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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 198

War in Morocco Spanish Cruiser Shelled Serious Situation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 4

The [?] between Spanlards and Moors has again been brought [?] prominence by a report that the Moors are attacking the…

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Babies of To-day Increased Intelligence War's Effects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 16

The grandmothers who are frequently heard to remark that there are no babies nowadays, that the children or to-day are already men and women, are…

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Hurstville Boy Shot by Chum Dinner-hour Tragedy at School--wounded Lad's Dying Depositions Taken The Forgotten Live Shell

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 1

The [?]nary [?] a [?] of any [?] for most small [?] was [?]a shooting tragedy of the [?]…

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The Blowing of Imperial Trumpets Startling Facts Concerning Pre-war Diplomacy--"scraps of Paper" Examined. Popular Myths Exploded

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 4

The facts I gave in my previous articles prove that the French occupation of the Ruhr is intended to be permanent --that it is Imperialistic…

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Destroying Weeds, Soldier Settlement Purchase

The Land · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 11

Inquirer asks: (1) Could you give me a cheap liquid dressing (one that could be say applied with a watering can) that would kill weeds…

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Tramway Returned Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 12

The tramway returned soldiers (all branches) are holding their first smoke social at the Railway and Tramway Institute on Tuesday evening. The men's own orchestra and artists will contribute items…

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Preference to Soldiers

The St George Call · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 6

At Monday’s meeting of Kogarah Council a letter was received from the Kogarah Bay Progress Association, complaining because a returned soldier…

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Preference to Soldiers. Carss Park Ranger

The Propeller · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 3

The Kogarah Bay Progress Association is very annoyed with the Kogarah Council because a returned soldier was not appointed ranger at Carss Park,…

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A Much Wounded Major

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 26

MAJOR G. L. PHILLIPS, Australia's representative on the War Graves Commission, whose headquarters are at Albert, and…

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Most Wounded British General

The World's News · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 9

Colonel A. Carton de Wiart, V.C., is placed on the retired list, and granted the honorary rank of major-general, the "London Gazette", announces…

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Use of "Anzac" Women Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 15

The following resolution was passed by the Sailors and Soldiers' Mothers, Wives, and Widows' Association at Newstead House: "That this meeting strongly…

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War Memorial Hospital

The Methodist · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 15

Subscriptions and promises previously acknowledged, £20,984 6s 4d. Rev. A. Graham (Crow's Nest), £3; Mrs. E. K. Taylor (Enfield), 5s;…

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War on Communists Mr. Lang Congratulated

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Ashfield Branch of the A.L.P., a resolution was carried, congratulating Air. Lang on his "magnificent work in…

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Tomato Bombs. American Airman Stops a Naval War

The World's News · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 2

The mock United States naval battle in the neighborhood of the Panama Canal was settled before it started. When Lieutenant Moon, an Army airman,…

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Monster Tank. Invention Which is to Revolutionise War

The World's News · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 2

Great secrecy surrounds the tests now being made at the Camp de Chalons with a new 70-ton tank, which French military experts believe will revolutionise open…

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War in Morocco Spanish Lines Smashed Melilla in Danger London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 1

The Tangier correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that a band of Riff natives, under Kaid All Ben Amor, who was educated in America,…

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Real Life Hero and His End. General Christmas, Soldier of Fortune

The World's News · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 22

General Lee Christmas, soldier of fortune, and hero of a score of South American revolutionary wars, has died in a New Orleans hospital from a complication of diseases…

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Sailors and Soldiers' Parliament Putting the Boot Into a Consumptive Repat. Punishes a Man for Obeying Orders Incurable Denied a Bite of Decent Food

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 26

REPAT.'S ways are beyond understanding. Born of a spontaneous desire to remould and make smoother the broken lives of Diggers entrusted to its care, it has done more than any other organisation to break their hearts and spirits. Its objective appears to be the saving of the last penny. Usury is an honourable…

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Anzac Day

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1924 · page 17

The Lady Mayoress (Mrs. David Gilpin) will preside at a meeting to be held under the auspices of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of…

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Australia's Graves 2300 War Cemeteries Being Cared For Praise for Bruce Prime Minister Reaches Melbourne MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1924 · page 2

"I want you to tell those who have [?] Minister (Mr. Bruce), "that the memory [?] petuated in 2300 War cemeteries. "The work is being wonderfully…

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