Garden Fete for the War Memorial Hospital, Waverley
A fete is to be held on April 5 in the War Memorial Hospital grounds to raise funds for that institution. The hospital is in need of over one…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1924
3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 198
Little Girl Strangled Body Found in Snow Soldiers Suspected London, February 28
The snow-covered body of a 12-year-old Chichester girl, Vera Hoad, who had been missing since she went for a music lesson on Monday, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Bridle Rein Causes Soldier's Death
Warrant Officer John Macey, a married man, living at Livingstone- road, Lidcombe, was fatally injured at Liverpool yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work for Returned Soldiers
The Returned Soldiers' League Employment Bureau, for the week ended, February 20, found positions for 36 returned soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disabled Soldiers Supplementing Pensions MELBOURNE
Mr. R. W. Everett, New South Wales delegate to the inter-State conference of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Fathers Association, said that the time had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Noble Lady Friend of Soldiers Late Hon. Mrs. Edwardes
Few of the ex-officers of the A.I.F. who were present at the dinner to the Earl and Countess of Harrowby, at the Imperial Service Club on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Memorial Governor at Chatswood
You of New South Wales ought to be everlastingly proud to know that the response made by you and yours was the admiration of the whole British Empire. Yesterday afternoon our new Governor i (Sir Dudley dc Chair) made the above I remarks when he unveiled the memorial tablets which have been erected In the porch of the War Memorial '11011 at, Chatswood. There are four such tablets, bearing the names of 300 men of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Great-danis Charge an Incident of the Boxer War
A gentleman of Kent, who has penetrated many parts of the earth where bur seldom tread the feet of civilised man, is now in Sydney on a visit. He…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Married Woman Shot Dead In Streets of Parramatta Husband Lies Wounded in Hospital from Gun Wounds—Discord Engendered by Separation
Little did Elizabeth Esther Walker, aged 50, a married woman, know that the subconscious thoughts which prompted her to go outside her home in Pennant-street, Parramatta, yesterday sent her to her death…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Picture and Playhouse Gossip Round the Shows. Conducted by Ike Pagliacci. Will Theatrical War Come? Ben Fuller v. Issy Schlessinger
BEN FULLER threatens to enter the territory of Issy Schlessinger and build theatres in every city of important in South Africa, of which country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Domestic Tragedy Wife Fatally Shot. Husband Wounded
Elizabeth Esther Walker, aged 50 years, was fatally shot on the footpath outside her daughter's residence in Pennant-street, Parramatta, on Saturday afternoon, it is alleged by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →First Official Act of New Governor War Memorial Unveiled--Chatswood Gathering-- Sir Dudley Praises Aussie-- Hall Free of Debt
In Unveiling the North Shore line War Memorial at Chatswood on Saturday afternoon the new Slate Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£400 Raised for "Diggers' Mother" Old Lady Who Gave Her Property-- For Soldiers-- Moree Carnival Raises Money
MOREE, Sunday.--The Diggers' White City Carnival, which concluded last night, had a most successful week's run, tho gross takings…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Shot Dead in a Parramatta Street Husband Alleged to Have Said, " I Did It "---He Makes For the Scrub---Turns Revolver on Himself When the Police Come Up---Now in Hospital, Dangerously Wounded, But Makes Recovery
The crashing reports of three shots fired in rapid succession rent the peaceful silence of Saturday afternoon in a quiet street in Parramatta. Before the echo of the last explosion had died wear down the drowsy street, a woman--Mrs. Elizabeth Esther Walker-- fell, killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded Nurse Shooting Sensation Previous Incident ROCKHAMPTON
The man who shot Nurse Newton at Maryborough is named Carl Fahl, not Henry Fahl. He was an inmate of Westwood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Site of Canberra War Memorial
The site, which is shaded on our map, is at the foot of Mount Ainslie, and the memorial building will stand outlined against the dark wooded slopes of that hill. The site is a magnificent one. The building, which will contain all the record and relies of the Australian forces and Australia's roll of honour, will be the eventual resting-place of the War [?] at present in Melbourne. Unless the arrangements which are at present being considered for moving…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Oyster War Will Victoria Compete ? Dr. Argyle's Hopes
Even an oyster may be crossed in love, according to the poet. Without any desire to interfere too much in the domestic affairs of the oysters the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Will the Next War Be Like a Picnic?' Not So Funny Inn Hamilton Would Have Us Believe--War is Savagery
A correspondent who signs himself' "Holdfast" waxes sarcastic. He seizes on the cabled report that Sir Ian Hamilton said that soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Limbless Soldiers
On behalf at the limbless and maimed soldiers and in conjunction with their art union, the "Great Austral," a benefit was organised by Messrs S[?] Brothers' on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Doings in Councils Soldier Preference Kogarah Appointment Council Criticised
At last night's meeting of the Kogarah Council a letter was received from the Kogarah Bay Progress Association, complaining because a returned…
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