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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 198

Taking the Gilt Off the Government Loan Gingerbread Why State Securities Are Really Third Rate Holdings Making War Fortunes a Charge on the Nation

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 10

Mr. Big Money, who will give an interview any time to any newspaper on Government extravagance, is identical with the Mr. Big Money, the most of whose capital is invested in the Government loans which provide the cash for that very extravagance…

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What Railway Men Have Suffered by the Seniority Farce Loyalists Who Went to the War -- and "Loyalists" Who Did Not--no Chance for the Unskilled, the Partly Skilled, and the Engineers-- No Promotion for the Porter--amazing Anomalies at Eveleigh

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 1

"1917? Don't wake it up, mate[?] Look what they've done to me, and I'm not the only one. "Over ten years ago I passed my…

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Future World War Japan and America

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1924 · page 1

TOKIO, Saturday.—In the House of Peers Baron Sakatani, ex-Minister for Education, declared that the seeds of a future…

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War Pensioners 25,000 in New South Wales Table of Disabilities

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1924 · page 5

There are over 25,000 incapacitated returned soldiers drawing pensions in New South Wales. The nature of their disabilities is classified as…

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News in Brief Jobs for Soldiers

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1924 · page 4

During the week ended Wednesday last the Returned Soldiers' League Employment Bureau found positions for 62 returned soldiers…

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Soldiers' Memorial Hall Governor=General at Manly

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1924 · page 4

Manly's memories of her fallen soldiers will be recalled today, when at 3 p.m. the Governor General (Lord Forster) will lay the foundation stone…

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War Declared Against Mosquitoes

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 8

An effort in to he made to induce the municipalities and shires of the metropolitan area to make a combined effort to destroy the larvae, and…

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SUMMARY "Seeds of World War"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 1

Advices from Tokio state that the House of Peers was the scene of a sensation. Baron Sakatani (ex-Minister for…

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Federal Works. War Homes. Murray Waters. £20,000,000 Involved. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 8

For the information of members of the Federal Parliament, a schedule of the various activities of the Commonwealth Public Works Department is issued annually. According to…

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"The Seeds of World War" Japan and U.S.A. Exclusion Law a Crisis Threatened New York, January 26

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 5

Advices from Tokio state that the House of Peers was the scene of a double sensation. Baron Sakatani (ex-Minister for…

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JAPAN'S G.O.M. Famous Soldier Dead SILANGHAI, Sunday Night

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 1

A Reuter message from Tokye announces the death in his 73th years of Marshal Viscount Yoehimicha Hangeawa. the senior military genro, and…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Governor-general at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 6

The foundation-stone of the Manly Soldiers' Memorial Hall was unveiled by his Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Forster) yesterday. A large crowd witnessed the ceremony,…

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Soldiers' Graves. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 7

The Federal Government has decided to invite fresh tenders for the erection of head[?] stones on sa[?]ors and soldiers' graves in New South Wales…

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£120,000 WINDFALL Soldiers Benefit Under Grazier's Will Privy Council Decision

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 8

Returned soldiers in New South Wales will benefit to the extend of about £120,000 as the result of the week-end decision given by the Judical…

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Man Wounded. Result of Quarrel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 10

With his coat hacked almost to ribbons, and himself bleeding from knife wounds in the neck and face, George Henry Howard, a seaman off the Sonoma, was taken to Sydney…

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Tug of War Railway Championships

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 8

In view of the enthusiasm that has been evinced in the tug-of-war championships held at the various Railway departmental picnics for several years, a movement has been started…

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Dangers of War and Diplomacy Mr. Charlton Discusses International Matters -- Expects Labor's British Win to Obviate War Open Diplomacy

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 10

Speaking yesterday to a representative of "The Labor Daily" concerning matters affecting the Empire. Mr Charlton, leader of the Federal…

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Farmers in Peace and War (With apologies to Sir Rudyard Kipling.)

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 5

(The following from the British Agricultural Gazette shows that the Farmers' troubles are much the same in Old England):—…

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Bay Liner Brings Record Cargo Here Esperance Bay Has Big Freight -- Greatest Since the War -- Combines "Whipping the Cat"

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 10

The rosy future for the Commonwealth steamers is made more apparent with the arrival of every vessel of the line in Australian waters…

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Kentucky Soldiers' Settlement Branch

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

There was a good roll-up at the initial meeting at the Kentucky Soldiers' Settlement branch, and Mrs. S. Taylor was elected President, Mrs. Meopherson and Mrs. Smiths…

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