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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

6,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Jewish Loyalty. the War for Liberty. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 7

Presiding at a banquet of the Jewish Historical Society, the Earl of Reading (Lord Chief Justice) declared that the Jewish community was proud of the part it had played…

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Labour in U.S.A. 6000 Strikes During War. Washington, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 7

Senator Kenyon introduced a resolution asking Congress to recommend President Wilson immediately to constitute the National Labour Board, and later call a…

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Modern Magicians Work in War's Laboratory Man Can Lift Tower Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 1

Modern musicians toiling in laboratories and workshops and evolving wonderful inventions to make war more terrible, or to solve peace-time…

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Three Tragedies Four Persons Drowned Two Women and Two Soldiers [?]

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 1

A number of bathers were washed out in the surft at [?] Park yesterday afternoon and a returned soldier. Charles Pobble of Petersham-road…

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Soldier Cricketers The Queensland Match Home Sides Collapse Brisbane

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

The A. I. F. v. Queensland match was continued [?] when the not-out Queensland between Oxenham (30) and Farqubar (11) [?]…

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Soldiers' Sustenance Allowance. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 9

About 600 returned soldiers marched through the streets of the city and demonstrated against their sustenance allowance being limited to £2/2/ per week. Subsequently a…

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Red Cross. Treatment of Convalescent Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 6

The Red Cross Society has a special department to deal with convalescent soldiers and sailors. Miss Consett Stephen, who is in charge, reports that 9500 cases were dealt…

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Irish Turmoil. Murders of Police. Reprisals by Soldiers. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 7

A new crop of outrages in Ireland is reported. A constable was seriously wounded on Tuesday night in Thurles, which is a proclaimed area, and the centre of the most…

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Soldiers' Franchise. Municipal Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 4

The Minister for Local Government states, in regard to a question which has been raised as to whether the soldiers in Randwick Military Hospital for treatment may. exercise the…

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Ex-imperial Soldiers. Settlement in West Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

PERTH, Sunday.--The Premier has received from the Agent-General an inquiry as to what land can be made available as training farms for British ex-army officers and men…

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Man Shot Likely to Die Another Slightly Wounded

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

During an altercation at a house in Darlinghurst last night shots were fired. Two men were wounded, and one of them is not expected to recover…

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Paris War Scandal. London, January 22

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent states that a remarkable war scandal has been disclosed, in which a number of loading manufacturers are implicated. The allegations…

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German Ex-internees. Threatened Trouble by Soldiers. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 7

The trouble that has arisen in the Culcairn shire between returned soldiers and the population of German extraction regarding the nomination as shire councillors of Hermann…

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Returned Soldier Drowned. at Stanwell Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 6

Charles Dabbie, a returned soldier, lately living at Petersham-road, Marrickville, was drowned in the surf on Sunday. A party of eight boys and girls went to Stanwell Park…

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Village Mystery Triple Fatality Soldier, Sweetheart, Sister

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

In the grounds of Springfield Grange, a large house about three miles from Great Missenden (Eng.), an ex-soldier and his sweetheart were found with…

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Soldiers' Overcoats Mr. John Ashton's query--

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

May I ask per medium of your widely read columns whether any of the soldiers' organisations are moving in regard to the totally…

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The Soldiers. Many Organisations Formed. to Help Returned Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 10

The absorption into civil life of men who have returned from active service has not meant by any means an entire severance of their association from the events of the…

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War Pictures

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 30

THE articles by General Monash published in the "Sydney Mail" pay testimony to the extraordinary fighting by the A.I.F. from the time that Amiens was saved until the…

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War Worker Honoured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 10

The King of Belgium has award[?]d the Queen Elizabeth Medal for war services to Mrs. Hubert Fairfax, of Marinya, Cambooya (Q.). The honour conferred by King Albert was…

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Fatal Shooting. Champagne and a Revolver. One Man Killed; Another Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 9

During an altercation in a house at 8 Darley Street, Darlinghurst, on Monday night, two men were shot. One of them died yesterday. The police report shows that Adolph Herman…

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