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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

3,623 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 182

Soldier Sports Australia's Representation

Evening News · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 2

The Empire rally try-outs for ex Digger athletes will be held on the Sydney Sports Ground on March 24. The Governor has extended his patronage to the…

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Limbless Soldiers

The Sun · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 5

"Enzed" substantiates "Workless":-- I have read the letter by "Workless" in yesterday's "Sun" with much interest and sympathy. I myself…

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Sailors and Soldiers' Parliament Doomed to Death by Repat. Dying Man Deprived of Every Privilege Will Dr. Page Stand for This?

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

Under the new scheme of Government the Treasurer of the Commonwealth is ex officio the Minister for Repatriation. It is towards him that the victims of this odious Department must now look for any hope of amelioration…

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For Invalid Soldiers New-laid Eggs' Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 15

There are many invalid soldiers at Graythwaite Home, 'whose ill-health necessitates an occasional luxury. Newlaid eggs are wanted for these broken…

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Britain's War Debt

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday.—The final contract with regard to the British war settlement was drawn up at yesterday's meeting of the American Commission…

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Australia's War Debts American Conditions of Funding of British War Debt Should Apply

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 2

The American settlement of Britain's war debt of four thousand six hundred million dollars is sensible for its [?]rosity…

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Another School Tug-of-war Map Drawing

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 2

Draw an outline or Africa. Leave the south half of it empty, and give your attention to the north. Show the Sahara Desert, and the countries along the African…

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Results of First Tug of War City v. COUNTRY

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 2

The first tug-of-war has taken place, all three heats of it, and a more evenlymatched battle it would be hard to imagine. In the first heat--the under 16--the…

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Yass Soldiers' Memorial Hall

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 2

The Soldiers' Memorial Hall at Yass was opened by Brigadier-General Elliot during the week. A march of returned men took, place through the town, and the hall was crowded. General Cox appealed for funds to complete the hall, and succeded in obtaining £1400. Mr. A.B. Triggs has contributed…

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The Unburied Dead Children Toy With Soldiers' Skulls Where the Wolves, Prowled

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 15

Sydney Loch, better known as S. de Loghe, author of "The Straits Impregnable," after writing a singularly lucid and impartial book on Ireland, went to Poland to assist in relief work in that poverty-stricken and distracted country, in association with the Society of Friends…

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Anzac Cemeteries Turks' Counter=Proposals Controlling Visitors London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 1

An examination of the Turkish counter-proposals to the draft peace treaty, says a message from Constantinople, shows that modifications…

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Huge Costs Britain's War Totals Enormous Expenditure London, March 9

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 5

Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in parliamentary papers states that the United Kingdom's total war pension expenditure…

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Foreign Editor's Diary Notes on Cable News British War Finance

Evening News · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 1

TURKEY: The latest Turkish proposals are distinctly [?] That Angora is prepared to sign a treaty covering points [?] is a decided change of [?] These…

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For Our Fleet Heroes of the War Two Years in Australia

The Sun · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 9

Sailors who fought in famous battles in the late world war aboard ships whose names are household memories reached Sydney this morning in the…

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Cost of War. Money and Lives. The British Empire. LONDON, March 11

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

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in a written reply to a question in the House of Commons, reveals for the first time the total British war…

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Soldiers Drowned. London, March 11

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

A despatch from Athens states that the transport Alexandre, bound for Piraeus with soldiers on leave, foundered during a storm, and 150 were drowned…

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Paytng for the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 8

Dr. Page told the House of Representatives last week that of the Australian war indebtedness of £367,000,000, £164,315,000 will fall due during the…

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Death Traps Dangers of Anzac Parade Apathetic Authorities Sign Posts Needed

The Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 6

A prominent motorist once remarked that there would be no death traps if there were no motor cars. But to avoid death traps are we to…

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War Gratuities Diggers' Applications Father's Terrible Time

The Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 12

It has been persistently rumored that the Federal Treasury is now in a position to cash war gratuity bonds --the bonds which in the ordinary…

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City Surveyor Who War Win ? Third Candidate Appears

The Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 11

The motion for the rescission of the City Council's resolution appointing Mr. Weekes, of Rocheford, England, to the post of City Surveyor…

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