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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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War Bursaries. Withheld Through Lack of Funds

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 3

Although there are 219 deserving applications for war bursaries in New South Wales, their claims cannot be met by the Bursary Endowment Board,…

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War Museum for Sydney in Time [?] Easter

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 6

Mr. Marr, M.P.. who is on the subcommittee controlling the Australian War Museum. said yesterday that the museum would close in Melbourne on…

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A War History the Empire, at War." by Sir Charles Lucas. (Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 9

The third volume of "The Empire at War." which has been edited for me Royal colonial Institute by Sir Charles Lucas, contains a general…

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Foreign Editor's Diary Mr. Charlton & Protocol War Debts

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

FRANCE: Mr. Churchill's visit to Paris to attend the Inter-Allied Finance Conference has not had any very optimistic results…

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War Claims U.S.A. and Britain Settlement Expected Washington

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

Officials of the Treasury Department expect that there will be an almost immediate settlement between Britain and America whereby the latter…

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Orchard and Garden Insect Pests Queensland Campaign War on Cane Grubs

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 15

The Director of the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations has received a report from the entomologist at Merrings (Mr. E. Jarvis)…

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Waterside War. Case in Court Union's Attitude Conference Fails Picking-up Places

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

WHEN Mr. Justice Powers opened the compulsory conference at the Arbitration Court to-day in connection with the shipping dispute…

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Soldiers' Club Social

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

The Liverpool Returned Soldiers' Club held a pleasant social in the Masonic Hall, on December 31, when about fifty members and friends attended. Dancing…

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Returned Men. Domain Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 15

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Waterside Workers' Union baa arranged n big mealing in the Domain on Sunday afternoon. The executive of the union expresses the hope…

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French War Sloop, Aldebaran

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 2

This morning the French war sloop Aldebaran came to Sydney from her station at Noumea. Presumably the vessel is here for overhaul…

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Waterside War Largs Bay a False Start Deckhands Walk Off Anchored in Stream

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 3

THE LARGS BAY did not go far on her journey towards Hobar to-day, for she was stopped half-way down the Harbor, and tied…

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Alpine Disaster. Officer and Soldiers Overwhelmed. Sudden and Unexpected (Front Page Illustration.)

The World's News · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 2

Alpine avalanches are usually sudden and unexpected, and always disastrous. Headers of "The World's News"…

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Soldiers Supported

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 16

The Sailors' mid Soldiers' Mothers, Wives, mid Widows' Association passed a resolution expressing its decision to stand firm on the principles for preference to the returned…

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No Settlement Soldiers Issue Statement Standing by the Law

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 6

"This was no settlement as the result of yesterday's round- table conference. Our delegates, recognising that there can be no compromise as…

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Soldiers Get Work 210 Men Called For Right of Preference

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 6

Late yesterday afternoon the returned Soldiers and Sailors' Waterside Workers' Union was asked, through the State Labor Exchange, to supply…

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Unofficial History of the A.I.F. As Told by the Diggers Themselves Jacko's One-man War Australian Ruse That Set The Line Alight

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 27

THE pity of it is Jacko didn't survive to witness the havoc he wrought. It occurred on the Lone…

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Belgium German Major And His War Crimes BRUSSELS

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 4

A court-martial has sentenced to death in default a German named Major Von Derbach—"the Butcher of Arlon." He is accused of ordering…

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"No Surrender" What Soldiers Say

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 1

The executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Waterside Workers' Union of New South Wales made the following statement last night:…

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Not Entirely Forgotten! Limbless Soldiers at Swimming Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 1

Limbless soldiers in Sydney have not been forgotten by all the sporting bodies! That much was proved yesterday,…

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Soldiers' Ultimatum "To Fullest Extreme !" Procession To- Day

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 2

"We realise that industrial peace is essential for the welfare of the State generally, but should shipping companies (overseas) continue to ignore…

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