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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 182

Crisis at Memel Might Develop Into War Troops Massing LONDON, January 19

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 7

The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent in Paris reports that there is danger of a renewal of the conflict between Lithuanian irregulars and the…

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Soldiers' Race Club. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 14

The Tamworth Soldiers Race Club meeting was not so well attended as the previous day's racing, Re sults:- Lone Pine Hardicap, 6f.—Escape, 6-9 (B. Pollock),…

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Rights of Membership Returned Soldiers and Unions MUDGEE

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

Can a man who is not a member of a union claim the benefit of any award made in its favor? This point was discussed at the Mudgee Police Court…

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Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament Save It From Itself Join The League and Oust The Drones

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 26

Having read "Smith's" article concerning the dry rot that has set in In the headquarters of the R.S. & S.I. League, the hon. secretary of a Victorian sub-branch suggests a remedy that will save it from itself…

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Surplus War Stores Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1923 · page 2

Over £1,000,000 was realised by the Defence Department from the sale of surplus war stores, which were generally much heavier in Melbourne than in…

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Soldier Athletes Team to Go to England

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1923 · page 1

The R.S.S.I.L.A. has been informed by Earl Haig, president of the British Empire Service League, that the League will hold a big sports gathering in England…

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Women's Part in Organisation Work of the Junior Red Cross The Blinded Soldiers' Cafe Activities at the Hospitals

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1923 · page 14

Since the Junior Red Cross of New South Wales was formed by Mrs. Mackinnon in 1918, the movement has grown enormously, and now almost every large…

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"A Good Dugout" End of the Soldiers' Club

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1923 · page 19

AS the Digger came out through the doorway of the Soldiers' Club he halted to look up affectionately at the buildings, before he joined the…

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N.s.w. Boys. Tour Western States. a Welcome Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 9

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Gilpin), in extending, on Saturday morning, a welcome home to the party of 100 New South Wales bays, who, under the auspices of the Young Australia…

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Another War Medal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 5

The King has approved of a general service medal to commemorate smaller military operations of which the clasp will be inscribed Iraq…

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Maori War Veteran. Mr. Samuel Withers' Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 10

Mr. Samuel Withers, whose death occurred at his home at 11 Knox-street, Randwick, on Saturday, at the age of 85, was one of the veterans of the Maori war…

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War on Society Young Man For Gaol

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 9

"You are only 13. You have had three serious warnings, and still you persist in making war on society by stealing," said Mr. Giles Shaw…

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General Sandford Death Yesterday War-time Incident Re-called

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 5

The sudden death yesterday of Brigadier-General Augustus Henry Sandford at his home, Hazel Flats, Bondi Beach, recalls the incident of the…

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Controlling the Ruhr. Seizure of Banks. French Requisitions in Force. Russia's War Triumvirate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 9

In addition to assuming control of the Customs, the French have seized some German banks and the tax-collecting agencies in the Ruhr. So far 20,000 tons of coal have been diverted, and…

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Union Urged Overture of Free State Appeal to Northern Ireland Means to End the War London, January 21

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 5

The Belfast correspondent of the Central News Agency states that Lord Glenavy has approached the Government of Northern…

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Tragedy and Comedy Incidents of Irish "Civil War" Brother Slays Brother Armed Women Rout a Policeman LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 7

Four masked men entered the home of a farmer at Portumna, Co. Galway, and demanded £40, which they knew the farmer had just received from…

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Returned Soldier Missing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 9

While fishing at La Perouse between B[?]e Island and Henry Head early yesterday morning, James Doran, of 17 Elgar-street, Glebe, discovered a man's coat and hat lying on the…

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Empire Sports Project for Ex-soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 6

The Federal president of the returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia has received a letter from Earl Haig, president of the…

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Anzac Cemetery Turks Want to Keep It Britain Adamant London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 1

The Turkish delegates at the Lausanne Conference refuse to recognise the Anzac Cemetery at Ari Burnu. The Allies are adamant in favor of…

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Soldier's Death Darling Point Tragedy

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 9

William Denoon, 39, a returned soldier and an inmate of the Cannonbury Soldiers' Home. Darling Point, was found dead in his chair yesterday…

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