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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

3,524 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 177

Value of Lucerne in War on Weeds

The Land · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 6

Grazing lucerne had proved sufficiently vigorous to compete with and dominate practically all of our most serious weeds, said Mr. K. G…

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Eden Attacked: Old Issue Of Spanish War LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

THE honesty of Mr. Eden, former Foreign Minister, was impugned by Sir Stafford Cripps, K.C. (Lab.) in the Commons…

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Defining War Plan Details Of British P.M's. Speech Sought By Lyons CANBERRA

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

AN elaboration of Mr. Chamberlain's defence speech in the House of Commons this week will be sought by the Commonwealth Government. The Government will probably ask for a…

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Make Boycott an Election Issue Wharfies’ Call To A.L.P. Ban on Jap War Material

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mar. 7.—A call upon the Queensland Labor Party to make the demand for a complete boycott of Japanese goods a political issue in the State elections was made by a mass meeting held by the Brisbane waterside workers in the Bohemia…

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Right to Convert Title of Soldiers' Holdings

The Land · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 25

West Wyalong Distinct Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, at a recent meeting, carried a resolution that the Government be…

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Can’t Make Time Up Returned Soldiers’ Protest

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 4

NEWCASTLE .—Returned soldier relief workers who were forced to answer a call-up for a day’ s work during the Eucharistic Procession…

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Platinum Teeth of Soldier of Fortune

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

A SET of platinum teeth, said to be worth over £200, was worn by a passenger who arrived yesterday in the Orcades. Their owner, Major L. M. Rosenwald, soldier of fortune, refused…

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Anzac Day March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 18

The State secretary of the R.S.S.I.L.A. wishes to hear from car owners who are prepared to make their cars available, with drivers, to transport maimed soldiers in the…

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Capitalism and War

The Methodist · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 9

Sir,—In the reports of the proceedings of the Conference, I had hoped to find mention of the Christian attitude to Capitalism and War (these…

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War Memorial Hospital

The Methodist · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 18

The Sydney War Memorial Hospital stands in spacious and lovely grounds, admittedly the best surrounding any hospital in the State…

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War in China. Teacher's Loss of Income. Alimony Reduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 8

The loss of income which he had suffered because of the war between Japan and China was pleaded by William Ewart Tingle, schoolteacher, in an application on his behalf…

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War Works in Australia. "No Profiteering." Progress of Defence Plan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 17

The President of the Chamber of Manufactures, Mr. Hendry, said yesterday, in discussing the trial manufacture of arms and munitions, that there…

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Death in Spain: Back to Sanity: Flying Girl's Testament Basque Tragedy Field Study of Modern War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 6

As a generation, we are hardened to horror. Harrar, Guernica, Shanghai--hideous headlines of yesterday, forgotten place-names of tomorrow. MR. G. L. STEER calls his…

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Anzac Day, 1938

Truth · Sunday 13 March 1938 · page 28

THE State Secretary of the R.S.S.I.L.A., who is organising the great Anzac March anticipates that some 30,000 ex-servicemen, as well as dependents, will arrive in…

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50,000 Expected In Anzac March

The Sun · Sunday 13 March 1938 · page 3

"Anzac Day in Sydney this year will be the biggest day that New South Wales has ever seen," said the president of the Returned Soldiers' League…

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To Pay Three Pounds Echo Of Sino-Jap. War

Truth · Sunday 13 March 1938 · page 38

THE usually placid atmosphere of the court presided over by the Registrar-in-divorce was somewhat…

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£6200 a Minute for Armaments What World Is Spending To Placate Menacing Mars Three Ways to Head Off War Riders Sir T. Inskip Sees Moral Streak In Rugged Knuckle-duster Dictatorship Duo LONDON, Saturday. Protests Against Purchasing Peace by "Piecrust Promises" Form the Core of the Tremendous Labor Peace and Security Campaign Now Sweeping Britain

The Sun · Sunday 13 March 1938 · page 17

Defence organiser, Sir Thos. Inskip, defines the Government policy as peace by personal contacts and purity of intentions, not forgetting the moral effect of almost terrifying armaments…

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The Latest War

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 4

THE Nazis are on the march, and now Austria falls before the truculent gang led by Hitler. The move was not unexpected, as Austria's sun began to decline with rapidity as Hitler and his militarist gang established themselves and gained ascendancy. Austria's internal…

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More War Pensions Granted

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 7

The N.S.W. branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. continues to make numerous effective representations for the grant of war pensions and increased war…

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War Pensions Still Being Granted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 15

Although the Great War has been over for nearly 20 years, the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' League continues to make numerous effective representations for…

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