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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

3,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 172

Blood and Iron. the Abyssinian War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 16

Judged by any standard, Major-General Fuller's new book on the Abyssinian War and its causes is a remarkable one. As a leading protagonist of mechanisation he was an…

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Prices to Rise Essential Goods Affected War Reserves

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 3

AUSTRALIAN housewives must he prepared for an era of higher prices in essential commodities…

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Going to Fight in Civil War Consul-General And His Nephew

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 7

THE former Consul-General in Sydney for Spain, Senor Don Pedro de Ygual v Martinez Daban, announced shortly before he sailed…

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Churchill Sees War at Hand Gloomy Speech On Defence Bill Passed London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 7

STATING the case for the "Old Guard" Conservatives, Mr. Winston Churchill struck a note of blank pessimism during the third reading…

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"Doggone" That Dog Dispute! War On Hamburger Front

Truth · Sunday 7 March 1937 · page 9

DOG owners are still in a quandary as to what the outcome of the dog war will be. As the situation now exists the only ones bumping trouble are the dog owners themselves. SINCE the war commenced on January 1, the N.S.W.T.C. has…

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Spain Has Problem in Sydney When Consul Goes to War

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1937 · page 4

Spain has a problem in Sydney, too. Her sons and daughters have no consular representative. Senor de Ygual is on his way to fight for General Franco. GRIEVANCE centres in a…

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War Against John Lewis Steel Unions Appeal to A.F. OF L. PITTSBURGH

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1937 · page 1

A spokesman, claiming to represent 50,000 workers at Carnegie, Illinois, has requested William Green, president of the A.F. of L., to help them…

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Export War 'Planes Fishermen's Bend Plans To Meet Rush Machines for South Africa, India and N.Z. to Be Made First Aircraft by End of Year Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1937 · page 19

Fishermen's Bend aircraft factory may be called on to supply 'planes for the defence of India, South Africa and New Zealand, as well as…

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Canada Votes Seven Millions for Defence First Step in Plan to Please All Parties and Save Nation-wide Split No Troops Without an Election in Next War Vancouver

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1937 · page 1

THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT HAS JUST VOTED £7,000,000 TO PAY FOR THE FIRST SERIES OF DEFENCE MEASURES FOR THE DOMINION. FROM BRITAIN, CANADA IS BUYING TWO…

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War Risk

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 5

The following war risk rates are being charged on traffic through the Mediterranean and on the Spanish…

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Europe Close to War Hate Being Widely Fostered

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 6

"Personally, I think we are closer to a war in Europe to- day than we were before the outbreak of the last war…

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Australian Airman's Romance Abroad Wedding Planned In Midst Of Tribal War PERTH

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 12

THE story of a romantic engagement comes from the Afghan frontier of India. LIEUTENANT ALAN C. MILLS, of the Royal Air Force, a son of the…

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Preparing for War in Britain Huge Expenditure Of £750,000 A Day LONDON

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 5

BRITAIN will be spending at the rate of three-quarters of a million pounds sterling a day on its preparation for the next war during the…

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To Keep Watch on Frontiers Adoption Of Scheme To-day Spanish War London

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 5

A PLENARY session of the International Committee for NonIntervention in Spain will hold a meeting at the Foreign Office…

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Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Hospital Was Rebel Tomb Crashing Walls Bury Soldiers Spain's Coasts Unsafe for Shipping Madrid

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 3

SCORES of the 600 rebel soldiers defending the clinical hospital ill University City, at the gates of Madrid, were killed when a large part of the six-story building collapsed…

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Returned Soldiers Not Appointed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 7

GOSFORD, Sunday.--Three men who are not returned soldiers have been appointed to positions by the Gosford Municipal Council since…

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War Risk

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 4

When the Abyssinian war was on the Mediterranean became a war danger zone, on account of the possibility which at one time seemed very proximate of Italy's adventure, producing hostilities with Britain…

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Unchristian to Kill in War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 8

There is no case for calling war Christian, and it is not a duty for Christians to participate in war. That was the contention of the Rev…

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Man Who Does Not Fear War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 3

Although surrounded by an armed camp, Hungary did not fear any outbreak of war in the near future, said Mr. E. G. Fenyuesi, who arrived by the…

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Shots Fired From Car. U.S. Official Wounded. Strikers Blamed. Los Angeles, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 12

The District Attorney (Mr. Burton Fitts) was wounded in the left arm by a bullet fired by one of four men in a car, who forced Mr. Fitts's car to the…

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