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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

3,524 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 177

High Standard at Opening of N.R.A. Meeting Prize List Is Enlarged Ideal Conditions, Many Possibles Tyros Do Well Anzac Range

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 10

THE 72nd annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, which is the riflemen's contribution to the 150th Anniversary Celebrations, opened yesterday under almost ideal weather conditions there being just sufficient movements to cause…

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Gosford Returned Soldiers. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 11

Office-bearers elected at the annual meeting of the Gosford branch of the Returned Soldiers' League were:—President, J. Lawn; vice-presidents, G. Frewin, G. Wood, W. G. Muller,…

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New Soldiers' Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 6

The State president of the Returned Soldiers' League. Mr. L. A. Robb, opened the new clubroom of the Penshurst sub-branch on Saturday. The premises were built by…

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News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Correspondents Nazis Seize War Control In Purge Hitler Supreme: Typist's Marriage Leads to Crisis Uneasy Europe Calculates Effect Of Coup BERLIN

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 3

IN a dramatic effort to bring the army definitely under Nazi Party domination and to end its interference in foreign policy, Hitler has made himself supreme War Lord of Germany, possessing powers…

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Japanese General Not Wounded

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 5

The Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Wakamatsu, has received official advice from Tokio that there is no truth whatever in the report…

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Spanish War Nurse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

cluster of pink tulips to the shoulder. She will leave in April on her return to Holland to join her husband, who new home just before Christmas. She was with Mrs. D…

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Aid for War Refugees

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 3

A cheque for £150 collected by the Western Australian branch of the League of Nations Union to assist war refugees in China was presented yesterday to the…

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W. A. Shot Has Two Pts. Lead Anzac Range, Liverpool

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 15

SHOOTING over three distances, 300, 500, and 700 yards, with conditions changing rapidly, M. Menghini (W.A.) today dropped…

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Whangarei's 'War' Soon Over AUCKLAND

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1

A rumor that Britain had declared war created wild excitement at Whangarei, a remote township in North…

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Germany's War Upon Jews London

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 5

Scarcely a day passes now in Germany without its new decree against Jews. The latest, says the Berlin…

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Tricky Conditions for Marksmen But Standard Was High Wells Stars In Start Of "A" Series King's Meeting Anzac Range

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 8

AT Anzac Range to-day, 800 marksmen went after the big money in the "A" series of matches, scores in which will count for the Woolcott Forbes (hitherto known as the Longfield) Aggregate, carrying cash prizes totalling £1330…

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Sam Aarons Is “Astonished” Menace of World War is so Obvious

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1

In a letter just received in Sydney from Spain where he is serving with the International Brigade, Aarons writes:—…

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Old Campaigners at Anzac

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 22

TOM ASHTON (left), winner of the 1935 King's Prize, and W. T. Collyer, who was runner-up, renewed acquaintanceship at Anzac Range, Liverpool, where they have gone to compete in the National Rifle Association shoot…

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English Marksmen at Anzac Range

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 21

Three members of the British team who competed yesterday in the National Rifle shoot at Anzac Range, Liverpool (left to right): D. L. Birney (1937 Bisley Kins's winner), W. Webster, and R. E. W. Johnson…

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100gn. Rifle Prize To Concord Man Anzac Range

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 24

D. ROBERTS (Concord) today won the second richest prize of the National Rifle Association's 150th Anniversary meeting -- the…

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Aggregate To Roberts (N.s.w.) Anzac Rifle Meeting Overseas Men Share In Prize Money Bulls Plentiful Anzac Range

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 8

WHEN shooting in the last leg of the Woolcott Forbes Aggregate started this morning, weather conditions were much the same as the previous day, but there was a gentle frontal fishtail breeze which tempered the heat somewhat. The cards…

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Home News. War Service Homes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 1

The Federal Minister has removed the ban on the financing of new war service homes, which was imposed some years ago. Applications for new loans may now be made to the…

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War Wings Over Modern Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 8

OIL PAINTING BY JOHN ALLCOT. In this vivid picture Mr. Allcot seeks to portray Sydney at its latest moment. A fleet of Avro Ansons, the most modern type of bomber in Australia, is flying over the city. It is a far different city from that portrayed by early engravings on Page 5. Great steamships, great buildings crowding the foreshores, a great bridge, a teeming population -- and these guardians in the sky…

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Moving Italian War Factories Rome

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 5

Discussing the decentralisation of war Industries, the Supreme Commission of Defence has considered proposals to remove large war…

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Summary. Oversea News. War in Soain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 1

General Davila's troops have driven home the advantage gained by the Spanish rebels in Teruel Province since the week-end, according to the Bilbao correspondent of "The…

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