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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 182

War Service Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 3

The War Service Homes Commission invites tenders for the erection of cottages at :--Willoughby (3). Mosman (2). Rockdale. Concord (4). Bexley. Epping, Ryde (3). Maroabra,…

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The Workers and War

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 11

THE claim was recently made in Sydney that the Christian Church alone could save the nations from another big war. The claim is absurd, unless the…

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War Service Homes Tenants in Arrears

The Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 11

There is pending in the Sydney courts a number of applications for the ejectment of tenants of war service homes, who are in arrears with their…

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Wasted Money War Service Homes Critical Alderman

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 9

Alderman Colville, at [?] Council meeting last night, [?] criticised the method of [?] war service homes…

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Class War. Bad for Workers. Industrial Peace Pays

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 3

The Socialists, while denouncing war between nations, are eager for war between classes, says the editor of the "Edinburgh Reviews" (Mr. Harold Cox)…

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Freight War Ended. Commonwealth Line and Combine Again Agree

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 2

As a result of a conference between representatives of the Commonwealth Steamship Line and the Shipping Combine, the freight war has ended. The terms of…

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Heresy Hunt Labor's Little War Subtle Tactics Indignant Committee

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 8

A section of the A.L.P. at head-quarters, is now engaged in a campaign to discredit both the report of the committee which…

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Peace Failure King's Speech Regretful Paying War-debts London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 1

Peace in the Near East and the failure to attain it constitutes the chief reference to foreign affairs in the King's speech at opening of…

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In the City To-day Imported Butter Exports Shrinking Egg War Continues

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 5

Butter is been imported from Victoria and Queensland. Pullet eggs are plentiful in some quarters, although scarce in others…

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The Postal Dept. How War Time Postage Sticks Tale of Telephone Muddling

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 9

Every post office in Australia to-day is a monument to the most costly and worst-managed public utility which has come under the blight of Red Tape. Sydney must have a vigilance Committee to protect the…

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A Capital Levy. Historical Precedent for Forcing the Wealthy to Pay for War

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 17

It is amusing to hear to-day that any proposal to institute a capital levy to pay for the war should be interpreted as a wave of Bolshevik radicalism…

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N.S.W. Soldier Settlements Loss of £5,000,000

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 7

Of the £14,000,000 spent in New South Wales on the settlement of returned soldiers on the land, it is estimated that at least £5,000,000 has been lost, because of…

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Soldiers' Hospitals and Homes. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 14

Sir,—In to-day's issue of the "Sydney Morning Herald" is set out a statement by Lieut.-Col. A. G. Farr, deputy-commissioner, Department of Repatriation for N.S.W.,…

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Womboin Soldiers' Blocks

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 5

In August last three valuable homestead farms of over 5000 acres each on Womboin station, well supplied with bore water, became available for…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 8

A suggestion for the long-awaited A.l.F. memorial was made by the council of the institute of Architects at the annual meeting of the organisation…

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Wounded in the Chest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 10

William James Tye, 50, of 354 Eliazbeth-street, Zetland, was admitted to the Royal South Sydney Hospital late on Tuesday night in a critical condition, suffering from a knife…

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A Tough Job Frontier Warfare Close-Quarters Work Rough Time for Wounded Lahore, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 1

Operations against the [?] but net without [?] of…

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Young Folk. Marie. a Tale of the War

Watchman · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 6

The August sun had risen above the village of St. Sonne, dispelling the slight mist which lay in the hollows of the newly-shorn fields. After the…

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Outlaw War Borah Has a Plan WASHINGTON

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 1

Senator Borsh Introduced a reso lution in the United States senate proposing…

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In the Ruhr. "Open War." Remarkable Report. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 9

The Berlin correspondent of the "Weatminster Gazette" says it is reported that the French intend to extend the blockade to Bremen, Hamburg, Stettin, Kiel, and…

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