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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

3,524 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 177

Home for War Veterans Liverpool Sub-branch Enthusiastic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 5

Two new members were enrolled at the meeting of the Liverpool sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., in the Memorial School of Arts last Friday. They were…

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N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial. (Maccabean Institute) Special Concert

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 8

The President, and Council of the New South Wales Jewish. War Memorial entertained the delegates and visitors ?to the Zionist and C.J.W. conferences, at…

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Warning to France. Intervention in Spain. Italian Talk of Major War. ROME, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 11

A warning to France not to Intervene on the side of the Spanish Government unless she is prepared to face a major war is contained in a leading article in…

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"War in Europe Is Not Near" Confidence of Minister a Loophole Left For France LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 5

The French Government, says a Paris message, holds that the treaty with Czechoslovakia does not involve automatic intervention in case of aggression. South Africa's Defence Minister, Mr. Pirow,…

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Soldier-councillor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 4

Grandson of the pioneer in New South Wales of the wooden skewer industry, Councillor A. W. Edwards, who is in his second term as a member of…

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"War-Torn"

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 11

"I HAVE lived in Shanghai for 30 years, and although I have seen several wars there, none has been like this." said Miss S. C. McKay…

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Revolver Duel in Dark. Constable Wounded. Twelve Shots Exchanged. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 14

Constable Thomas Petersen, of Yarra Junction, was wounded in a leg by an unidentified man during a pistol duel in the dark at Launching Place, on the…

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Camera in War. Photographing Flying Projectiles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 20

Mr. Colin M Williamson, of London, in an address to the Legacy Club yesterday, explained how the camera was being used in the training of pilots and Air Force officers for…

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80 Planes In Mock War MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

The greatest concentration of war planes yet seen in Australia is taking place at Laverton, in preparation for the air…

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Record Concentration of War Planes Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 7

To end in mock aerial warfare over Flemington racecourse on April 9, the greatest number of war 'planes ever concentrated at one centre in…

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Food Reserves in War-time. Problem of Shipping Facilities. LONDON, March 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 14

Mr. Philip Haldin, chairman of the Lamport Holt Line, asserted to-day that Great Britain must have six months' food reserves, and that the Government should act immediately,…

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Spanish War Franco's Forces March on Smoke-screened Tanks, Cavalry London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

GENERAL FRANCO'S troops continue to hammer relentlessly at the Republicans who still bar the way to Catalonia, in…

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No 'Automatic' War Pledge to Czechs Britain Must Be Judge Prime Minister On Europe's Crisis LONDON

The Sun · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 1

Britain will not say beforehand whether she will fight in the event of war over Czechoslovakia. If she did so, "the decision whether or not she should find herself involved in war would…

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£24,800,000 More for Huge Defence Plan Two Cruisers, Double War Plane Total Fortify Important Coastal Centres

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 1

AN additional £24,800,000 will be spent on defence in the next three years. Details of this unprecedented increase in Australia's defence programme were outlined in…

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Soldier Settlers' Requests for the South-West

The Land · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 6

A RIVERINA conference of the R.S.S.I.L., held at Griffith, pledged itself to support the Southwestern Irrigation Committee in its…

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N.Z. Returned Soldiers. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 11

At the Gosford Municipal Council meeting it was decided to vote £25 towards the cost of the entertainment of 225 New Zealand returned soldiers, who have been invited to tour…

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Thrust Letter on Soldier Woman Collapsed On Station

The Sun · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 8

A pathetic farewell letter which a woman thrust into the hand of a soldier at Central Railway Station just before she collapsed and died…

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Enlisting Another 5000 Recruits More Men in All Services Canberra

The Sun · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

Australia's permanent defence forces are to be increased by 5580 men within the next three years…

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Memories of Anzac

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 17

HOW many Diggers still manage to preserve the comforts tins that reached…

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Italy and Spanish War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 11

Turning to the problem of Spain, Mr. Chamberlain said that Great Britain rigidly adhered to the policy of nonintervention…

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