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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

11,879 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

"Help Holswich." the Call From the Mountains Soldier Number One

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 13

Ex-Soldier Charles A. Holswick is up against it, and the call goes out to all good Australians for assistance. It is a good cause!…

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Soldier and His Land. Local Advice Not Infallible

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 13

Interviewed regarding the report of a sub-committee of the Dapto Repatriation Committee, relative to the position aud prospects of a returned soldier who…

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Soldiers and the Land. More Power for Local Committees

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

At the meeting of members of Forbes Repatriation Committee this week, a circular letter was received from the Returned Soldiers Settlement branch…

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On the Land the Place for the Taught Soldier It Would Be a Good Thing for Australia If Every One of Our Returned and Returning Men Were Settled on the Soil

The Mirror · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 3

There has been much talk and a good deal of printing as to the alms of the Government of the country in the direction of comfortably repatriating our…

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How Sydney Welcomes the Returned Soldiers of the A.i.f

The Mirror · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 9

Scene at the Central Railway Station on the occasion of the arrival of the last lot of overland Anzacs.—Mirror Photo…

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A Hero of Mons Enlisted at 12 Years Old

The Mirror · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 11

A modest lad of smart appearance—George Dorrington, wearing the uniform of a Canadian private—was charged at the Guildhall Police Court with being an…

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Friend of Jacka, V.c. From Van Driver to Captain Cadet-lieutenant Enlisted at Eighteen Returns with M.c. at 22 Years of Age

The Mirror · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 11

Holding a li[?]ancy in the Senior Cadet forces at the outbreak of the war, W. R. Beamond enlisted for active service in September, 1914, at the age of 18…

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Viticulture for Soldiers Interesting Proposal in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

Negotiations are taking place between the Minister for Lands, Mr. Clarke, and an English syndicate for the settlement of returned soldiers on vineyards in the Ruthergien…

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Soldiers' Grievances. Emphatic Resolutions

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

The executive committee of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League last evening adopted the following resolutions:—…

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Twelve Cows Poisoned Ex-soldier's Herd Result of Analysis

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The analysis of the contents of the stomachs of the 12 cows that died mysteriously a few days ago at Faul-conbridge has disclosed the fact that…

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Boonah Soldiers 250 Released From Quarantine FREMANTLE

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

To-day 250 soldiers from the Boonah were released from quarantine and of this number only about 40 belong to this State…

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25 Minutes Under Tram Returned Soldier's Death

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

That Hyalmar Antton Lammi, a returned soldier, aged 23, was under a tram car in George-street on Christmas Eve for 25 minutes, and that had he…

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Youthful Soldier Returns

The Propeller · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

Trumpeter Maurice Mulready, eldest son of Warrant-Officer Mulready, late recruiting officer at Hurstville, and the youngest…

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Release of Internees. Protest by Returned Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

At a meeting last night of the executive of the Returned Sailors and soldiers' Imperial League of Australia the following motion was carried:--"That the executive committee of…

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Wine Growing. Settling Returned Soldiers Victorian Proposition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The State Minister for Lands (Mr. F. Clarke) stated to-day that negotiations are being carried on with an English firm for the Investment of a very…

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To Pay or Not to Pay. Lodges and Soldier Members. Question of Benefits Serious Problem Raised

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

When a soldier who is a member of a friendly society is wounded or ill, should be draw sick, pay, from his ledge, or should he be content to rely on his usual,military pay? The question…

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Homes for Soldiers. Statement by Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 7

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford), opening a home for a returned soldier (which had been built by the Marrickville Voluntary Workers), stated that there was a good deal of Crown…

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The Great World War From Day to Day Russian Horrors a Reign of Terror Holds Petrograd in Cruel Thrall. Appalling Barbarity

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

In a letter from Petrograd to the London "Times," that newspaper's special correspondent, Mr. Jeffries, states that the city is morally and…

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The War of 1870 Result of a Well-prepared Trap How England Was Misled by Cooked Allegations by Bismarck Against France

The Mirror · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 10

J.R. (Katoomba) asked for the real story of the France-German war of 1870, Considering only the surface facts, It would appear that in 1870 France made…

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Welcome Home

The St George Call · Saturday 4 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 Cronulla, had organized a welcome…

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