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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

11,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

50-Called Labour Market. Locking Out Australian Soldiers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 27

The fatuous attempt of the Defence authorities to prevent the speedy return of the Australian soldiers ended in a sudden fiasco. It was not that anyone was shocked…

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Providing Soldiers' Cottages Profiteering on Materials. Only Labor Gratis

The Australian Worker · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 8

Speaking at the opening of a soldier's cottage at Granville (Sydney) last week, Mr. J. T. Lang, State member For the district, said that in connection with the…

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Treatment of Returning Soldiers. Conditions on Transport Sardinia. Declaration by Men

The Australian Worker · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 9

The conditions under which returning soldiers are being transported to Australia have for some time been the subject of complaint among the men concerned…

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The Soldier's Legacy. and How the Landlord Accepts the Trust

The Australian Worker · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 14

This business of war-time ejection wants looking after. We know there is a law to guard the tenant, but there are loopholes in it large enough for landlords…

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Returning Soldiers. "B" Men Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 6

Invalid soldiers will arrive to-day by special train from Melbourne. Friends and relations who have tickets marked "B" from the Staff Officer for Invalids will be admitted to the…

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Soldiers' Grievances. Release of Internees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 6

A good deal of dissatisfaction has been created amongst members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League owing to the liberation of German internees. They…

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South Africa. Provision for Soldiers. Capetown, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 7

A Johannesburg message states that the South African Labour Party Conference passed a resolution, demanding adequate provision by the Government for returned soldiers…

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Soldier's New Herd

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 2

The fund organised to replace Mr. C. A. Holswich's dairy herd of 12 cows poisoned at Faulconbridge during the Christmas holidays is growing…

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Home Again Soldiers Welcomed Relatives' Weary Wait

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 6

Two hundred and 30 invalided soldiers from New South Wales, and 120 Queenslanders, returned to Sydney at 2.15 this afternoon from Melbourne by…

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Returning Soldiers. Batch Due To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 4

Invalid soldiers will arrive to-day by special train from Melbourne, Friends and relatives who have tickets marked "B" from the Staff Officer for Invalids will be…

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High Rents. Burdens of the Soldier Settlers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 6

GILGANDRA, Wednesday.--At a meeting of the local Repatriation Committee Mr. W. Barden referred to the high, rental values placed on land taken up by returned soldiers…

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Welcome Home

The Propeller · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

On Tuesday night last the Cronulla School of Arts was packed. Mrs. Gates, with the assistance of the V.A.D. at…

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Welcome Home. 300 Invalid Soldiers Arrive. Number of Decorated Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

Although classed as invalids the returned soldiers who reached Sydney yesterday rightly had the honours of men who helped to bring about the great victory ot Britain and her…

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Not Justified. Senator Pearce's Trip. Returned Men Object

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

The executive committee of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia last night unanimously carried the following motion:--…

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An Anzac's Thanes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

Sergeant-major C. Grinler, of the 7th Light Horse, writing from Oaklands, says that as one of the 1914 Anzacs returning on furlough, to Australia he desires to thank the people…

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Home Coming of an Anzac

The Mirror · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 3

No maid of France enraptured me, No English lass could bind me, I'm home again, and fancy free, With the girls I left behind me…

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Post-War Problems. Seen From Palestine. a Soldier's View

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The following letter was written by a Light Horseman in Palestine (a son of Mr. J. Nield. Manly and Queensland) after four years service and before the…

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Released Prisoners of War

The Propeller · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

The following local soldiers, who were taken prisoners during the war, have been released from enemy prison camps and have…

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Marriage by Proxy a Soldier Defrauds the War Office Brazenly Bogus Unions

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

A remarkable story was told in a London police court recently when Samuel William Hill. 20, a private in the London Regiment, was charged…

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