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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

16,298 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

For Lonely Soldiers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 2

As the outcome of letters received from his won at the front, in which he mentions having received parcels of comforts from home and having distributed portion…

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The Flighty Spouse Masquerades as a Returned Soldier. The Forgiving Wife

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

At the Purramatta. Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M., a young husband, sorry and sick, was in the dock to answer, by the name of Edward…

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Soldiers and Election Jobs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

Alderman E. Taylor raised a very important point when, at Dundas Council meeting on Wednesday he mentioned the fact that at the recent referendum poll he…

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Holiday for Wounded Men Practical Patriotism at Barellan

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 13

The ladies of Sandy Creek, Barellan district, are not content with spinning wool and knitting socks for soldiers. The little circle decided to give a number of the returned wounded…

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War and the Woman

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 21

The cause of realism was unwittingly served by a policeman during the filming of a scene for War and the Woman, in which Florence La Badic is starred. It was necessary that…

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War Chest Cricket Match

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 4

The cricket match, International Players v. The Rest, which is being played on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday, January 25, and Saturday, 26th, commencing at 10.30 a.m., is…

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Fritz Waits for His War-lord AUSTRALlANS Experiences in Hun Prison-cabps Rations Small and Unspeakably Bad Two Grades of Russian Soldiers Described in Epigram 163rd Day of the Fourth Year of the War LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 1

"A cold, barren, hungry country," such is the repatriated Australians' view of Germany. They are convinced that the militarists are doomed, having spent long periods in various parts, moving from camp to camp…

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Old Gold and Silver War Fund

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 7

The committee of the Old Gold and Silver War Fund are making a special appeal for New Year's offerings in the shape of a piece of old jewellery, or some gold or silver…

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London War Chest Club Ten Weeks' Work

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 7

Returned furnished by Mr. A. C. Barry, superintendent of the War Chest Club, London, from Sept. 9 to Nov. 11, 1917, a period of ten weeks, show the following figures:—Meals…

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The Week's Miscellany Diary of the War

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 12

Monday Four British advance posts were pressed back in the region of the Canal du Nord. Enemy raids were repulsed in the neighborhood of Hollebeke. There was great aerial…

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Homing Pigeons Wanted for War Service MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 6

The Defence Department has issued an appeal to be supplied with homing pigeons for war service. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in…

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War Chest Flower Shop Group of Friday Workers

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 5

The "Friday Workers" made over £300 during nine months including takings on three Patriotic Fridays -- France's Day, Triangle Day, and War Chest Day, when amounts raised were donated to these funds. The above photograph was taken on the first anniversary of the establishment of the War Chest Flower Shop…

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War Notes the Peace Talk Allies Define Their Attitude

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 3

Absolutely no military operations of major importance have been reported during the week. The grip of Winter has been so tight upon all fronts that big movements have been…

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Women's War Work Commencing Another Year Socks the Greatest Need

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 13

The Railway and Tramway Musical Society will present Collier's sparkling comedy opera "Dorothy" on January 15, 16, 17, and 19, at the Railway Institute, the performances to…

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Romance and War Peer's Daughter the Heroine an Elopement and an Arrest

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 13

The following is a story of one of the most romantic weddings of the war (says the Daily Sketch.) It is a story of a wounded officer falling in love with hie hospital nurse. But in this…

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Russia's New Army Commander's Strange Appeal Holy War Against Bourgeoisie Krylenko Wants Recruits London

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 1

Ensign Krylenko has issued a manifesto, in reply to the German peace condition, stating that peace is endangered. "The Germans," he says, "definitely…

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Allies' War Aims Revelations by Pichon Trotsky's Insult to Socialists Confidence in Government London

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Paris reports that in the Chamber of Deputies the Socialists re-demanded passports to Petrograd, but these were refused…

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War and Taxation the Inevitable Strain on Governments Revenue-producing Monopolies If State Railways, Why Not Coal Mines?

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 7

All political thinkers are agreed that radical chances will come as an aftermath of the war. The National Debt is being piled up to colossal dimensions. The war is to ensure the safety…

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Echoes of the World's War the Czar That Was Present Romanoff Household £5 a Week Expenses Girls Embracing Socialism

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 11

In a fourteen-room flat on the second floor of a roomy, red-brick building in Tobolsk reside Mr. and Mrs. Roman off and their family. Tobolsk, it may be mentioned in…

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War Aims of Allies the Tragic Mistake of the P.l.l. Party an Inspiring Comparison of Representative Views

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1918 · page 3

The tragic mistake the P.L.L. Party in both Australian State and Federal spheres has made is in not throwing itself heart and soul into the winning of the war. The Party machine has…

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