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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

4,638 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 232

Soldier Settlement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 7

"Above Board" writes:—One reads from time to time complaints and criticism of the Soldiers' Lands Settlement Department, and I think, with "Anti-Humbug," it is time the…

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Land for Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 7

Mr. A. S. Rodgers, Acting Minister for Repatriation, last week conferred with Mr. Lough[?], State Minister for Lands, in regard to the financial aspect of land…

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Soldiers' Settlements Preparation of Report

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 6

Mr. Justice Street, the Royal Commissioner appointed to inquire into the administration of soldiers settlements, is still busily engaged with the…

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Soldiers' Homes League's Objection Mr. Barton in Reply

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 6

"I notice," said Mr. A. E. Barton today, "that the Returned Soldiers and (Sailors' League objects to my acting as chairman of the tribunal appointed…

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Trained Returned Soldiers. Appeal to Employers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 6

Through the repatriation technical and trade schools employers' of skilled tradesmen are offered opportunities and inducements to obtain skilled labor, and at the same time help…

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War Pensions. Soldiers' Dependents Meet. Official Action Resented

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

At the Protestant Hall last night an enthusiastic and well attended meeting of the Soldiers' Mothers, Widows, and Dependents' Association passed resolutions protesting…

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Allocation of War Trophies

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 1

Alderman Fraser. Mayor of Lane Cove. reported at last night's meeting of the council that he recently attended a conference of Mayors regarding the…

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War Pensions. Protest Against Reduction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 9

To protest against the revising of the Act dealing with war pensions, a meeting of the Soldiers' Mothers, Wives, and Widows' Association was held last evening at the Protestant…

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War Premiums. A.m.p Ballot

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 3

An adjourned meeting of A.M.P. policyholders took place a the company's offices, Pitt Street, yesterday afternoon, when the scrutineers' report on the war premiums ballot was…

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War Trophies Rusting Among the Weeds

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 1

" Battle his bones over the stones: he's only, a trophy that nobody owns" Photograph of the guns at Darlinghurst Gaol, which the City Council and the State Government have declined to handle…

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Armidale's War Memorial Obelisk and Avenue of Trees

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

At Armidale, in New England, a fine war memorial is being prepared. The man behind it is Mr. A. H. Perrott, grazier, alderman, and pure merino…

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Ex-soldiers. Vocational Training. Appeal to Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 10

During the last Peace Loan camnaign in Sydney an opportunity was afforded the public of observing the methods employed by the Repatriation Dspartment in training…

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Soldiers' Badges. Disliked by Some Ms.p

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 9

Speaking at a meeting of the Soldiers' Wives, Mothers, and Widows' Association last night. Major Marr, M.P., referring to the right of a soldier to take his place in Parliament, said…

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Jobs for Soldiers Is the Promise Forgotten? Official Comment

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 9

"The cause of the present position in regard to the difficulty of placing vocational trainees," said the Deputy Commissioner, referring to the…

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After Six Years justice to Soldier's Memory Killed in Action in 1915

The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 5

In casualty list No 485, Issued by the Defence Department to-day, belated justice is done to the memory of No. 1223 Pte. Wilfred Booth, 14th Battalion,…

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War Trophy. Forbes Not Satisfied. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 9

The local municipal council has decided not to accept for the present the war trophy sent to Forbes by the War Museums Committee—a captured trench mortar of the 1871 design…

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Religious Apathy Effects of the War Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 5

Dr. Calms, Baptist missioner of Seattle, U.S.A., who is visiting Bathurst, remarked, in an interview, that the apathy displayed towards religious…

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War Trophies. Shall They Be Shown? Government V. Museum

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 8

According to a statement Issued by Mr. Poynton, Minister for Home and Territories, who is chairman of the Australian War Museum Committee, the chief question…

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Edward Baker. War-time Allowance. City Council Demands Refund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 9

The finance committee of the City Council last week, by a majority, decided to recommend the City Council not to enforce repayment of the £70 paid as maintenance…

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