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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

3,920 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 196

Workless Ex-soldiers

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

England has 37,600 ex-servicemen registered an umemployed, plus any number of others who have long grown tired of registering. The House of Commons has piously agreed…

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"Pure Fabrication" Bavin's Emphatic Denial Returned Soldier Wharfies

The Sun · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 9

I have made no statement whatever relating' to the Returned Soldiers' Waterside Workers Bureau. The statement published this…

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Soldier Preference State and Federal Laws Charge Dismissed

The Sun · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 11

"As a matter of fact, I am of the opinion that the Federal award overrides the State Act with regard to preference in giving employment to…

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Soldier Preference

The Propeller · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 1

Mr. Blix, S.M., visited Kogarah Police Court last week in order to adjudicate on the case in which Kogarah Council was proceeded against by…

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Returned Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 9

The Returned Soldiers' League employment bureau, for the week ended February 19, found positions for 55 returned soldiers…

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Butter Will Rise by id a Pound Bacon in Demand--Cheese Sales; Improve--Potato War Causes Reduction in Price --Vege tables and Fruit Sell Well-- Poultry Dearer a Firm Market

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

Although there has not been a meeting of the advisory committee to discuss the butter market. It is generally accepted in Sussex Street that the…

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Australasia and the War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 12

The third volume of "The Empire at War," edited for the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, describes the effort of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands…

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Bruce Govt. Sacks Digger by Telegram Wounded Men Not Wanted

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 9

PREFERENCE to returned soldiers in the Commonwealth Public Service appears to be interpreted by officialdom as preference to soldiers who have been fortunate enough to escape wounds or other war…

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The Toll of War. Germany's Losses. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 17

The Reich statistics office at Berlin in publishing the exact figures of Germany's war casualties states that they were 2,055,000 dead and 4,248,000 wounded…

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Germany's War Losses in Fighting Men Berlin, February 27

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 1

The Reich Statistics Office has published the exact figures of Germany's war casualties. The record states that the losses…

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Lord Allenby Resigns Commissionership of Egypt Distinguished War Service London, February 27

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 1

The "Morning Post" understands that Field-Marshal Viscount Alien-by has tendered his resignation as High Commissioner of Egypt…

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"Time Has Come" to End War-time Experiment New York, February 26

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 7

The "Journal of Commerce," a leading financial newspaper, commenting editorially upon the sale of the vessels of the Commonwealth…

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PREFERENCE. On the Waterfront. Soldiers' Test Case Dismissed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 17

Mr. Gates, S.M., yesterday dismissed the information in a case which was instituted to test the right of members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Waterside Union to…

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Rush to Join Soldier Wharfies Go Over Federation Admits Hundreds

The Sun · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 8

Some 200 odd members of the Returned Sailors and Soldier's Waterside Worker's Union were admitted to the Federation to-day…

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Sacked Soldier Civil Servant

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 4

Sir-- l quite agree with your correspondent. "Ex-Public Servant " in regard to the treatment meted to [?] servants by the Nationalist…

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Federal or State Act? Preference to Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 7

Mr. Gates, S.M., yesterday expressed the opinion that the Federal Act overrides the State, regarding preference of employment to returned soldiers…

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"Lest We Forget" Mr. Bruce at Wahroonga War Memorial Unveiled

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1925 · page 5

"I would appeal to you to put aside that sorrow you must feel for the men who died, and to substitute for it a very real pride…

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Germany Not Subdued Still Big Army Anti-tank Guns and Armored Cars Making War Stores London

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 March 1925 · page 1

Colonel Repinton, writing in the Daily Telegraph, says "The contents of the Inter-Allied Report on German Disarmament have become…

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"Better Admit Him" Soldiers Join Federation

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1925 · page 5

Upwards of 200 members of the Returned Soldiers' Waterside Workers' Union were admitted as members of the Waterside Workers…

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Welcome Home To Noted Bandsman LONDON, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 1

The town of Edmonton, Middlesex, to-day gave a public reception to Lieutenant G. Ord Hume. in recognition of his services to brass and…

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