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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 182

Spurning War-medals Ex- Service Men Angry LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1923 · page 1

A meeting of ex-service men to protest against the employment of non- service men in the Civil Service to the exclusion of ex-service civil servants…

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In the Pacific Next Naval War Joseph Cook's View London

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1923 · page 1

That "military mustering and pervasive mob madness" in Germany or in France can be stopped by Anglo- American action is the view that Sir…

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Soldier Athletes

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 February 1923 · page 1

The Returned Soldiers' League recently decided to send a team of returned soldier soklier ashletes to represent Australia at the Empire sports gathering in…

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Soldiers' Goodbye

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 February 1923 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.—The recent dismissals of ex-service men employed as temporary clerks in the Civil Service, and notably in…

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Fifteen Operations Soldier Takes His Life LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1923 · page 1

An Eastbourne man, who had lost both legs, underwent 15 operations. A sixteenth was found necessary, but the man, after being missing for a…

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Helping Migration Concessions for Soldiers LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1923 · page 1

The War Office announces that soldiers discharged abroad on completion of their full term of service will be granted conveyance, or an equivalent…

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Quota Complete Our Soldier Farmers 23,000 Certificates; 8405 Farms

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1923 · page 5

The Government is just on the verge of meeting another difficult situation with regard to soldier settlement. The Department of Lands has now…

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A War Relic Despised at Cronulla

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 8

A correspondent writes.— Discarded overgrown with weeds in the sordid atmosphere of tar-barries rubbish and other debris of a…

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Will Return War Medals. London, February 10

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 5

The recent dismissal of ex-service men who occupied positions as temporary clerks in the civil service, notably in…

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War Homes. Tenants' Grievance. Buildings in Disrepair. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 9

For over two yoars many of tho occupants of houses, comprising group 106 of the war service homes, situated in Sloane-street, Goulburn, have paid no rent to the Commission…

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Rebel War Attack Feared in Ulster Incendiary Campaign LONDON. February 9

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 5

The Northern Government has received information that the Republicans are preparing for a great incendiary campaign in…

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War Debt Passage of Funding Bill Debate in America Washington, February 9

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 5

The House of Representatives has passed the Debt Funding Bill. During the debate, in the Senate, Senator M'Kellar attacked the…

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Ready for War Turks Concentrate Troops Will Constantinople Fall? LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 7

General Harington, says the correspondent of the "Daily Mail," at Constantinople, will endeavor to see Ismet Pasha, and to intimate to him that the…

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At the Blinded Soldiers' Cafe. a Record of Faithful Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 4

For two years and three months the Voluntary Aids of several detachments have given steady and faithful service to the blinded soldiers of this State by carrying on the…

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Soldier Settlers. Loss of £5,000,000. Seeking a Remedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 8

One of the greatest difficulties confronting the Government is the question of soldier settlements. When the Fuller Ministry came into office the affairs of this department were…

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Bussell Lea. Nerve Hospital to Be Closed. Soldiers Indignant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 8

Information has been received by the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League that the Russell Lea Convalescent Home at Five Dock, where treatment has been…

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The Trouble Deepens Serious Incident Near Essen Fight Between French and German Soldiers General Degoutte's Optimism Berlin. Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 1

An alarming report comes from Gelsenkirchen, five miles north-west of Essan, of a fight between French and German soldiers. The Germans refused to allow a motor containing two French soldiers to proceed, and a wrangle was followed by a fight, in which one French…

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Soldiers' Homes. Graythwaite Not to Close

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 9

It was stated by Lieuenant-Colonel A. G. Farr (Deputy Commissioner of Repatriation for New South Wales) yesterday that he could make no official statement regarding the…

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Leave to Appeal Soldier Settlement Case Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 6

Before the High Court to-day (comprising Sir Adrian Knox, Chief Justice, and Justices Rich and Duffy), the Attorney-General of New South Wales moved for…

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Farmers' Executiye Soldier Settlers' Difficulties Wheat Pools and Rural Credit

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 2

A number of matters of outstanding importance were dealt with at the last meeting of the executive committee of the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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