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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

16,298 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Our Soldiers at the Front

The Propeller · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

[Parents and friends of local soldiers at the front are invited to supply us with information concerning the soldiers at the front, which will be published in this…

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Soldier Settlers. Good Progress at Baerami

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 8

The Minister for Lands (Mr. W.G. Ashford), in referring yesterday to the progress made by half a dozen returned soldiers who have taken holdings at Baerami, near Denman,…

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Returned Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. A.G. Potter, secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, advises that the committee of that body, at its meeting…

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Anxious to Enlist

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

Harold Lockwond Herd (18) was charged at the Paddington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., with giving a wrong age, in connection with enlistment. Sergeant Murdoch…

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Soldier Sent to Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

Morris Marshall (23) was charged at the Paddington Police Court with, having made an untrue statement in connection with a military allowance. Marshall, it was stated, had…

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Soldier's Mysterious Death

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A soldier of the name, John Thomas Murray, who has been in Broadmeadows camp only a few days, died in mysterious circumstances to-day. Murray, who…

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Maroubra Soldiers' Settlement. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 9

Sir,--I notice in this morning's issue of your paper Mr. Reg. E. Reld, hon. secretary of the Town Planning Association of New South Wales, replies to my letter of the 7th in…

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Church and Soldiers. Benefits of C. of E. Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

Chaplain the Rev. W.H.J., formerly of South Australia, writes from the Australian Base in France:-- "Notice the heading of this paper, 'The…

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Soldiers and Politics

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 9

Mr. W.H. Mackenzie, secretary of the Returned Soldiers and Sailore' Political League, writes that it is hard to conceive that a body of men would adopt the attitude suggested by…

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A Soldier's "Warnings." Some Hairbreadth Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

A member of the staff of the Royal Mint has received the following letter dated October 12, 1917, Pethnla Green Military Hospital, London:--…

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German Dyes British Mission's Success Whole Range of Recipes Obtained Tremendous Enemy Monopoly Ended 161st Day of the Fourth Year of the War LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

The "Daily Mail" states that after two years of persistent effort a group of British textile-workers, headed by John Leyland and Richard Baldry, with the assistance…

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Welcome Home

The St George Call · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

On Thursday, 3rd inst., a pleasant function was arranged by Mrs. T. W. Griffiths amongst relatives and friends as a welcome home to her son, No…

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Castlereagh Heroes Wounded

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 3

We regret to learn that Mr .Jos Held, Castlereagh, received a cablegram on Thursday informing him that his gallant son, Gunner A C ("Bert")…

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The War

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 4

IT is reported that the [?] have come to an agreement with the Uk[?] Government and that this puts an and to the German hope of per[?] civil was in Russia…

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Win-the-war Work

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 11

The Blacktown league has nearly finished a cottage for Mrs. Moran, who has lost her husband at the front, and has just completed two rooms for Mrs. Bernett…

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War Chest Cricket Match

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 5

The [?] in be [?] and [?] to bring in a [?] for the [?]…

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War Aims. President's Definition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 13

The United Press Agency in Washington learns authoritatively that President Wilson's reference to free trade is not intended to impose the freetrade doctrine, but to advocate…

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War Notes. the Cambrai Operations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 13

The cabled extract from the "Daily Express regarding the recent Cambrai offensive suggests that the paper has knowledge of the facts adduced at the recent inquiry into the…

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