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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 182

Soldiers' Memorial Five Dock Ceremony

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 5

Major-General C. H. Brand yesterday laid the foundation-stone for a soldiers' memorial in Five Dock Park. Members of friendly societies and…

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Freight War Commonwealth Would Be Beaten Combine Too Powerful

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 5

The suggestion that there is likely to be a freight war between the Conference lines and the Commonwealth Government Line was not regarded…

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In Event of War Turco=Russian Treaty PARIS, January 29

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 5

The "Matin" reproduces a Belgrade report stating that Ismet Pasha and M. Tchicherin have concluded a secret treaty, which has been approved by the Turkish and Russian Governments, under which the Turks and Russians undertake to Help each other in the event of…

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No Use! Good Enough for Germans Story of War Invention

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 8

Away back in April of 1913 Staff Sergeant-Major F. C. Jones, of the Instructional Staff, Commonwealth Military Forces, submitted to the…

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War Debts. "An Indiscretion." New York Comments. New York, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 9

The New York Press comments on the indiscretion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Stanley Baldwin), in his London interview…

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Aircraft in War. Effective Force. General Pershing's Views. New York, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 9

General Pershing, writing in the "Aeronautical Digest" magazine, declares that recent bombing experiments proved conclusively that aircraft bombs, which can be dropped…

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King George Menaced By Shell-Shocked Soldier LONDON, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 1

An incident occurred at St. Pancreas Station on the arrival of the Royal train from Sandringham. While the King was bowing to…

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Country News. Molong Soldiers' Memorial. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 10

Major-General Cox opened the Molong Soldiers' Memorial Town Hall on Anniversary Day. Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, unveiled two magnificent honour…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Locking the Gates. Mittagong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 9

The municipal council has decided to dismantle the drinking fountain at the soldiers' memorial, lock the gates, and put barbed wire on the posts round the grounds, and to…

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At King and Queen Former Soldier Waves Stick Arrest at Station London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 1

A strange incident marked the arrival of the King and Queen at St. Pancras Station from Sandringham this morning. They were walking to…

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Anzac's Widow Pitiful Plight Destitute and Dying

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 7

[?] her children [?] dependent on the yesterday of straegets for the [?]…

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War Service Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 3

The War Service Homes Commission invites tenders for the erection of cottages at Granville, Banksia, Roseville, Concord (4), Five Dock, Turramurra (2)…

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"Too Long Ago" Wounded at Gallipoli Mr. Hawkins's Comment

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 7

During the hearing of a ease at the Central Police Court to-day, in which Paul Henry Trimble, aged 25, was charged with having embezzled the…

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Commonwealth Steamers. Freight War on the Shipping Combine

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 2

The action of the Commonwealth Government Steamship Line in reducing general cargo rates by 10/-per ton, and rates for other cargo…

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The Decay of Capitalism. What the War Has Done

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 17

The war of 1914-1918 brought about a destruction of productive forces never before experienced in history; it led to the immediate annihilation of gigantic means…

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Memel. "Darkest Cloud" May Cause General War LONDON, January 30

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 9

The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" has the highest authority, for stating that the opinion in France is that the darkest cloud of the…

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Industrial Stagnation in Holland. Dutch Workers Feet Effects of World War

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 19

Holland to-day presents a picture of complete stagnation. Her exchange is high—practically on a par with that of pre-war times—her stores are glutted with…

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Menaced the King Ex-Soldier to be Examined LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 1

The London police, who arrested Abrahams, the ex-soldier, who tried to attract the King's notice by shaking his stick at him, are arranging…

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Tribute to Australia And Australian Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 8

It was not unusual for Australian soldiers in London during the war to run out of funds before their leave had finished, but it was contrary to…

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Love and War Lovely Bride--and Her Big Dowry Kemal a Busy Man Turks Have 100,000 Troops now Under Arms

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 1

Though Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turkish General and leader, is presumably in a good humor after winning a pretty bride with a huge dowry, the Turks are apparently preparing for War over the Mosul…

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