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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

3,920 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 196

Maritime War Battleground in Melb. the Fear of Deregistration Union Parties to Confer Fateful Court on

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 5

THE SYDNEY DOMAIN provided a useful escape for a lot of hot air yesterday, but the flood of talk did not affect the local position. All eyes are centred on Melbourne, where the Federal…

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"Not a Soldier" Sir Neville Howse, V.C. ORANGE

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 6

Sir Neville Howse, V.C. Minister for Defence and Health, was entertained last night by his Orange friends, who also took the opportunity of welcoming…

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The Unions. Demonstration in Domain. Against the Soldiers. Street Procession

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 11

Following on the demonstration made on the previous Sunday by the Returned Soldiers' Waterside Workers' Bureau, the Waterside Workers' Federation, the Seamen, and the…

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PREFERENCE Soldier Wharfies' Demand Government Will Act

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 12

"The Government intends absolutely to carry out the provisions of the Preference to Returned Soldiers Act, and to see that the…

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Fallen Through Lord Mayor's Conference Soldiers and Preference

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 10

The conference which was called by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Stokes) for 11 a.m. to-day, to try to bring about a settlement of the strike, fell through. Mr. Johnson arrived at the Town Hall punctually at 11 o'clock…

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Fuller's Cunning Election Devices Bosun on the Warpath Making Dupes of the Soldiers March Elections Plan Weakens

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 5

THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS in the maritime dispute may cause the Fuller Cabinet to alter its mind about taking the elections on March 6. THE ATTITUDE of Fullerism and its Press towards the Lord…

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Preference. Alleged Breaches. Returned Men Complain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 9

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Waterside Union complains that some of the steved[?]ring companies are not observing the Preference Act. One official of the union stated…

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Shipping War. Sanity in Sight Suing for Peace Fear of Deregistration Fateful

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 7

THE representatives of the Seamen's Union in Melbourne are now suing for peace, but the shipowners, having a regard for the…

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The Returned Men

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 1

Mr. Wakeling, secretary of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Waterside Workers' Union and members of his executive yesterday interviewed…

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Returned Men. Conferences with Shipping Companies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 15

The officials of the State Labour Exchange had a conference with an official of the Commonwealth Shipping Line and a representative of the Austral Stevedoring…

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[?]Lt War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 17

What amounts to a trade war is now in progress between rival Australian salt firms. Evidence of the struggle is afforded by prices, which are stendily tending lower. The…

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War Service Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 6

The War Serrice Homes Commission in this issue invites tenders for the erection of cottages at Ryde, Balgowlnh, Eariwood, Brighton- le-Sands, Bexley. Lane Cove, Granville…

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War and the Masses. An Extraordinary Paradox

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 19

Great masses of people engaged in their day-to-day work, anxious to live in peace, have found themselves in the past suddenly faced with the issue of war, and…

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Repatriation. the Problem Cases. Remnant of War Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 12

More than a million applications of assistance of some kind have been dealt with by the Department of Repatriation since the inception of its work in April, 1918. War…

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First War Prize Conversion of Una Melb. Pilot Boat

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 8

H.M.A.S one, formerly the German Government yacht Komet, Australia's firtt naval prize in the tear, has been allotted a new job…

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War Historian C. E. W. Bean Returning Visit to Battlefields Perth

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 8

Mr. C. E. W. Bean, Australia's official war historian arrived at Fremantle yesterday on his return from a trip to London. He went to seek…

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Borah Hits Back War Debts Agreement Contrast With Churchill WASHINGTON, January 19

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 1

"If the Secretary of State (Mr. Hughes) believes that America incurs no commitments under the Paris debts agreement, then…

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Horrors of War Toll From Children London Kiddies Show Effects London, November 22

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

Here is a real horror of war not even suspected while it was being perpetrated, but plainly indicated, it is said by some of England's best…

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A Bit of a Lull in China's War Shanghai's Position Shanghai. Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 1

No further fighting is reported today. General Chi-Beieh_Yuan's forces are concerning on the line…

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Shipping War Back to Reason ? Last Minute Hope Pressure on Seamen De-registration Fear

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 7

THE applications lodged by the Commonwealth Attorney-General and the Steamship Owners' Association with the Federal…

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