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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

16,298 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Late War News. Separate Peace. Russia and Bulgaria. New York, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 7

It is reported that Russia and Bulgaria have signed a separate peace…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, January 11, 1918. to Win the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

It has apparently been impossible for Mr. Hughes to inaugurate his fresh lease of power with a new Cabinet The burden of office was relinquished in the first…

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War Aims. America's Message. Allied Agreement. the King's Good Wishes. London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 5

The King has sent the following message to President Wilson:--Sincerest New Year's good wishes for your welfare and America's prosperity,…

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Australia's War Losses THE 369th Casualty List. (Continued from the Last Issue.)

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

In the following list the names have been arranged alphabetically, and in order of [?] under the heading of the [?] state in which they were enrolled. The abbreviation…

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Commerce After the War. Germany's Future Position. Hon Journals Fearful. London, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

[?] Robertson M.P., in the course of a [?] said that whatever were one's views on [?]…

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Claimed Allowance for Children. Soldier Sent to Gaol

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

Morris Marshall [?] in three months in [?] at the Paddington Police Court on a charge of having on octobar [?] 1917, made on…

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Soldiers Coming Home. to Arrive on

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

Another cont[?] of invalid soldiers will arrive at sydney on Sunday, and friends and [?] who here received tickets for the [?] buffer from the staff officer for Invalids married "A" will be…

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Care of Child of Soldier

The Land · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 12

Enquirer writes: I had a cousin, aged 12, in the hands of parents whom I believed to be incapable of taking care of her, and she was placed under the care of the State until…

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Income Tax of Soldiers on Active Service

The Land · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 12

C.F. asks us what is the position of soldiers on active service in the payment of income tax. Answer:—Mr. S. V. Larkin, A.C.P.A., an…

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Age for Enlisting

The Land · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 12

R.B.L. writes: I belong to the Greene-thorpe Rifie Club and a in a fairly good shot. I am only 16 years old, and I would like to know if it would be possible for me to…

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A Patriotic "Old Buffer." a Father of Eleven Enlists

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. C. A. Shepherd, of Nana Glen (N.S.W.) who has a wife and eleven children, has enlisted. In doing so he stated that as the single men would not…

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Public Affairs From the Rural Standpoint Soldiers on the Land an Opportunity to Secure a Competence

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

The terms upon which advances will be made to soldier settlers in New South Wales (as announced by the officer in charge of that department.—Mr. J. G. R…

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A Fatal Dive. a Soldier Killed at Newcastle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

Gunner Peter A. Bagnell, aged twenty-two years, of Fort Scratchley, Newcastle (N.S.W.), a single man, died in the Newcastle Hospital on Tuesday morning. He…

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Railway Calamities Appalling Railway Smash in Canada. Returning Soldiers Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

A disastrous railway smash occurred on the Canadian-Pacific line at Montreal on Friday night last. A train conveying soldiers bound for Vancouver wan wrecked…

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Diary of a Soldier

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 13

Once again we have shifted camp. Last Thursday we received orders to puck our kits again, and not to leave camp. The usual wild conjectures as…

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Returned Soldiers' Battalion

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

The Director-General of Recruiting has under consideration the forming of a veteran battalion, and requests any returned soldiers who wish to re-enlist…

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Invalid Soldiers Returning

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

Another contingent of invalid soldiers will arrive on Sunday, and friends and relations who have received tickets for the Anzac Buffet from the Staff Officer for Invalids…

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Returned Soldiers Willing to Fight Again

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

The N.S.W. Recruiting Committee supplies the following: -- "In some quarters unfavorable comment has been made concerning the proposal to…

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