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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

16,298 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

The Soldier's Pay Separation Allowances

The Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 6

Yesterday was published the scale of soldiers' pay. The separation allowances drawn by dependents of soldiers are as follow:…

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Maroubra Soldiers' Settlement. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 8

Sir,--My council desires me to traverse Mr. Scott Griffiths' letter in your issue of the 8th inst., as follows:-- 1. We did not call the settlement a city: It…

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Veteran Battalion. Returned Soldiers Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 8

It is believed that there are considerable numbers of returned soldiers in Australia who have become fit for service since having been discharged, who would be glad of an…

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Soldiers and Politics. a New Organisation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 7

At a meeting of returned soldiers, said the secretary of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Political League. Mr. Mackenzie, yesterday, the proposed political organisation was further…

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Confidence Man Robs Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 8

Hughie Sharpe, a native of Singleton, who is a member of the A.I.E., encamped at the Show Ground, reported to the police that a man whom he met in Pitt Street, city, at about…

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London: Sights About Which Our Soldiers Write, No. 5.—The Albert Hall

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 31

The Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens was erected by the English nation at a…

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One-legged Soldiers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 16

The acting-secretary of the State War Council states that he has now brought to a satisfactory conclusion negotiations for providing employment for. returned soldiers who have…

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For Soldiers' Dependents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 16

During December, seven hundred families,of returned Wounded and sick soldiers, and of the missing, killed and prisoners. of war, were, supplied' weekly; with fruit and vegetables, etc.,…

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Illawarra Soldiers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 16

Mr. W. J. Cochrane, Wollongong recruiting secretary, possesses a unique collection of 381 photos of soldiers who have enlisted from the Illawarra district. They are artistically…

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Returned Soldiers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 17

A largo batch of wounded and sick soldiers reached Sydney last week. They numbered 566, being 397 for New South Wales and 169 for Queensland. They had disembarked at…

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Killing, Real Sport!" So Says Diary of German Soldier Who Tells How all Inhabitants of One Town are Shot. French Kill Own Wives to Save Them from Hun

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 1

The German philosophy has dehumanised Germany's officers and men. Later on, I shall give a detailed account of the devastated regions of Northern France, but…

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That Lonely Soldier

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

Last week we referred to an Instance where a soldier seeing all his mates receiving parcels and letters, while he did not receive any, commenced to "grouse"…

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Ludendorf and Kuhlmann Kaiser Settles Differences Riotous Pan-German Meeting Wounded Soldiers Beaten and Ejected 160th Day of the Fourth Year of the War LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 1

The Kaiser has settled the Ludendorf-Kuhimann imbroglio, at least temporarily, avoiding any resignations. The "Frankfurter Zeitung" and the Pan-Germans…

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War Crest Fund

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 2

The [?] secretary of the [?] War C[?]est Fund acknowledge the following further [?] to War C[?] Day [?]—W. T. F[?] War C[?] Fund, £[?]…

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War-t[?] Profits Tax

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. T. A. Strudwick writes:—I was [?] indeed to note in your [?] yesterday that a number of [?] have [?] together to protest against the placing on the [?] of the…

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Scottish Women's War Hospitals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 6
Also in Evening News, Freeman's Journal

The above fund now stands at £5403/9/9. The following additional amounts are acknowledged:—Austin Mack and Thomas, Butement, £10 each; Mrs. Clara Savage and Joseph…

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War-time Profits Tax

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 8

"Agency."—We are of opinion that the business is liable to tax if the profits exceed £1000…

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War Cables in Brief

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 5

It has been arranged that 300 British workers, in parties of 25, shall visit the west front each week. The meat crisis is less acute as supplies…

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