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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 182

Selections From a Scrap Book. the Greek Sailor—if Not Soldier Too

The St George Call · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 8

Sir Edward Malet, the English diplomatist, in his reminiscences, says that he once made a little excursion from Syera to the island of Khio, where, in…

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Demigods and Titans The Shipping War Checks Commercial Bond Some Caustic Comment The influential shipping paper "Fair Pinky" publishen ab interesting review of the Commonwealth and Conference Lines, and has some caustic comment to make with which a great many commercial men wil no doubt be in accord LONDON

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 1

"Fair Play" says "It savers of the [?] that when the conception of an Imperial Commercial Union is Gathering fresh adherents[?] it should…

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Welcome Home

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 5

The Mayor's room of the Town Hall was crowded on Saturday, last, when the friends of Mr. Claire Woodward tendered him a welcome home on the occasion…

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Staff Work War Service Homes Again

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 26

THIS is the story of A. B. Currie, of Sydney:-- "I was a Digger with four years' service. My wife was a Diggeress, an…

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The Next War Need for Technical Training

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 5

"I believe that the Government should dispense with the compulsory training of cadets and militiamen, and that more attention should be paid to…

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Salvage Claim. First German Ship Since War

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 4

The first German ship which has appeared as claimant in the Admiralty Court since the war had claimed there an award for salvage service rendered…

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War Debts Presenting Terms to Congress Opinion in America WASHINGTON, February 2

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 7

The British Government, through the British Embassy, has disavowed Mr. Stanley Baldwin's alleged aspersions on the American Congress…

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Plausible Patriotism Why War Should End "No Crueller Tragedy" A.W.U. Manifesto

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 7

The A.W.U annual convention today issued the following manifesto:--"In view of the grave situation existing in Europe and Asia, where…

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Rabbits to the Rescue Making Australia Safe for Immigrants Horrors of the War to Come Latest Phase of Shifting Britain

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday: It all the migration schemes at present being discussed in Britain…

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Soldiers Indignant

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 1

Members of the Soldiers' Club have complained to us that on the occasion of the recent fire which damaged club room and property a townsman was…

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Dural. Soldiers' Memorial Fund

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 8

The efforts of the workers in the Queen Competition, in aid of the Dural Soldiers' Memorial Hall, culminated last Saturday night, at a grand concert and…

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Mexico. Street Fighting. Strikers and Soldiers. New York, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 13

The Mexico City correspondent of the "New York Times" telegraphs that 14 men were killed and 30 wounded in a fight between tramcar strikers and soldiers guarding tramcars…

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"Too Long Ago" Remark by Mr. Hawkins Returned Soldiers Protest

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 6

Can a man outlive the effects of a serious war wound? This question has exercised the minds of many returned soldiers in…

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Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament "Go West, Young Man!" You Will if You go on the Land Principle and Principals

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 26

In July of 1920 Sir Joziff Cook told the Conference of Commonwealth and State Ministers that "common business principle has been entirely lost sight of" in the attempt to settle soldiers on the land in New South Wales…

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Our Dead at Anzac

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1923 · page 3

The burning words' of Lord Curzon on the question of the inviolability of the graves of those who fell at Gallipoli will rouse a responsive thrill in…

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Greco-turkish War Over

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1923 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.—Before leaving Marseilles Hamid Bey and Mehmed Bey, two members of the Turkish Delegation to…

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War Pensions 17,500 Now in Force

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1923 · page 1

Over 17,500 war pensions were paid in different parts of Australia last year, according to the report of the Repatriation Department, issued yesterday. They…

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Shipping War Averted Larkin Well Satisfied LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1923 · page 1

For the present no statement will be made by the parties to the agreement covering freight rates-- the Commonwealth' Line and the…

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Terrors of War "No Crueller Tragedy" View of A.W.U.

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1923 · page 4

"War has not been ended. The spirit of greed and the last for power which precipitated that saturnalla of murder and rapine are still most…

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"A Little Paradise" Governor's Warning to Diggers May be on Brink of War

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1923 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—The Governor of South Australia (Major-General Sir Tom Bridges), replying to a welcome accorded him by the…

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