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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 198

Suspect Shot Wounded in Knee Burglaries at Howard Maryborough

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 9

For some time past a series of burglaries have been reported from Howard, On Saturday night last Constable Bell secluded himself in Messrs…

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Soldier Settler. Imprisoned for Debt. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 11

Captain John Gettingby, ex-quartermaster of the 28th Battalion, has come into prominence during the past few days. Gettingby, who is a farmer near Wagin, got into financial…

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Evicted From Farm Soldier Settler's Plight Few Days' Grace Refused West Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 6

The eviction of a returned soldier from his home block in the Weston Soldiers' Settlement has caused discontent among the settlers and other returned soldiers…

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Helping Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 4

The Returned Soldiers' League Employment Bureau during the period December 31 to January 9 found positions for 159 returned soldiers, and for the same…

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North Sydney War Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Governor-General will lay the foundation-stone of the War Memorial to be erected in St. Leonards Park, North Sydney. The arrangements are…

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War Service Homes. Sale of Timber Areas. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 8

An auction sale of timber areas in Queensland, which were acquired by the War Service Home Commission some years ago, will be held in Brisbane on January 22. The areas include…

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MUNITIONS. What Australia Lacks. Steel in Relation to War. Invitation to Commonwealth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 8

A short time ago, Sir John Monash, formerly Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Army Corps in France, reminded Australians of the sadly depleted state of their munitions of…

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Legacy of War Europe Faced with Bankruptcy. Doom of France. a Gloomy Forecast London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 9

That Europe is faced with bankruptcy, and that France can never recover from the effects of the war, were the predictions of Sir George Painsh, formerly adviser to the British…

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Returned Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 11

The Returned Soldiers' Longue Employment Bureau, during the period December 13, 1923, to January 9, 1924, found positions for 159 returned soldiers, and for the same period…

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War Service Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 4

The War Service Homes Commission invites tenders for the erection of cottages at Willoughby (2), Northbridge Hyde. Blacktown, Lane Cove. Wabr[?]nga. Eastwood, Killara. Lismore…

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Anzac-parade. Proposed Widening. a Plea for the Figtrees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 12

The works committee yesterday directed Mr. Weekes, city surveyor, to report generally in regard to a proposal of Alderman Charlton for the widening of Anzac-parade, and another…

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Before the Mast Germany Enslaved War Against Capitalists

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 6

Have you ever worked with a group of millionaires? No? Well, well! Just fancy that! Let me tell you all about it. It won't…

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War As It Is. Not a Picture Book Affair

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 20

From the picture books, war appears to be a glorious thing. Those who have been through it know that a battle is a thing of constant terror…

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Ian Hamilton Socialist War Minister? Acceptance Doubtful London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 1

General Sir Ian Hamilton has written a book which has created such a stir on the Continent that he has been asked to undertake a lecture tour. He…

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If They Could Speak. What the Dead Soldiers Would Say

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 20

"The most common sight in Europe, today, is a 'memorial' an unsmiling angel of bronze or stone, standing tip-toe or stooping, always with a palm branch or…

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Returned Soldier's Death. Tottenham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 14

Edward Fitzpatrick, a returned soldier and settler, was found dead in a paddock yesterday morning, about 200 yards from his homestead. The throat had been cut, and an open…

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Acreless Immigrants Soldier Settlers Uneasy

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

The Government expects at least 100 migrants with capital to arrive in New South Wales by the end of next month, but so far it has not an acre of land…

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My Book of the Week a "Times" Special "Five Years of European Chaos" an Inside Story the Coming Franco—german War

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 10

MR. Maxwell H. H. macerlney is a "Times Special," and at the top of the tree. He has a reving commission in Europe, and where things are happening he and his like, Ashmead Batlett, Sagrua, Denohes, and other are to be found…

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Fyfe on War Evils

Watchman · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

Says Hamilton Fyfe, in "No More War:" "We must abolish war. War generates poisons which continue to work along after the purpose for which…

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