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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
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There was a remarkable scene at Carrick-on-Shannon on New Year's Eve. The local band, headed by a torchlight procession, halted in the square, where the East Yorkshires, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Patrick O'Brien, aged 79, Kent-street, who was awarded a D.S.O. in the Boer War, was knocked down by a spring cart at the corner of Pitt and Campbell streets, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bishop Long, preaching in All Saints' Cathedral last night, remarked that people had been assured that they must be optimistic during the opening of the New Year, and see…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Although Guildford sent many more than her quota of boys to the front during the war, and heartily welcomed those who returned, it is one of the few towns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →These dwellings in the Canterbury district are typical of the houses which the War Service Homes Commission ls erecting for returned men. The cottages illustrated range in cost from £750 to £780, and are part of the town planning scheme which the Commission is applying wherever possible…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Our own war stocks yield, taking into account redemption, from 6½ to 7¾ per cent. on the prices at which business was done before the Stock Exchange vacation. The yield in English…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sir,--In the recently-published comments of the directors of the A.M.P. Society upon our proposal for a refund by the society of their extra (war risk) premiums by five equal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is reported that Francs has sent a Note to Germany demanding the surrender of war criminals, as Germany has not fulfilled the promise to bring them to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The Government cannot afford to permit anything in the shape of repudiation, either morally, legally or technically, said Sir Joseph Cook…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Speaking at Glasgow on the subject of naval competition, Viscount Grey said that he was convinced that if there was' another war 20 years hence…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Imagine thousands of aeroplanes flying from metro[?] to metropolis, from town to town, from homestead to homestead, throughout the length and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] Grey, in acknowledging the Freedom of the City of G[?]gow, said of another war came twenty years hence it would destroy Eu[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain's hope that Japan and America will accept the limitation of armaments is reflected by the eagerness with which publicists disprove…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Australian Trotting Club wound up 1920 with an eight-event programme at 'Victoria Park-on Thursday, when a good-sized crowd braved a particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr Justice Street, who as Royal Commissioner has been inquiring into the [?] settlement branch of the Lands Department, has forwarded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The manager of the Commonwealth Tweed Department, at the offices of the Returned Soldiers' League, 118 Pitt-street, city stated that for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As he desires to go further into certain aspects of his inquiry into soldier settlement in New South Wales, Mr. Justice Street has asked the Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The extent to which a paternal Federal Government is providing homes for the nation's soldier-sons, and is, incidentally, thus helping to relieve the housing problem,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Several subjects of interest will be discussed at a meeting of the Federal executive of the R. S. and S. I. L., to be held in Melbourne this week. There have been instances…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Many war-damaged buoys and anchors are undergoing repairs at the Trinity House Depot, Blackwall. The photograph shows men repairing one of the buoys…
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