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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

3,524 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 177

War Service Homes

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

The Minister in Charge of War Service Homes (Senator Foll) to-day promised a deputation from the War Service Homes Purchasers…

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The War in China

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 20

THE Japanese Government has announced that it will sever diplomatic relations with the Chiang Kaishek regime in China because of its…

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Duce, Patron of War Horses Berlin

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

Mussolini has made a handsome contribution to a fund for relief of old German war horses, of which many are existing on "charity oats."…

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Feed Britain in War-time London

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

The food supplies question forms an important part of the background of the Anglo-Irish talks. The British Government is anxious…

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Labour and War. International Control of Materials. BRUSSELS, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 18

The International Trades Union Conference, representing 17 countries, which is meeting here, has decided to demand international control of war material…

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War Clouds. U.S.A. Defence Plans. WASHINGTON, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 18

Rear-Admiral W. D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, giving evidence before the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, said that…

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Financing War. Franco's Way. Barter Method. Minerals for Guns. LONDON, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 18

General Franco's method of financing the war in Spain is to barter minerals for guns and aeroplanes from Germany and Italy, according…

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War in China From Page 1. No Hints Now of Peace London

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

A Tokio message confirms the recall of Mr. Kawagoe, the Japanese Ambassador to China, and states that Hsu…

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Trade with China. Commissioner's Office May be Moved. Effects of the War. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 16

An attempt to define Australia's future trade policy in China will be made by the Federal Ministry and the Department of Commerce in about two weeks, when the…

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Italy Still at War. Price of Empire. Guerilla Fighting in Abyssi[?]a. by a Special Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 16

There is a steadily growing volume of trustworthy evidence that the war in Abyssinia still goes on though the Negus fled and Italy occupied the…

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From Day to Day in Sydney. Limbless Soldiers' Benefit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 9

TO make final arrangements for the harbour trip which will be held on February on the Show Boat, a meeting was held at the Australia Hotel yesterday morning, when…

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Welcome Home to Honeymooners

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 23

TO welcome home her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hoskins, from their honeymoon. Mrs. G. B. Montefiore gave a cocktail…

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"Anzac Day."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 13

Although Anzac Day is not until April 25, Church Holland of 2UE, is already busily engaged in lining up his programme for a monster Diggers'…

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War Service Homes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 17

The Minister in Charge of War Service Homes, Senator Foll, yesterday received a deputation from representatives of the War Service Homes Purchasers' Association on…

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Intruder Was Wounded S.C.G. Overseer Is Discharged

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

William Stuart (70), overseer at the Sydney Cricket Ground, who was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having, on December 12,…

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"Would Conscript Agriculture in War"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday. -- "The Government will not hesitate to conscript agriculture in wartime." The Minister for Agriculture (Mr…

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Deletion From War History London

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 5

Following criticism of Brigadier- General Edmonds's introduction to a volume of the Official History of the War dealing with transportation…

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Nations As Tigers Hughes on War Causes

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

"If permanent peace could be bought I would be prepared to pay for it, but I would not pay for…

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Mussolini Vilified Over Air Called "Liar, War Provoker" London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 3

A VIOLENT Communist radio attack on Mussolini was heard in London, despite the efforts of Italian technicians to…

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N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial. Maccabean Institute. Annual Meeting and Re-opening of Hall

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 6

The annual meeting wilt be held on Sunday, February 13. At the conclusion of the business, the Institute will be officially re-opened. A conversazione…

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