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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 182

Events of the Day Revolver Duel Police v. Burglars Two Men Wounded

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 4

Numerous shots were fired early on Saturday morning between a constable and armed burglars who were disturbed in a collar at an hotel in Newtown…

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Post-war Germany. Novel Revenne Frauds

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 3

Post-war Germany is fertile in novel frauds (says a Berlin cable). All cigarettes are subject to an excise duty of forty per cent., and a luxury tax of…

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Disturbed China War Preparations New York. March 8

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

The Pekin correspondent of "Chicago Tribune" reports that the Chinese Cabinet has ordered its Ministers to return from Washington and…

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Sinews of War Soviet Buys Largely LONDON, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 1

A Moscow message states that the Soviet has ordered 2,000,000 rifles from Sweden and Germany, 125,000 machine-guns from Szecho-Slovakia, and…

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The "Paddy" Fund Act in Peace Who Praised in War

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

The Digger have responded in a fine spirit of comradeship to the appeal of the "Paddy" Hauenstein tragedy; an appeal launched not by…

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Jewish War Memorial The Foundation and Corner Stones the Dedication Prayer

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

Prayer recited by the Rev. L. A. Falk, H.C.F., at the laying, of the foundation and corner stone of the N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial Hall on Wednesday, 28th…

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Price Too High Australian Meat Quotation War Office Explains London,. Wednesday Night

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

Regarding the contract for the supply of 1,000,000 tins of meat given by the War Office to an American firm, it is officially stated that, though the…

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Cairo Outrages Headquarters Bombed Soldiers Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 14

Two daring bomb outrages were committed in Cairo on Sunday evening last. A party of miscreants dashed through the city in a motor car, and…

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Blind Soldiers Railway Concessions

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 8

Blind soldiers, and the blind generally, have been dismayed by rumors that the Chief Secretary's Department intended to curtail the…

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The Archbishop and the Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 6

The Archbishop of Sydney on Wednesday pa[?] a visit to the soldiers at the Church Social Campaign in Princes-street during their meal hour. He found 150 men prepared for…

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Soldier Athletes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

The Lord Mayor has convened a meeting of citizens, to be held in the vestibule of the Town Hall on Tuesday next, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of raising funds…

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Ex-soldier Athletes Try-outs for N.S.W.

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 8

The Empire rally try-outs for exDigger athletes, which will be held on the Sydney Sports Ground on March 24, have been taken in hand by the…

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Blinded Soldiers' Cafe

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 3

Miss Ellis, honorary manageress of the Blinded Soldiers' Cafe, at 34 Pitt Street, wishes to thank the many generous donors who sent in quantities…

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The Anzac Spirit

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 26

A Digger with an artificial leg clambered into the smoker of a crowded Sydney tram and hung by a strap. The noses of the passengers drew…

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Anzac Day Retailers Favor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 6

The Victorian United Retailers' Council has adopted a motion in favor of observing Anzac Day on the Sunday nearest April 25 in each year, on…

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Anzac Day. Victorian Suggestion. Observance on a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 14

The Victorian United Retailers' Council unanimously passed a resolution recently favouring a permanent recognition of the historic landing at Anzac, and expressing the…

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War by Wire Shire V. Government

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 7

An extraordinary dispute is in progress between the Government and the Nambucca Shire Council. The council is threatening to…

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War on Women Attempt to Burn Home LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 1

Armed incendiaries who attempted to burn down the residence of Mrs. Powell, sister of the late Michael Collins, were foiled by the arrival of a…

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Penrith Soldiers' Memorial

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 4

A meeting of Penrith Soldiers' Memorial committee will be hold at the School of Arts next Thursday availing. Probably one of the matters that will…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Appeal to the Public

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 8

As announced in "The Argus" of Saturday last, Eastwood District Park Trustees are taking commendable steps in the direction of erecting a Soldiers'…

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