Empirtplanes Passengers or Freight? Terrors of Next War LONDON, February 7
At the Air Conference, which is being held at the Guildhall, Admiral Mark Kerr urged the carriage, of light and valuable articles by aeroplane…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1923
3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 182
Funding Britain's War Debt. President Harding's Tribute. an Anglo-american Covenant of Peace. Washington, Feb. 7
President Harding addressed a joint session of Congress to-day and presented the British debt agreement, which he characterised as the first clearing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kogarah Council. Mayor: Ald. P. A. TANNER. £100 for War Memorial. Ald. Birch Wants a Piece of Rockdale
The ordinary meeting of Kogarah Council was held last Monday evening. The Mayor in the chair. MAYORAL MINUTE…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Settlement Why There are Failures — Some Startling Facts Putting the Blame on the Wrong Men
Mr. E. L. Stephenson, of Eulin, Mullaley, throws some clarifying light on the question of why so many of the soldier-settlers of this State are in distress. Writing under date January 30 he says: Recent articles in the papers tend…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Boating Disaster. Soldiers Drowned in Dundrum Bay
While eight men of the West Kent regiment and a civilian were returning to Ballykinlar camp in an open boat last Sunday afternoon, a sudden squall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Soldiers Rest Home Comforts Object to Removal
"The inmates of "Graythsite" Red Cross Home view with concern the contemplated removal of paritally incapacitated men from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mittagong Soldiers' Memorial
MITTAGONG, Thursday.—At the request of the residents, the Mayor convened a public meeting in the Town Hall, to protest against the action of the council in banding over the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Country Mittagong's Memorial Soldiers and Council MITTAGONG
A public meeting convened by the Mayor at the town hall protested against the action of the council in handing over the soldiers memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War Trophies
At a public meeting held in Fairfield Council Chambers on Tuesday night after the Council meeting, his Worship, Mayor Stimson, presided. The object of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aviation in Peace and War
Just as the only aeroplane factory in Australia is telling the Commonwealth Government that it must cease operations unless it gets construction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Stopped a War" Eton Boy's Achievement LONDON
A speech by Major-General Sir George Tom Bridges, In which he referred to "an Eton boy" who "stopped a war," has been widely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Debt. U.S. Funding Bill. Washington, Feb. 8
The ways and means committee of the House of Representatives has favourably reported on the Debt Funding Bill. The House unanimously agreed to take up…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Boy" Stops War Governor's Story Orders Armies Back LONDON, February 9
The newspapers are giving prominence to the story of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Tom Bridges, which he told at St. Peter's College in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Poets Fire Brigade the War Song of the Staff Versifiers
WITH our helmets on the wall And our fountain pens in rest We are waiting for the call (There's a dull gleam in the west!)…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Soldiers' Club
The United Insurance Coy. has paid £40 to Penrith Soldiers' Club in respect of the furniture damaged in the recent fire. Mr. B. Field is the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hornsby. the Soldiers' Monument
The Hornsby Soldiers' Monument forms an imposing spectacle in the town. It is hoped that the unveiling coremony will take place at an early date…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament "Why Worry?" Says Mr. Hawkins Sydney Magistrate's Cure for Grief and Cripples After All! It Happened Eight Years Ago
What a delightful place Australia would become if we could all bring ourselves to accept the outlook of Mr. Hawkins. This gentleman is a Stipendiary Magistrate in the city of Sydney. A solicitor was defending a poor devil who had been smashed up on…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Deceased Soldiers' Medals
The next-of-kin of the undermentioned deceased soldiers are requested to communicate with the Officer in Charge, Base Records, Victoria Barracks. Melbourne. In connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →War of the Unions Story of O.B.U. Fiasco Swallower who was swallowed while the A.W.U. dines well
The conference, of the provisional O.B.U., held at Sydney this week, resulted in A. C. Willis being neatly outwitted. LIKE the man who set out to capture the grizzly bear, Willis is fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tug of War Town v. COUNTRY
We want to settle the long-vexed question as to whether town or country children are the brighter. Glancing over our awards it seems to us that six country children…
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