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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

3,920 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 196

Soldier Guts His Throat Alleged Grievance Against Repatriation Department

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 1

It is slated that Thomas Taplin, 33, a returned soldier, who is a patient in Sydney Hospital with his throat cut, had been worrying…

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Soldiers' Passes. Illegal Use

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 11

"It is alleged that there is tra[?]cking in these passes," said Inspector Grimble, of the Tramway Department, referring to returned soldiers' metal tram passes, in a case at the…

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Soldiers' Farms. Revaluations. Large Amount Written Off Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 19

The Government has approved of the recommendation of the Soldiers' Settlement Revaluation Board to write off £91,787 against the value of improvements, and that it is…

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Mysterious Shots. Workman Wounded. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 10

A remarkable report of a mysterious shooting at Geelong has been received by the police. William Slade Vincent, a textile worker,…

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Clerical Women War Workers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

The Clerical Women War Workers, who lately made an appeal for £50, thank all who contributed, and to say the response was so generous from all…

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In the Pacific. Rumblings of War

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 26

Recent controversy in the United States upon the question of America's position under the Washington Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armaments has not been…

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The 'Bus War Tangled Traffic Melbourne Again Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 9

To-day's newspaper devote many columns to the 'bus war, in which the private companies affected by the new regulations…

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The Maritime War Rival Wharfmen Seamen and the Levuka

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

With the Waterside Workers' Federation, the oversea shipowners, and the R.S. and S. Waterside Workers' Bureau in a…

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A. J. C. Aladdin has Waued A Magir Lamp at War[?]irk Farm

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 16

THE NEW WARWICK FARM.--Members may sip Bohea behind these pillars, hear the betting in the ring, see the prices on the tote, and decide what to back. THE REAL BUSINESS end of the official stand where the committee will be ensconced. THE OFFICIAL STAND, rear view. Upstairs is the capacious afternoon tea-room overlooking the betting ring…

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Past Players and Soldiers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 9

Much interest is being taken in the match between former Australian eleven players and a team comprising former soldiers, which will be played on Melbourne Cricket Ground…

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Soldiers' Homes Counsel's Grave Admission Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 6

In the Goulburn District Court this afternoon, before Judge Bovan these cases were brought by the Deputy War Services Homes' Commissioner…

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Painful Scene the Graft Inquiry Ex-soldier Gets Excited a Challenge

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 6

THERE was a sensational interlude yesterday at the inquiry into the allegations of civic graft. A returned…

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"Not Properly Built" Soldiers' Homes Counsel's Admission Goulburn

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 4

In the District Court to-day, before Judge Bevan, the Deputy War Service Homes Commissioner sued Robert Burton Lee, a returned soldier, who…

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Returned Men's Club

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

The Granville Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Club met in the Town Hall on Monday. The president (Mr. It. Frederick) presided. The…

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The Next War

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

Apparently the capitalist powers have already declared war on Soviet Russia—not just underground hostility, but actual war. The National Security League, a…

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War Homes Plan Hurstville Protest

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 8

Hurstville Council decided last night ro send a "Strong letter of protest" to the War Service Homes Commission pointing out that a plan submitted to…

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Corned Beef War Office Contracts

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 28

The Premier has received from the Agent-General for this State in London, copies of tender forms and particulars relating to quotations for the…

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Seamen’s Deregistration The Issues Involved Shipowners Want Industrial War

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

To grasp the significance of the shipowners’ attempt to de-register the Seamen’s Union, it is necessary to consider what the shipowners would gain…

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"In a Friendly Way" Discussion on the Wharf War Seeking a Peaceable Solution

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

The State Attorney-General, Mr. Bavin, returned to Sydney from Melbourne yesterday, a day ahead of Sir George Fuller and other…

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Is Empire Drifting? Vital Need of Common Policy Dangers of War Wide Scheme of Dominion Representation Suggested

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

In an arresting survey of the relationship between the various units of the Empire, a writer in "The Times" says that, unless an agreement upon common policy, particularly in foreign affairs, is reached, the Empire's very existence will be threatened…

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