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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 198

Soldier Boxers Amateurs at the Barracks Champion's Lucky Escape

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1924 · page 5

At the invitation of the chairman (General Brand) and members of the Army Boxing Council there was a large attendance at Victoria Barracks yesterday afternoon to witness the…

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"I Love Germany and Hate France" Dying Words of Spanish Dancer Who Was Shot as a Spy Dramatic War Episode Revived

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1924 · page 1

PARIS, Saturday.—The sale of jewels and other relics of the Spanish dancer, Matahari, has led the Chief of the Secret Police to reveal the story of the spy's…

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Shots at Redfern Man Wounded Nightwatchman Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 5

In the early hours of Saturday morning a nightwatchman, who was on duty in M'Evoy Street, Redfern, saw a man behaving suspiciously in front…

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Shot Dead Constable's Fate Another Man Wounded Charge of Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 5

A tragedy occurred at Campbelltown yesterday afternoon, Constable James Flynn being shot dead, and Mr. Guy Charles Clift,…

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Appin Tragedy. Armed Prisoner. Constable Shot Dead. Car Driver Wounded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 9

In a sensational shooting near Appin yesterday a constable was fatally shot and Mr. Clift, resident engineer of the Cordeaux Dam works, was so seriously…

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Bare Knees Cry From Alick Trouser War Starts

The Sun · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 8

A cry from the depths--It came to "The Sun" this morning, a thin, spidery letter, wobbling [?] down the page, and stained with the…

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Moorish Rebels Marching to War LONDON, March 8

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 5

The correspondent of the London "Daily Express" at Tangiers reports that 80,000 Moorish rebels have been mobilised into two divisions, one of…

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Suspect Wounded by Shot in Back Night Watchman's Long Chase-- Two Rounds Fired--Man in Critical Condition

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 1

Early on Saturday morning Night watchman Smith, employed by Messrs. Heard. Watson and Co., and the United Null Factory, both of McEvoy Street…

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The Sun Stop-press Naval Manoeuvres Greatest Since War London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 1

The most important British naval manoeuvres since the war will begin to-morrow and end on Thursday. Fifteen battleships, 12…

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Intrigues of War. Matahari, the Spy. Her Story Revealed. LONDON, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 9

News comes from Paris that the sale of Jewels and other relics of the Russian danseuse, Matahari, has led the chief of secret police to reveal the story of the…

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Soldiers' Children Government Scheme More Money Needed

The Sun · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 12

The Federal Government will have to find a way of raising a further substantial sum of money if the education scheme inaugurated for the benefit of…

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Bequest to Returned Soldiers German Verge Gift

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 4

The Returned Soldiers' League is about to seek leave from the court to appear before the Master in Equity in connection with the settlement of…

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Governor Sings to Old Salts Vice-Regal Slories--Old Day, if China Sous--Tales of War and Peace Hidden on Main Top

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 4

"All clear? Cast off forward." The order win, issued in a bellowing voice by Captain Murdoch Mel[?]od from the deck of the ferry steamer…

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia Is an Object of National Pride Amazing Record Ok Progress and Usefulness-- New Book by C. C. Faulkner--secret Operations in the Time of War--eleven Years of History. The Credit of its Foundation Rests in Labor's Hands

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 5

"Without the War Loans, aggregating £237,000,000 floated by the Australian (Government through the Commonwealth Bank. Australia could not have carried on: and when the clash of arms died away the Bank was the agency by which the Commonwealth performed the task of…

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Gun Accident Youth Wounded in Thigh HARDEN

The Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 10

Walter Williamson, aged 18, the son of the postmaster at Murrumburrah, while rabbit-shooting in company with two youths, seven miles from…

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Another Vendetta Melbourne Shooting Wounded Man's Silence Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 7

The mystery surrounding the shooting of a man in the city early this morning would suggest that Fitzroy is on the verge of another vendetta,…

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Chase Through City. Constable Uses Revolver. Fugitive Wounded. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 9

Standing on the footboard of a passing taxicab and pointing his automatic revolver towards a man who was attempting to evade arrest by running up Latrobe-street,…

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"SIDESTEPPED" War Homes Promise

Evening News · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 5

Mr. Marr. M.P., advised Canterbury Council last night that the war service homes Commission held that it had no power to grant the council…

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Flies and Mosquitoes Women to Wage War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 11

Mrs. Hugh Munro returned by the Niagara, alter spending several months in the Tongan Islands, as the guest of the Minister for Works, and Mrs…

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German Crews Are Paid in Gold Marks New Rule Since November -- Crews Apparently Contented -- Same as Before the War

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 5

"Oh no. we will not have many more strikes," said an officer aboard the German steamer Hanau which arrived from Hamburg yesterday…

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