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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 198

Wife Wounded Husband Charged Victim in Bad Way

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 7

William Robert Francis Atwood, 43, was charged before Mr. Peisley, S.M., at the Central Court to-day, with having maliciously…

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Anzac and the Argentine. Oil That Will Not Mix

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 26

The British War Office no doubt takes credit for securing the contract for army meat from the Argentine at 35 per cent, less than Australia could do it. The brass hats…

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Who Started the War

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 4

"Arius" has written articles on "How the Great War realy came. Was Rrltain duped?" And he suggests causes rather than stating them in…

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War in Morocco. Serious Situation. London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 9

The Moors are attacking the Spanish forces at Me[?]a. The Spanish Government has ordered all available troops at Alge[?]as to be despatched to M[?]la immediately…

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Sarawak Oil. Returned to Earth. a War Episode. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 9

Major the Hon. T. G. Cochrane, lecturing before the Royal Society of Arts, revealed that during the war 30,000 tons of [?] at Sarawak (Borneo) for which there was neither transport…

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Raid on Mountjoy. An Incident in the Black and Tan War

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 14

In a whirl of dust, the second last lorry was disappearing in the distance, with its complement of beef—(from the market) and brawn—from Flanders—(as we are…

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Budget Cuts War Departments Suffer More for Education London, March 4

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 1

Labor's first estimates show large reductions in the navy and army votes. The increases in the estimates…

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Oil Poured Back No Storage Facilities A War-time Happening LONDON, March 5

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 7

Hon. T. G. Cochrane, lecturing at the Royal Society of Arts, revealed that in wartime 30,000 tons of oil at Sarawak (Borneo), for which there…

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Australian Prices Are Prohibitive So Says British Minister for War--Why Argentine Contract Was Accepted

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 1

LONDON, March 4.--Mr. Stephen Walsh, Secretary of State for War, replying to a question in the House or Commons, an to whether tenders had…

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My Book of the Week Viscount Long's "Memoirs" Parliament in Practice the Ulster "War" a Conservative Squire

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 5

Messrs. Dymock have kindly sent me this book, and I have read it with a great deal of pleasure—with far more than I expected. It is the record of a life full of hard work and responsibility by a statesman of a type rapidly dying out, the type that entered politics for purely…

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Soldiers' Pensions Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 6

It has been decided to form organisations throughout the Commonwealth of returned soldiers who have lost one eye, or the sight of an eye, in the war, for…

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Jews Expelled from German ExSoldiers’ Union

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 5

The local branch of the Union of German ex-Soldiers at Stahlhelm, in the district of Gilgenburg, in East Prussia, has sent…

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Word Anzac

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 10

The Sallors and Soldiers, Mothers, Wives, and Widows' Association, at a recent meeting carried a resolution protesting strongly "against any woman's…

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Anzac Day a Bank Holiday

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 8

Anzac Day (April 25) is to be a bank holiday. The Chief Secretary's Department has notified the Returned Soldiers' League to this effect…

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War Badges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 8

It is announced in the latest Military Orders, [?]n accordance with Army Order 434 of 1922, the wearing when in uniform of silver war badges, wound stripes and chevrons…

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War Loan Interest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 11

The 5 per cent, 1928 and 5 per cent. 19[?] transfer books of the registry of Commonwealth Government inscribed stock (Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Sydney) will be…

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War Loan Interest. Transfer Books Closed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 8

It is [?] announced that the 5 per cont. 1928, and 5 per cont. 1948 transfer books of the Registry of Commonwealth Government inscribed stock…

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War Cemeteries. a Warm Tribute. London, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 9

Major-General Sir Fabian Ware, in a paper which he read before the Society of Arts on war cometerles, said that the natural desire of the dominions that their own trees should…

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Freight War Cargo Left on Wharf MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 6

The departure of the Dimboola for West Australia yesterday, leaving 400 tons of cargo on the wharf, has created some surprise in shipping circles. Cargo…

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