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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 182

Who Won the War? The Decisive Factor Entry of America LONDON, February 22

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 7

The Prime Minister. Mr. Bonar Law, speaking at the luncheon of the English-speaking Union, on the occasion of Washington's birthday, said that,…

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Sailors' and Soldiers Parliament SYMPATHY Repat. Spells it With Bare Boards Two Examples of Harshness

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 27

The Department of Repatriation! Small wonder that Mr. Bruce could find no man in Parliament to take the job of overseer in this charnel house--this garret of neglect…

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"Most Serious" Soldier Settlement Position in Tasmania Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 7

In the Assembly today, dealing with the settlement of soldiers on the land, the Minister ill charge (Mr. Blyth) said that the cancellations of…

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Wonderful Novel From Sir Philip Gibbs Tragedy of Europe After the War

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1923 · page 13

Philip Gibbs matches with great strides towards the temple of the immortals. Each book is better than the one before it. He has made a wider survey of…

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Ku Klux Klan Talk of Civil War

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 2

An amazing picture of the religious strife awakened in Oregon and other States by the Ku Klux Klan, the secret society, was drawn…

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NERVE-STRICKEN After-War Tragedies "Torments of Damned"

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 7

"Walking about Sydney's streets are scores of men who outwardly appear to enjoy life. But behind the, mask their conscious and…

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Blazing the Trail The Hornets of the Air War in Narrow Seas No. 6-- Churchill's Memoirs

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 8

After describing the escape of the Goeben; the effect of military events upon our naval policy; the British naval victory in the Heligoland Bight (Aug. 28), and other mailers of great interest, Mr. Churchill comes to the work of the Royal Naval Air…

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Turned Adrift Returned Soldier's Death Hospital Treatment Complaint

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 8

Having vainly sought admission to the Randwick Hospital as an inpatient of the Repatriation Department, John Galla, a returned soldier…

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Lane Cove Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 6

The four days' carnival organised by the lane Cove "Diggers' " Memorial Committee to raise funds towards [?] erection of a School of Arts memorial…

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Soldiers' Memorial West Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 6

Mrs. Gordon Cleft, president of the Red Cross Society during the war, laid the foundation-stone of the East Matt land Soldiers' Memorial, at the corner…

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Welcome Home Dinner to Mr. G. W. Hudson

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 9

The staff and heads of departments of the firm of George Hudson, Ltd., timber merchants, Bridge Road, Glebe, numbering 60, tendered a dinner at the Central…

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Preference to Soldiers. Government's Policy. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 8

"The policy of my Government is to give preference to returned soldiers; [?] we go further than that. When two persons of equal ability apply for a position, we give the…

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"Keep Your Block" Mr. Wearne to Soldiers CASINO

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 7

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Yearne, accompanied by Mr. Fleming, Inspected the Dy[?]ba Soldiers' Settlement yesterday…

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Soldiers' Settlement Inspection by Mr. Wearne CASINO

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 8

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Wearne), accompanied by Mr. Fleming (Under Secretary) and Mr. Perdrlau, commenced an inspection of Dyraaba…

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Welcome Home

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 2

On Saturday evening, 17th inst the Parramatta Town Hall was crowed on the occasion of the dance and musical evening arranged by an energetle…

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War Against War. It Must Not Happen Again

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 17

Lord Lansdowne, the British statesman has recently summarised the effects of the world war in the following words: "We realise that the results of the war are…

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Financing the New War

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 20

"The New Leader," writing on the preparations made for the war with Turkey, states that, as usual with all wars, the British Government had found an easy…

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War's Aftermath. Appalling Statistical Revelations

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 20

I wonder what the Chauvinists of France and the rest of the world have to say in answer to the appalling statistical revelations of Professor Gabriel Petit,…

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N.s.w. Jewish War Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 8

At 4.30 to-day Mr. G. J. Cohen, formerly president of the Jewish Synagogue, Sydney, will lay the foundation stone of the Communal Hall, to be erected at…

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Italian Merchant Marine. Big Increase Since War

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 9

The Italian Merchant Marine, according to the Italian official records, on December 31, 1914, included 644 ocean steamers of 1,534,738 gross tons…

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