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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
21,398 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250
Soldiers and sailors first, unionists second, is the position in the Federal service, according to the eleventh and final annual report presented by Mr. M'Lachlan to Mr. Hughes, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A civilian who extended congratulations to several soldiers who were on the Darling street (Balmain) wharf on Wednesday night is probably now lamenting. The civilian,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir Rider Haggard is visiting Australia, South Africa, and Canada, representing tho Colonial Institute, to inquire into the likelihood of settling soldiers and sailors on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. G. R. W. M'Donald, M.L.A., is in khaki, but is not a member of the Expeditionary Forces, as stated in a telegram from Bingara in yesterday's issue of "The Daily Telegraph."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At last night's meeting of the Hornsby Shire Council it was decided that the Government be asked to allot vacant lands near Hornsby for farms for returned soldiers. Some of the lands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The work of the defence authorities is hampered by soldiers' next-of-kin not notifying changes of address promptly. This also applies in the case of the next-of-kin of those soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Compulsory Service Bill has been read a first time in the House of Commons by 403 votes to 105, Labor delegates at Westminster, representing 3,000,000 members of trades unions, have carried resolutions against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lieutenant Treloar, who was a popular and useful member of the Ryde Rifle Club, is reported to have been wounded at the Dardanelles. He took part in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatty, a large, well-nourished Turk with a certain humorous twist. Used to pop up his head from the trench and signal us when we missed;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The dislocation of the German toy trade is giving the handicapped man an admirable opportunity for making money in his own home. Quite apart from this dislocation, people…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Federal Parliamentary War Committee held a long sitting on the afternoon and evening of January 5. Dr. Honman, chairman of the Federal Medical War…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The executive committee for the Smithfield and Fairfield War Council were elected on Wednesday evening. For Fairfield, Messrs. J. Y. Bell, W. Stimson, F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association has received a cable stating that war rates, outward, via Suez, have advanced by about 2 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Trade Union Congress, in registering a large majority against con[?]ription has taken a coarse which cannot fail to give the enemy subet[?]tial encouragement, thus adding to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the intercession service at All Saints' Church, Parramatta North, on Sunday, the rector, the Rev. T. Hillhouse Taylor, when the part of the devotions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The procedure to be followed in connection with the Second Issue of the Commonwealth War Loan is not quite the same as on the first occasion. No Scrip…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ASHMEAD BARTLETT, the great war correspondent, who commences an Australian and New Zealand lecturing tour next month, under the auspices of J. and N. Tait, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Military Service (No. 2) Bill has been read a first time. The division was received with cheers and counter-cheers. Twelve Labor members supported the bill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Then the war came, and they told him that the solemn hour had come When brave men to save the flag should all turn out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At a special meeting of the parishioners of St. Stephen's Church, Lidcombe, a suggestion made by the rector, the Rev. R. O. Todd, that the new church, to take…
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