Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Sydney · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1922

4,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 204

War Feared Dismay in Ireland Boundary Hitch Extremists Rejoicing LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1922 · page 1

Profound disappointment and consternation have been created in peace circles throughout Ireland over the boundaries' hitch…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Boy Scouts Have Not "The Unholy Spirit of War" Mr. Power's Fine Letter

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1922 · page 6

The other day a Labor paper published an item, headed Playing at Soldiering, which attacked the Hoy Scouts. Mr. P. Danvers Power, as one closely…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Surrender at Last Death of General De Wet, Hero of Boer War Rebel to the End

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1922 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Friday Night.—The death is announced from Bloemfontein of General Christian De Wet, the hero of the Boer War…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Penshurst Soldiers' Memorial

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1922 · page 2

The Lord Mayor visited Penshurst yesterday, and officially opened the new soldiers' memorial. The building is a two-storey brick structure, and was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Soldiers and Strikers

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1922 · page 1

The real danger of militarism to the working class was incidentally disclosed in a naval court-martial which was held at Portsmouth lately. Captain…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

"An Unknown Warrior". Exploiting the Memory of Dead Soldiers. Publicity Stunt by Politicians

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1922 · page 9

Ever eager to clutch at every advertising straw that the wind blows, Little Billee has stamped with his imprimatur the fatuous proposal to enact the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Seeking Jobs 3000 Returned Men

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

Returns issued in connection with the Returned Soldiers' League Employment Bureaux show there are roughly three battalions of Diggers registered…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War on Rats. Lord Mayor's Campaign. United Effort Urged[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 8

"War on rats" is the watchword which the Lord Mayor (Ald. W. P. McElhono) has adopted for the meeting of business men and citizens which he has convened for this…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

De Wet Dead. Boer War Hero. Capetown, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 9

A [?] from [?] says the death is announced of General Christian De Wet, the here of the Anglo-Boer War. The body will he in state till the funderal…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Camped in the White City a War Compensation Claim LONDON

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 1

[?] Compensation Court has awards the White City Exhibition [?] damages due to military occupation. The original claim was…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Anzac Day Services Use of Town Hall Granted

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 10

By the good offices of the City Council, the Independent Order of Rechabites, and Messrs. J. and N. Tait, use of the Town Hall on Anzac Day…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

"War Conditions" Owner Reduces Rent

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 3

If a landlord, of his own volition reduced the rent of a house during the war, it is possible for the tenant, in the Fair Rents Court, to reap…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Plague Menace. War on Rats. Lord Mayor's Campaign Started

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 8

It was announced yesterday that three more plague rats had been caught in the section of Liverpool-street between George-street and Pitt-street, and that the premises had been…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The White Race. Threatened in Europe. Dreadful Post-war Conditions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 9

There is a real danger of the disintegration of the white race in Europe, said Major Macgregor Knox, M.C. (with bar), yesterday, in discussing the appalling distress which…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Landlord's Reduction "Because of the War" Magistrate Wants Full Reasons

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

In the Fair Rents Courts Mr Jamieson decided to-day that in determining the rent of a house he could not diaregard a reduction that had not been made [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Cargo Pilfering Shippers' Huge Losses "A Legacy of the War" London, February 5

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 5

A report of the Pilferage Committee of the Chamber of Shipping states that the loss of goods in transit from the Port of London amounts to about £3,500,000…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Dismissed Ex-soldiers Postal Work Sought Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

Those returned soldiers who have recently been retrenched from various Government departments are dissatisfied with the arrangements made by the Federal authorities for…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Soldiers' Pensions Action Being Taken

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 8

A conference of delegates from tho Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League, the T.B. Soldiers' Association; the Maimed and Limbless Soldiers' Association, and the Blinded Soldiers'…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Work for Soldiers. Mr. Hughes's Promise. Money to Be Made Available. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 9

Indignation was expressed at a meeting of returned soldiers held to-day at Anzac House at the failure to fulfil the promise made three weeks ago by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes)…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Anzac Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 15

As the outcome of the help given by the City Council, the Independent Order of Rechabites, and Messrs. J. and N. Tait, the use of the Town Hall on Auzac Day (April 25) has…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →