a flying- boat was taking off in Johore Strait in early- morning darkness to look for the "enemy" in the big Singapore manoeuvres a…

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War Spirit. British Correspondents' Revelations. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 11

The "Morning Post" publishes the first of a series of articles from its Berlin correspondent, S. K. Robson, who was expelled from Germany because he pointed out the extent…

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Victory for Government Moves in Spanish War Madrid

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 5

GOVERNMENT troops are reported to have made a considerable advance in the direction of Bilbao and to have captured a large quan-…

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War Bombs Over "Neutral Zone" II Duce, Goering, And Fascist Youth

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 20

THIS IS WAR.--A woman victim of a rebel aerial bomb, being carried from a wrecked house by rescue workers in Madrid. This is in a "neutral zone." THIS fishing boat was struck by a huge…

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“World Savior” Speaks Wants England’s Help to Start War Give No Support To Hitlerism

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 1

Hitler’s speech to the “Reichstag” (?) did not break any new ground. The Nazis, he said, had “saved…

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Decline in Birth-rate Women's Fear of War Blamed 'Too Much Fuss' Over Trek to Jobs Perth

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 10

"THE fall in the world's birth- rate is due not so much to women's working and leaving home ties as to fast thinking. "Women of the younger generation do not…

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Soldier Settlers. Concessions in the Riverina. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 9

Mr. A. Mair, M.L.A.. has been informed, following his representations to the Minister, that concessions had been approved in respect of certain returned soldier settlers in…

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Soldiers Sleep Afloat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 5

AT 2.30 yesterday morning, militiamen sought a little sleep on board H.M.A.S, Sydney, which conveyed them to Jervis Bay for a mock battle. The camera caught them all unmilitary. IN A GREY DAWN, militiamen crept ashore from boats at Jervis Bay…

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Book Profits for Soldiers Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 3

Lady Haig said on arriving from Darwin by air that she would let ex-servicemen decide how the proceeds from the sale of her book in Australia…

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Jervis Bay 'War' Was Cheap

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 9

COMBINED manoeuvres by the militia and the Navy, such as were held at Jervis Bay during the weekend, will…

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Civil war in Spain. Setback For Rebel Forces

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 18

THERE were no large-scale operations in the civil war in Spain last week. Where fighting did take place between the Government troops and the rebels,…

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Quiet on Civil War Fronts Shelling at Madrid

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 3

MADRID, Tuesday.--Artillery bombardments by the rebels marked the only fighting activity on the Madrid front today…

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Mock War. Defence of Singapore. Guns Boom. Singapore, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 16

The mock attack on Singapore by al fleet from "Blue Land" continued to-day. There has not been a declaration of…

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Women Hit Out at War Conference In Hobart HOBART

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 1

A RESOLUTION strongly urging the Federal and State Governments to make more determined endeavors to raise the health standard…

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No Cut in Price, and No Petrol Supplies New Development in War Over Rebate Question

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 19

LOWER petrol prices have been widely adopted, but certain well-known brands of petrol were unobtainable at some service stations to-day. The proprietors of these stations had refused to reduce their…

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Preference to Soldiers. Railway Policy. Union Dissatisfied

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 6

Mr. Lloyd Ross, secretary of the Australian Railways Union, said yesterday tiiat the union had received a reply from the acting secretary for railways giving terms of an…

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Dismissal of Soldier. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 15

Mr. John Jagger (Lab.) has given notice of a question in the House of Commons about the dismissal of a man named H. S. B. Easthope from the Army Signal Corps at…

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Spanish War Goes on

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 3

LOYAL SPANISH MILITIA work through the woods under heavy fire to attack rebel troops at the Casa del Campo…

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Born During the War Strange Cases

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 5

Bom druing an air raid, a youth in the Bristol Institute, England, has a birthmark on his back in the shape [?]n aeroplane. Another strange…

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