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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

4,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 204

General Birdwood. Interest in Soldiers' Settlement. Million Farms Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 8

When General Birdwood visited Sydney he showed great interest in the soldiers' garden village at Matraville. That the distinguished soldier retains the sympathy he then expressed…

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Submarines. Limitation of Use in War. France Agrees to Principle. (From the Special Representative of the Australian Press Association.) Washington, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 9

It was stated last night that the French delegation had notified Mr. C. E. Hughes that they accepted in principle the second third of the Root resolutions, seeking to outlaw…

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Golden Casket Funds Returned Men Anxious BRISBANE

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 8

At a meeting of the Brisbane subbranch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. last night it was decided to recommend calling a public meeting to discuss the…

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War on the Rabbit

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 8

Mr. Coleman Phillips writes: My reply to Mr. A. Dillon Bell's last misleading and inaccurate letter in every line must wait until after the…

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Class War Cease Courtesies

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 7

The city construction section of the A.W.U. has agreed to the following motion: -- That owing to the class war which now…

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War Service Homes. Mr. Lamond's Complaints

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

During the course of some remarks on the War Service Homes Commission in the Federal Parliament recently Mr. H. Lamond, Illawarra, said:--…

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War Widows. Major Coming to Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

Under the Salvation Army's colonisation department, which has been considerably attended since the war for the purpose of facilltating the…

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Serious Outbreak in Jerusalem. Arabs Attack Jews Eighteen Killed and Wounded. Jorusalem, November 2

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

A disturbance occurred here this morning. A small crowd of Arab roughs appeared on the roads from Jaffa. The Police dispersed the crowd, but soon after…

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War Trophies. Vaucluse Asks for a Larger Gun

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 6

Alderman Sautelle, at a meeting of the Vaucluse Council, directed attention to a notification that there were still a number of war trophies available for municipalities…

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DEMPSEY V. WINDYBANK. Ejectment from War Service Home

The St George Call · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 7

This action is one in which the Deputy Commissioner of War Service Homes Commission is applying for the recovery of a War Service Home…

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The Soldier Settler the Need for Advisory Committees

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 1

It is becoming more apparent every day that there will have to be a revision of many of the things that affect, the returned soldier settlers. It will…

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Australia's Dead Soldiers. Many Bodies Not Yet Traced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

Warrant-officer Mansten Brown, of the Fourth Battalion, who was held for special duty in London by the Australian army authorities, has returned to…

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Disabled Soldiers Train and Tram Passes

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

The Deputy-Commissioner of the Repatriation Department advises that seriously disabled ex-soldiers who were granted the State Government train and…

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Will Get Preference Returned Soldiers MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

The upshot of the indignation caused, by the action of the Federal Government in making returned soldiers, at the Defence Department, the first…

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Ex-soldier Drowned Bellingen

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 9

The body of a returned soldier named William Davidson, aged 27, was recovered from the river below what is known as Gordon's Crossing late last evening…

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The "Class" War. Latest Development

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 12

At a meeting of the city construction section of the A.W.U. yesterday, the following motion was carried:—"That, owing to the class-war which now exists between the…

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Mr. Verbrugghen. Decorated for War Work Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 10

Mr. Henri Verbrugghen has been advised by the Consul-General for, Belgium that King Albert has conferred upon him a medal for his war work…

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May Be for Years Base Records Work War Medals and Memorials MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

Though the war is only a memory, the work of the Base Records Office at the Defence Department will go on for many years. The decision of the…

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In War Time Safety of Merchant Vessels Control of Submarines Decisions Reached Washington, January 5

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 9

The first and second of the Root Resolutions have been unanimously adopted by the Conference, incorporating Mr. Balfour's amendment…

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Empty Soldiers' Homes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 11

The Acting-Commissioner of War Service Homes wrote in the following terms to the last meeting of the Sherwood Council:—"I am making continued efforts to…

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