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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

6,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

A.J.C. Gift to Commemorate Victory Darling Point Sailors and soldiers' Home Governor Opens "Canonbury"

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 7

For the purpose of commemorating the victorians termination of the war, the A.J.C., purchased equipped, and will maintain "Canonbury," Darling Point, Sydney…

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Soldiers and Wives Welcomed this Morning

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 6

There was a large gatherlag of the [?] this morning to welcome the troops who returned by the Lodge Woermean. Most of the men were…

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Soldiers' Blocks Right of Preferential Selection. the Latest Gazettals

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

Applications for certificates of preferential right in respect of any of the lands referred to below will be received by the Director of Soldiers'…

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Pine Ridge Estate Available for Soldier Settlers. Ballots to Be Taken Soon

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

At a recent meeting of the Gulgong-Wyaldra (N.S.W.) repatriation committee the staff surveyor of the Orange land district (Mr. E. E. Sampson)…

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Land Settlement and Railways Repatriation Too Much Delay in the Settlement of Soldiers. States to Speed Up

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

The Commonwealth Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen) is calling for detailed reports upon the manner in which the various states are…

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Old Soldiers! Lend Your Ears Corns Lift Right Out!

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 2

You brace returned soldiers who are ho[?] with corns and who have at least each week-end tempted a terrible death from lockjaw or blood poison from "paring"…

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Hospitality Two Lonely Australian Soldiers in London. a Homely Welcome

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 8

Much has been heard of the Australians alleged to have been spoilt by too much hospitality and adulation, and of the poor, lonely boys adrift in…

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Soldiers Aggrieved. Housing and Land Settlement. Goulburn, Thuraday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 6

The local) returned soldiers are incensed at being unable to obtain homes, and at the position which exists. At a meeting of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers'…

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Increased Sustenance For Returned Soldiers MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 6

Returned soldiers with dependents are to receive increased sustenance allowances while awaiting employment through the Repatriation Department…

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Are We Facing Another War the Bolshevik Cancer Grows As It Feeds on the World's Anguish and Threatens to Destroy Humanity

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 1

Is the world on the verge of another great war. The question may well excite amazement after all the repeated ass[?] that the struggle with…

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Welcome Home

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 9

The Guildford and District Patriotic Association is preparing to hold a final welcome home to the last nine returned boys. The society will then cease to exist…

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Liverpool. Welcome Home

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 9

Another pleasant welcome home was tendered to Artificer T. H. Spittle (Motor Transport) and his wife on Saturday evening last at "Dorking Villa," George-street,…

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War Pictures

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

"35th Battalion" gives evidence:-- One cannot help but endorse "First Division's" remarks anent apathy of the Government regarding paintings of…

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The War Cottage

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 12

he bounteous, beneficent rains having at last week-end prevented work upon the "Fenwick" Cottage, a largely reinforced body of workers is urgently needed to…

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Peace or War?

The Methodist · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 7

LIFE is an illusive thing. F. W. Robertson told us that long years ago in perhaps one of his greatest sermons, bearing a title built up out of the terms of that statement. At the present moment it has its…

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War on Rabbits

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 14

A London paper recently dropped a hint from which we might cause the rabbit to disappear team Australia. It is absurdly simple, but based on…

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The War Memorial Hospital. and the Methodist Returned Soldiers and Sailors

The Methodist · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 10

I have been asked to inform the readers of the "Methodist" of one of the latest developments in connection with the War Memorial Hospital scheme…

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Ryde Anzac Memorial. New Mayor for Chair. Questions of Control

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 12

New Mayor for Chair. Questions of Control…

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Current Literature. Aircraft and War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 8

"The Struggle in the Air, 1914-1918," is a most interesting survey ot the work of the air service in the war, by Major Charles C. Turner, whose long association with aviation,…

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A Movie Man at the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 8

In "How I Filmed the War" Lieutenant Geoffrey Malins describes his adventures as a movie man on the Western front. Quite early in the proceedings the authorities grasped the…

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