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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
6,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250
To many persons the war is already becoming nothing but a memory and a none too vivid memory at that Once the spectacular side of warfare died away, when the soldiers ceased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. E. H. Beresford-Watters, secretary of the Returned Soldiers' Land-seekers' League writes:—As there appears to be a good deal of misconception in the public mind regarding the general conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Soldiers" Welcome" temporary building, which has stood for four years near the George-street entrance to St. Andrew's Cathedral, was closed on New Year's eve with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The general elections in municipalities and shires will be held on the 31st inst., except in the Blue Mountain Shire, where they have been postponed until February [?]8. The new…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday 110 soldiers who went to the war from New South Wales returned by the Marathon with the same number of dependents. The transport also brought 42 soldiers with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The troopship Marathon arrived in the harbor yesterday, bringing 110 soldiers and a similar number of dependents for this State, also 42…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Major (Acting-Lieutenant-Colonel) J. Shervood Kelly, V.C., C.M.G., D.S.O., appeared before a General Court-martial at the Middlesex Guildhall, to answer charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"WERE you ever arrested before for exceeding the speed limit?" asked the judge. The chauffeur flushed angrily. "What does your honor think I've been doing all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lieutenant-Colonel Henley in his criticism of Sir John Monash in your issue of the 30th ult., takes advantage of the General's home-coming remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dull husbands are far less common than formerly. In other days the youngest wife very soon learnt the limitations of her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When Julius Caesar returned from his conquest of Gaul he told the story of his campaigns in "De Bello Gallieo," on which, for so many years neophytes in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →One hundred German ships, mostly interned in South American ports, many exceeding 10,000 tons, remain to be handed over to the Allies beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Australian Press Association has secured the exclusive right for the publication in Australasia of historic letters from the exKaiser to the lato Czar of Russia between…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Soldiers who returned to Granville during the week from active service abroad are: Sapper Allan Skerritt, The Avenue, per s.s. Medie; and Bugler Walter Downs,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A thoroughly enjoyable social was held in the Hornsby school of arts on Monday by Empire lodge, No. 107, P.A.F.S. About 60 members and their friends attended,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a meeting of the committee having charge of the arrangements for the erection of the Blacktown Shire Soldiers' Memorial, it was decided, on the motion…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In the Methodist Church, Hornsby, on the 17th December, took place the wedding of Miss Olive Doris Elliott to Mr. Keith Arnold Carpenter (late A.I.F.). The bride…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A quiet wedding was celebrated at St. Paul's Church, Canley Vale, on the 20th December, when Miss Mabel Cecilia Johnson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A public meeting called by Ryde Council, for the purpose of raising funds for providing bursaries for local soldiers' children, was attended by about a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"He said he would never be happy till he saw blood streaming from me," said Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah M'Auley, at the Central Police Court this morning, when…
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