To Hang Midnight Murder Soldier's Crime London, Thursday Night
Bombardier John Lincoln has been sentenced to death for the murder of Edward Richards, the brewery traveller, who was found, at 1 a.m. on…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1926
3,102 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 156
German War Losses
It is now possible, for the first time, to state exactly what the Great War cost Germany in human life and population. This is possible as a result of a long and…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →War Service Homes Claims of Dean and Sons Melbourne
The appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the claim of H. Dean and Sons, of Mayfield, Newcastle, N.S.W., against…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tapping the Typewriter. A League of Nations Champion. Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war
Mademoiselle Odette Piau. a French girl, who types for the League of Nations at Geneva, has just struck her typewriter 4073 times in live minutes and has won the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne's Soldier Painter
Among Australian artists of to-day Arthur Streeton, who painted his famous "Golden Summer," depicting the glory of an Australian summer, when he was only 22 years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sham Fights in the House Playful Nats Harmless Pop-guns Bavin's Tin Soldiers
THAT stormy petrol of the angry political seas, the Fair Rents (Amendment) Bill, weathered another gale in Committee in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Riot Natives Fight Four Killed; 20 Wounded Fremantle
Passengers by the Minderoo, which has just arrived from the East Indies, bring news of a re-markable happening aboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Widows Marry Pensions List Decreases LONDON
The fact that 96,800 war widows have re-married since 1917 was disclosed in the Ministry of Pensions' report for the year ended March, 1925…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal War Baldwin Plans to Avert Crisis Wealth and Wages
Faced with the appalling consequences which a coal crisis throughout Britain would entail, the Prime Minister, who has previously been credited with the intention of continuing the subsidy--which alone has preserved peace in the industry during the past few…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£598,000,000 British War Pensions 1000 Claims a Week London
The Ministry of Pensions announces that since its inception, it has paid £598,000,000 to 4,500,000 pensioners. In 1024 the expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Over the Gap Unknown Woman After Tearing Up Post Cards Echo of War-time Affair
After strewing a number of post cards on the rocks at the top of the Gap at South Head yesterday afternoon, a middle-aged woman jumped over the cliffs and dropped 300 feet into the sea below…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Day
Friday. March 5, is the date fixed for Soldiers' Day, and the appeal for funds will be answered by people in all parts of the country. The United…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Auburn Returned Men
At the annual meeting of the Auburn branch of the R.S. and S.I.L., the following officers were elected: -- President, Mr. A. Perray; vice-presidents,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rifle Shooting. Grade Matches. Good Scoring at Anzac
The fourth series of the Metropolitan District Rifle Clubs Union grade matches was [?]ed at An[?] ranges on Saturday afternoon, when every team, with the exception of one, was present, and as the weather…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Women's Morals War on Short Skirts
No recent event has caused such general comment at Athens as the decree of General Pangalos forbidding women to wear short skirts, writes the Athens…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Debts. Funding Negotiations. London, Jan. 22
The "Sunday Express" says that Mr. [?] has given Count G[?]ppe Volpi, the [?]ian Minister for Finance, until Monday to accept the British offer of readiness to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Pensions. British Statistics. London, Jan. 22
The fact that 96,800 war widows have remarried since 1917 is disclosed in the report of the Ministry of Pensions for the year ended Match, 1925. At the end of that month there…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War Clouds Gather Russia's Ultimatum to China Feverish Activity of Soviet "Violation of Railway Agreement" London. Wednesday Evening
REPORTS RECEIVED in Oslo state that Russia is seriously and feverishly preparing for war with China, that the Sovlet's army is being mobilised, and that the munition factories are working at full pressure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers' Day Appeal
The United Returned Soldiers' Fund, which, consists of the Limbless Soldiers' Association, the T.B (Consumptive) Soldiers' Association, and the Returned Saldiers' League, is making…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Clouds in the Far East
The announcement that Russia is preparing for war with China, that the Soviet's army is being mobilised, and that the munition factories are working at full pressure, does not come as a surprise to those who are conversant with Far Eastern…
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