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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Never Again Is the Slogan of a War-deluded World Only Now Is the Truth Beginning to Appear--britain's Choice of Labor Party Was Due to a Desire to Hear Facts Hitherto Denied the People. The Weapon of Secret Diplomacy

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

THE following somewhat lengthy introduction includes an explanation and a brief survey of sonic articles already published. This explanation is necessary because of the break in the continuity of its publication, a break which is unavoidable owing to the fact that several…

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The War on Bunny

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 2

A contributor to a Sydney paper digs up this yarn: Moore's Estate at Wyndham (South Coast, N.S.W.) was so over-run with rabbits that the P.P…

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France To-day. Her Great Task. The Wrack of War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 17

That France is facing energetically the big task which confronts her of restoring out of the wrack of war normal conditions in her devastated areas is clear from striking…

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America Frees Only Real German War Spy Left. Sentenced to be Hanged:—Saved by President Wilson

The World's News · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 24

LOTHAR WITZKI, alias Pablo Wiberski, the only man tried and convicted as a German spy in America during the World War. was recently released from the…

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Rose Bay A.L.P. and War Propaganda Suggests Trebling Income Tax as a Deterrent -- But Makes an Exception

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 3

Among numerous suggestions for the agenda of the April conference of the A.L.P. not the least interesting is one from the Rose Bay branch…

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Soldiers' Employment Bureau

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 18

During the month of December last the Returned Soldiers' Employment Bureau found positions for 179 returned soldiers in New South Wales. The number of men awaiting…

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Friend of Soldiers Doctor's Work Recognised

The Sun · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 3

Acting on the request of the Moss Vale sub-branch, which stated that Dr. Stevenson, of Moss Vale, had practically devoted his life to the…

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Sailors and Soldiers' Parliament Air Board's Contemptible Action Soldier Dies After Coming Off Leave, and His Widow Is Denied Compensation Because Her Husband Did Not Die on Duty. Why Young Australia Won't Touch the Department with a Stick

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 27

ALL other military, semi-military, and naval departments having achieved reputations for raw deals, it is quite natural that the Air Board should seek to emulate its rivals in the field of applied misery. The Board has constituted itself drawer-in-chief of fine distinctions, and its…

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France Bitterly Complains of Hostile Propaganda In Allied Countries :: Are Proposed Loans to Little Entente Really War Subsidies?

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1924 · page 5

The French Government is asking Parliament for a vote of 3,000,000 france (£37,600) secret funds for the next six months to counter hostile propaganda, not only from Germany, but from allied countries. Hardly any important decision by the French Government escapes being distorted by Press…

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Trouble in the Camp Returned Soldiers' League Member Accepts Unadvertised Post

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1924 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— In a letter forwarded to the Victorian branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. G. J. C. Dyett, Federal president, condemns…

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Two Shots Fired Youth Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 10

Mystery surrounds a shooting affray which occurred at Miller's Point shortly before ten o'clock last night Two shots were tired at a youth,…

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Famous War Figure Passes

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 1

Dr. Woodrow Wilton, ex-president of the United States, one of the famous Big Threa at the close of the war, and originator of the 14 points, to-day mourned by the whole of the American Nation…

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Art Galleryd Equestrian Statue "Offerings of War."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 10

The trustees ot the Art Gallery in 1916 commissioned the English Sculptor, Gilbert Bayes, to execute two statues for erection in front of the Gallery. One of these. "The…

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To Pay for the Luxury of War

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 4

It is a good old rule that he who pays the piper shall call the tune. The British Labor Government is formulating the rule equally good, on the same lines, and by logical inversion, that he who calls the tune shall pay the piper. The Government will severely reduce…

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France Feels Hurt Britain Acts First Russia's War Debts London, Monday Night

The Sun · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 7

France is somewhat surprised at Britain's prompt recognition of the Russian Soviet Government, says the Paris correspondent of "The Times."…

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Sphinx Oe the War Reformer of Princeton Author of the Fourteen Idealisms Enemy Of, the Trusts

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 7

The career and character of the late President Woodrow Wilson, whose death is recorded in the cables above, will remain for many years a subject of acute discussion and controversy. The bitterness which his actions arouse, both in America and in international affairs, will…

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"Offerings of War"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 6

Gilbert Bayes' equestrian statue, "The Offerings of War," ordered four years ago from England by the trustees of the Art Gallery, has just reached Sydney, being the first of the pair -- the other is "The Offerings of Peace" -- intended for setting in the Domain in front of…

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DELUSIONS Firearms Used in France Three Seriously Wounded LONDON, February

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 7

The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports tragic illustrations of the laxity of the law regarding the sale of firearms…

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Freight War Queensland Trade Patrick Company's Cut

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 8

Patrick Steamships, Ltd., have decided to enter into competition with the Inter-State Shipping Companies in the Queensland coastal trade…

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Federal Loan. For War Gratuities. No Sum Specified: Terms Announced. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 9

Before leaving for Tasmania to-day the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page) announced that the prospectus of a new Federal loan in connection with the…

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