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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

11,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Outing for Returned Soldiers

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 3

The next outing for returned soldiers of [?] Red Cross Motor cycle Club will be held on Saturday afternoon next, at [?] Hospital will be left…

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Socks for Soldiers Good Country Knitters

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 3

At a meeting of the Oilara-Wandsworth (Guyra district) Kniting Class. Miss M. H. M'Crossin, of Wandworth, out of a total of 45 pairs of socks, handed in 24…

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Finding Land for Returned Soldiers What Is Being Done An Energetic Minister

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 6

The Lands Department of New South Wales is doing its utmost to find land for returned soldiers By June 10.0 it will have made available for returned…

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Soldiers on "G" List Expected to Arrive To-morrow

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 5

Soldiers on 'G' list will [?] the £ and A. Wharf. Circular [?] nine to-morrow morning is not proposed to take the men in the…

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On the Wharves Returned Soldiers and Loyalists Equal Preference to Be Given Arbitration Act to Be Amended

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 5

A special meeting of the New South Wales Cabinet this morning discussed the question of preference on the Wharves as between the returned…

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Soldier Wharf Labourers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 6

There are still some outstanding points of difference between the Returned Soldiers' and the Loyalist Wharf Labourers' Unions over the allocation of work on the wharfs. The…

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For Soldiers Work and the Man Finding the Employer

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 7

The following letter has been received by "The Sun" from the Acting Deputy Comptroller of Repatriation, Sydney:--…

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Soldiers' Land Protest Against High Values DUBBO

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 7

A grievance was voiced at the annual meeting of the Dubbo branch of the A.L.P., the secretary states, in regard to the allotment to returned soldiers…

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Fell Fifty Feet Returned Soldier Killed NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 7

The Coroner (Mr. Hibble) this morning entered a verdict of accidental death respecting Frank Clarke, 26, who fell from the face of the Broken Hill…

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PREFERENCE Soldiers' Legal Right State Cabinet Decision Arbitration Amendment

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 7

When Parliament meets the Government intends to amend the Industrial Act by introducing a provision that…

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Dismissal of Eligibles. Returned Soldiers' Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Returned Soldiers' National party will continue during the week its campaign to secure the dismissal of eligibies from their employment, and the filling…

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Brave Deed. Soldier Saves His Comrades

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 3

Corporal H. Wright, son of Mrs. B. Wright, of Helghway Avenue, Croydon, who enlisted in July, 1915, has been severely wounded. After serving in France, Corporal Wright,…

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Absolute Preference. Soldiers and Wharf. Work. Deputation to Mr. Fuller

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 3

Members of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Wharf Workers' Union, to the number of about 200, formed a procession in Bathurst Street at 10 o'clock on Friday morning, and…

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Soldiers' Cheero

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 6

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Cheero opened in 1915 at Christ Church School. Pitt Street (opposite Central railway), supported by friendly subscriptions, and staffed by voluntary…

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Outing for Returned Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

The next outing of the Red Cross Motor Cycle Club will he held on Saturday at Manly. The cycles will leave Randwick Hospital at 2.15 p.m. sharp (wet or fine), and Crow's Nest…

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Repatriation Work Employment Preference for Returned Men. Demonstration in Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

The dispute between the members of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Ship and Wharf-workers' Union and members of the Loyalists' Union,…

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Anzac Memorial City Club Hotel Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 7

While the negotiations for the sale of the City Club Hotel to the Returned Soldiers' Association as an Anzac Memorial Building have not reached…

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War and Eugenics

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

It is recorded that the Napoleonic wars reduced the average height of Frenchmen by two inches. What is The Great War going to do to Europe?…

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Australian War Brides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 7

A record batch of Australian war brides is sailing by the Osterley from Liverpool. Extra matrons and nurses are aboard to see to the welfare of the babies. There are 1000…

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The Scope of Repatriation. Soldiers of the Boer War Excluded

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

The South African Soldiers' Association, consisting of men that fought in the Boer War, requested the Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen)…

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