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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

Mrs. Nanco Carson, hon. sec. of the Auburn Soldiers Permanent Memorial Committee, wrote to the council stating that she had been instructed by the committee…

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Said He Was a Returned Soldier

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

Johnson Donald Norris (20) pleaded guilty at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday to a charge of falsely representing himself to be a returned soldier, at…

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The Soldiers' League Annual Meeting of Penrith Sub-branch. a "Big Push" Starting

Nepean Times · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Penrith Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Sailors' League of Australia was held at the club room, High Street, on…

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Soldiers Preference Act Applicants Must Be Capable GOULBURN

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 1

[?] made a successful appeal at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions before Judge Betan against a conviction under the Returned Soldiers' preference…

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Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament Repatriation's Raid The "Large Family" Classes Pinching Pennies From the Poor

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 23

"The Australian Repatriation Scheme is the most generous in the world." -- Senator Millen. Such was the Minister's boast two…

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Soldiers' Questions

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 23

P.A.D. (Sydney): It appears you had a gastric attack before enlistment in 1913. The disability was not therefore due to war service, though on the ground…

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A Mason War Novel

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 January 1921 · page 18

Mr, Mason is conspicuous as an ad-mirable craftsman among the novelists, a man quite incapable of slovenly or dis-honest work. This war-novel, despite…

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War, Imposition and Pensions. To the Editor

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1921 · page 6

Sir,— The extraordinary efforts the Government of this country are making to procure money is common knowledge. But their exertion and straining is a…

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Naughty Knott. Flask Fellow and a War Bond "An Unaccepted Explanation"

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1921 · page 8

A young chap, smartly attired, of dapper appearance, and burdened with the classical cognomon of Frederick Warlner Knott, has been a frequent…

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Liberality! a One-Armed Soldier's Struggle To the Editor

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1921 · page 4

Sir,— As a soldier who had the bad luck to get crippled in camp whilst on duty, and through no fault of my own. I crave space in your paper to show…

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Strikes and Strikers. Huge Maritime Trouble Predicted the Insidious Influence of Inchcape. The Sea-Heroes of the War, and the Bitter Aftermath

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1921 · page 4

Though the strike of the marine stewards has ended, and really resulted [?] the capitulation of those who struck, [?]here does not seem to be any great…

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Disarmament. War Secretary's View. Washington, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 9

The Secretary for War, Mr. N. D. Baker, in testifying before the House Committee on Appropriations, said: "I believe the United States ought to lead the world in disarmamene…

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Sick Europe. Aftermath of War. League of Nations Main Concern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 9

Many people to-day, skimming only the surface of European affairs, are asking what the League of Nations has done or is doing—whether, in brief, it is fulfilling all the…

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"We Are Ready" Japan and Soviet Rumors of War TOKIO, January 29

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 1

Special messages from Vladivostock state that General Takayanagl has reported that the Japanese Staff bas received much information indicating…

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Many Millions a Year. German War Payments. £2,486,000,000 for Britain. London, January 29

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 5

Finality has been reached by the Paris Conference in regard to German reparations. Germany is to pay 42 annuities, varying in amount from £100,000,000 to £300,000,000; also an annual tax of 12½ per…

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League of Nations. Things to Remember Peace Made in Hot-blood. Debris of War to Be Removed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 4

The League of Nations has many critics. It is the fashionable thing to be disappointed with the League. Some are quite sure it has failed. I…

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The Soldier's Badge

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 5

D. J. D. is informed that a member of the A.[?]F. who was discharged in Australia at medically unfit that caused by misconduct) is entitled to a G.R.I. silver…

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Women Who Worked for Soldiers

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 1

The Tuesday Staff of the Voluntary Workers' Cafe. Reading from left to right: Rac[?]row Mrs. Mills, Miss Piper Second Row: Misses Magney, O'Neill, M'Intyre, I. Moore, Mrs. Taylor, Misses Crozier, Prier, and Crowhurst Third row: Misses Hodgkinson, Peterson, Mesdames Connelley, Crawshaw (matron), Misses Windeyer…

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Six Soldiers Shot. Alleged Mistake. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 9

A report from Paris states that an inquiry has been opened in regard to six married soldiers who, it is alleged, were shot in mistake in December, 1914, on the ground that…

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Soldiers' Preference Goulburn Conviction Quashed GOULBURN

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 4

At the Goulburn Sessions, when John Knowles appealed against a conviction in the police court for an alleged breach of the Returned Soldiers…

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