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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 198

SAILORS and Soldiers' Parliament New Policy of the W.S. Homes Dept. Willing Digger Denied Right To Buy "Not Proposed to Retain the Property"

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 26

Is the War Service Homes Commission still in existence for the purpose of providing soldiers with…

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Designs for Dubbo Soldiers' Memorial

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 7

DUBBO Friday, -- The adjudication in connection with competition for the design for the soldiers' memorial at Dubho was completed thin afternoon…

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Dubbo Soldiers' Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 5

DUBBO. -- The adjudication in connection with the competition for the design for a soldiers' memorial at Dubbo was completed to-day. Sir Charles…

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Secret History of the Day War Feud in Civil Life--Straige Clause in Contract of Sale--The Auditor's Find--Windy Nationalist Squashed--Will McEwan Hunter Come Back?--End of a Millions Club Bore

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 11

DURING the Melbourne riots a stir was created at the Note and Stamp Department's promises, where an extra armed guard from H.M.A.S…

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Soldier's Widow's Home Visited By Bailiff How the War Service Home Department Is Not Sympathetically Managed

Truth · Sunday 16 March 1924 · page 1

The War Service Homes Department surely has some other way of justifying its existence than by sending a bailiff into the home of…

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Trapped by Police Unique Chase in Anzac Parade Mystery of a Stolen Bag

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 March 1924 · page 7

A thief who is alleged to have made a haul from a house in South Randwick last night provided a climax to a little drama that is very unique in the…

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Randwick's "If" War Memorial Six Years' Project Still in the Atmosphere

Truth · Sunday 16 March 1924 · page 7

During 1918, when most people wars fired with patriotic zeal, a meeting was called at Randwick, to ralse funds for the erection of…

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Mutiny Comedy Irish Officers Go Free Soldiers Without Suits London

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1924 · page 2

The reported decision not to arrest Major-General Tobin and Col. Dalton, two officers of the Irish Free State army, who sent an ultimatum to the…

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Mr. Justice Ewing's War On Sex Maniacs Three Years' Gaol for 14-Year-Old Girl's Assailant Lead Given to Local Judges

Truth · Sunday 16 March 1924 · page 15

IN sentencing a young man named Gordon Young (21) to three years' hard labor for a serious assault on a girl, Mr. Justice Ewing, in the Launceston Criminal Court, remarked: "Such cases are becoming too common, and if young blackguards…

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War Gratuity Loan

Evening News · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 9

The War Gratuity Redemption Loan will close to-morrow. During the [?] years of the war not more than 6 per cent, interest was offered…

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Round the Town Here and There, and Everywhere Anzac Day Celebrations

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 7

The Lady Mayoress (Mrs. Gilpin) will preside at a meeting of the Ladies' Day Celebration Committee in the vestibule of the Town Hall this…

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Battle Honors None for Australia War Office List London, March 15

The Sun · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 1

Much interest has been, aroused by the lists of battle honors which the War Office is issuing, entitling regiments to bear on their banners the…

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Peace Problems "May Lead to War" Mr. Hughes's Statement New York, March 14

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 5

Lecturing at Pasadena (California), Mr. Hughes (ex-Prime Minister of Australia) said that America and Australia might ignore the problems of…

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War by Finance "New Weapon Forged" Franc Recovers to 90 LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 1

Revelations of the gambling in francs indicate that a new international weapon has been forged. Nations to-day tire not only liable 'o…

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Soldier Settlers Increased Grant Refused

Evening News · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 8

According to a statement made to-day by the secretary of the R.S.S.I.L.A. (Mr. [?]), the Prime Minister has refused to increase…

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Money Too Tight Soldier Settlers Want Relief

The Sun · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 12

The great obligations of the Commonwealth in respect of loan expenditure, and the difficulty of borrowing in the present state, of the market, are…

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Soldiers' Associations to Entertain Sailors

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 7

The basement of the Sydney Town Hall will be filled on Tuesday evening April 15, when the combined sailors and soldiers' associations in New…

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Soldier Settlers Abandoned Holdings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 2

BATHURST. -- Soldier settlers in the Bathurst district are fast disappearing, the great majority having either vacated or abandoned their holdings,…

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For Remembrance Anzac Day

The Sun · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 13

The giving of rosemary and those other sad rites of hero memory that are so quickly becoming the glorious tradition of Anzac Day wilt be kept…

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War Memorial. Soldiers' Sacrifice. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 9

A meeting of returned men, held in the Council Chambers, rescinded a motion which recommended the building of a soldiers' hall as a war memorial for Kiama…

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