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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

11,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Anti-Liquor Legislation the Returned Soldiers Want Anti-shouting Laws. Protection From the Public

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

The secretary of the N.S.W. branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League (Mr. A. C. Potter) states that the association has passed…

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Land for Soldiers Prices Too Rich

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the Wagga Repatriation Committee severely criticised the Government's efforts to settle returned soldiers…

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Soldiers Punished

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 7

The following members of the Australian Imperial Forces have been dealt with by District Courts-martial in the manner set forth:—…

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Soldier Settlers. Condition's in Mudgee. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 6

The Mudgee repatriation committee is asking the Government to reduce the price to returned soldiers of land in tbe Cooyal estate from £5 to £3 per acre. The property was…

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Home Again. More Returned Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 6

The returned soldiers on "Z" list who arrived in Sydney yesterday included 180 Queenslander. The New South Wales men numbered over 340, and about 50 of them were…

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Soldier's Sudden Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 6

Mrs. Schultz, of Vivian-street, Bexley, has been advised of the sudden death of her eldest son, Lance-Corporal George L. Gell, in hospital, in Birmingham, England. He had…

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Soldier's Wife Wants Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 8

A soldier's wife, who has four children, has asked the Voluntary Workers' Association for assistance in the matter of getting a home. She is prepared to pay up to £1 per week…

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The Sardinia. Troopship Conditions. Serious Allegations by Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 7

At the Victoria Barracks yesterday the official inquiry was resumed into the complaints made by, and on behalf of, the troops concerning the food issued to them on the…

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Work for Soldiers

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 8

"The Sun's" advertisements for soldiers seeking work will be found on page 5…

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SAVED £300 Homes for Soldier Settlers Foreman's Venture

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

The Lands Department recently built a number of small houses tor soldier settlers at Bankstown, by contract. The cost ran from £260 to £280…

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Soldiers' Brides Welcome in Melbourne Two Children Born Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 7

Several hundred people gathered at the wharf this morning to welcome the soldiers' brides who disembarked from the Zealandia. Although no…

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Work for Soldiers Preference Claimed Want Eligibles Dismissed Threat of Black List Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 7

After a preliminary meeting at the offices of the Returned Soldiers' National Party 300 unemployed soldiers marched through the streets of the…

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A Question of Fitness. Soldiers and Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

PERTH, Monday.--Between 200 and 300 returned soldiers hold a mass meeting yesterday, and among the motions adopted was one to the effect "that Senator Pearce must be recalled,…

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A.i.f. College. Education for Soldiers Comprehensive Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--It is probable that the first A.I.F. college abroad will be at Weymouth, and that it will be on the lines of the Canadian colleges already in existence…

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The Soil. Farms on the Belubula. Lucerne Lands for Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 3

Of the several properties on the Belubula River, in the Canowindra district, recommended by the local land board for resumption is the settlement of soldiers, the Minister for Lands,…

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Settling Soldiers. Returns Under R.s.s. Act

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 3

The returns of the Lands Department show that during the past six months the settlement of soldiers on Crown lands more than doubled the records of the first half of the year…

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Sardinia Inquiry. Soldiers' Complaints. "Too Much Bully Beef." Why Troops Refused to Travel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 5

The special Court appointed by the military authorities to inquire into the allegations made by the troops who recently returned to Australia by the transport Sardinia, continued its…

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Soldiers' Letters Unclaimed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 6

Communications addressed to the undermentioned have been returned unclaimed:--Mrs. M. M'Laughlin, 168 Castleragh Street, Newcastle, re No. 8177 J. Scott; Miss A. Ruane, 48 George Street, Bathurst, re No. 348…

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Noteworthy Words on War Problems "A Common Devotion to Right" President Wilson Lays Down a New Principle of World Politics, Upon Which to Build the League of Nations

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 1

On his journey southward from Carlisle (whither he had been to visit his grandmother's grave) President Wilson stopped at Manchester to receive…

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Narrandera. Welcome Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 13

On December 28 300 residents of Gillenbah assembled at the residence of Mr. E. Morton, for the purpose of extending a welcome home to Privates Alfred…

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