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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 198

Backyard Repartee Between Neighbors Women Wage Wordy War While Their Husbands Shake Hands. Police Court Sequel

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 8

Gertrude Alice Garel and Rose Bronson, both married women and neighbors, living with their husbands at George Street North, were what was…

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Soldiers' Allowances

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 15

In reference to a living allowance "granted to married returned soldiers who become totally incapacitated temporarily due to war disabilities, and…

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Returned Soldiers Steal a Typewriter

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 8

Arthur Edward Guile and John O'Donnell, both of whom said they were returned soldiers, stood their trial at Darlinghurst Sessions…

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Wounded Man's Stoicism. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 14

Lionel Kermode, of Tenterfield, who had been working at Yacamundra Station for some years, whilst out shooting was wounded through the gun exploding. The charge…

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War Service Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 3

The War Service Homes Commission invites tenders in this issue for the erection of cottages at Chatswood. Randwick, Hurstville, Ryde (3), Willoughby (3), Lane Cove (2), Waverley,…

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The University. War Memorial. Additional Donations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 14

For the proposed Sydney University war memorial the Senate of the University has received two gifts, each of £100, from Messrs, J. A. Milford and G. D. Milford. Some time…

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Freight War Big Shipments Going MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 10

At no stage of the interstate freight war has competition for cargoes been so keen as has been the case this week. In two days five big vessels have…

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War Memorial at Papua the Memorial Gates

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 36

The panels bear the names of those residents of Papua who enlisted in the war. THE UNVEILING CEREMONY PERFORMED BY COLONEL MURRAY, THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF PAPUA…

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War Memorial Winning Design Criticised MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 12

A storm is developing behind the scenes of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects following the action of Mr. William Lucas, winner of the second prize in the…

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Winston Churchill. Strike Breaker, War Maker, and Political Intriguer

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 17

Before the war Mr. Winston Churchill was mainly remembered for the "Battle of Sidney-street," When he called out the Army to arrest a couple of East-End law-…

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No Splendor or Honors at War President's Simple Funeral

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday. -- America's war President will be laid to rest on Wednesday with the simplicity of…

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Only Slight Change in Russian Cabinet Chicherin, Foreign Affairs -- Trotsky, War Minister -- Krassin Leads Trade

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 1

MOSCOW, Tuesday. -- Apart from a slight reshuffling of portfolios, the Cabinet is practically unchanged in consequence of…

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No Postponement Dyraaba Soldiers' Debts CASINO

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 5

The secretary of Dyraaba branch of 3the Returned Soldiers' League has been informed that the Minister for Lands cannot see his way to grant…

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Very Good Soldier But Bad Civilian Attempt to Park Pockets on Randwick [?]se -- Offender Gets [?] Months' Hard

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 5

Const[?] Commissioned [?] the [?] was on duty on [?] course on Anniversary Day…

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The Lesson of the Soldiers' Loan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 8

The result of the Treasurers' Conference is that the Federal Government has been given a clear field in the loan market until the money to…

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Soldiers' Wives and Mothers Association's Annual Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 7

"We realise that when our boys went to England, the English people gave them a royal time. By doing what we can to entertain the sailors…

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Victorian War Memorial Fresh Development MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 6

The Royal Victorian Institute of Architects has taken definite action in regard to Mr. William Lucas, whose design gained second place in the National War…

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Conscription of Wealth. As a War Preventive

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 26

Conscription of capital lias often been made as a counterblast to conscription of men in war time. Bernard Baruch, the New York banker, puts the proposal in a…

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In English War. Free State Responsibility. a Republican Argument

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 23

The Republican organ, "Sinn Fein," in its issue of Saturday, December 22, has a thoughtful article claiming that, in case of a war in which England was…

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