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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

3,102 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 156

Decentralisation and Hypocrisy. Unpatriotic Railway War

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 26

The utter hopelessness of decentralisation under prevailing conditions is being at present demonstrated in connection with the loss to Bendigo (Victoria) of one of…

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"Tennis Ball War" Players As Agents London, February 10

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 1

The "Daily Express" correspondent at Nice states that the disclosures on the lawn tennis ball war" are being eagerly discussed among…

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Taxi-cab War? Many Cabs Damaged a Driver Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 1

A startling story of a vendetta was told yesterday, following the arrest of a taxicab-driver on a charge of having maliciously…

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Meat War Position in Britain Huge Cold Store Stocks London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 6

Consumers are expecting lower retail meat prices as the result of the Food Council's investigation. The inquiries made by the Special…

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War Homes Neat, Solid, and Cheap Houses for Diggers Joke That Is Dead

The Sun · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 21

Stock jokes die hard. They cling to life seriously, tenaciously. And, after they are dead, their ghosts haunt the vaudeville stage and gesticulate from the pages of comic papers…

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Soldier Golfers. A.i.f. Service Cup

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 11

Over three hundred former members of the A.I.F. and the B.E.F. had an enjoyable day at the Kensington golf links yesterday, when the seventh annual competition for the A.I.F. Service Cup was decided in delightful…

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Reviews. Muddling Through. That Civil War. Lincoln and His Generals. By Clarence Edward Macartney. (Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company. 2.50 dols.)

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 6

Washington had his St. Clair, Madison, his Wilkinson and Hull, and Lincoln, should have profited by their example: this, to many readers, will be…

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REVIVED ! Anzac Memorial Hall. Proposal likely to be Successful

The St George Call · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 5

Immediately after the close of the Great War, a proposal was made to erect a Memorial Hall as a "Shrine of memory" to those Kogarah soldiers…

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Wreath Scheme for War Graves

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 15

A special scheme for the placing of wresths on war graves has been evolved by the Rev. M. Mallineaux. the founder of the St. Barunhas Hostels…

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Butter War Trade with Canada What of Reciprocity?

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 4

CANADIAN Speculators not knowing what butter has been purchased in Australia, have gulled the farmers into…

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In the Grip of Dengue Fever Epidemic at Tweed War on Mosquitoes Murwillumdah

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 1

THE EPIBEMIC of depoue fever, which has [?] Murwitllum beh, has sp[?] tapidly during the past [?] dogs. The whole Tweed…

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Soldier Settlers Rabbit-proof Fencing £3,000,000 Grant

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 2

During the next six years £3,000,000 will be made available to enable soldier settlers to make their holdings rabbit-proof, according to a…

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Fifty-fifty Juniors and Ex-soldiers Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 5

Permanent appointments in the Postal Department will be divided on a flfty-fitty basis between juniors In the service attaining the age of 21 and…

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Fooling the People Into War Capitalism's Gospel of Preparedness. Camouflaging the Real Issue

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 11

THE following is a portion of a lengthy but very able and logically written article, in which it is predicted that the widespread propaganda new being directed against alleged Turkish atrocities is almost certain to bring about war between Britain…

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Slavery of German Workers Their Labor Pays the War Debts Yet Unemployment Grows Rapidly Europeans Reach the Coolie Level

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 12

THUS a returned traveller from Europe, in Sydney "Sun" of recent date, on labor conditions in Germany:--…

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Questions Soldiers in Post Offices

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 11

The Prime Minister informed Mr. Marks (N.S.W.), who referred to rumors that the soldiers had been discharged from post offices, as certain…

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Mosman Wins in the Wind at Anzac Club Shoots

The Sun · Sunday 14 February 1926 · page 14

There was another large muster of riflemen at Anzac yesterday, when about 23 clubs utilised over 60 targets. A strong breeze, which blew across the…

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Unsightly Site Mackennal Is Critical His Bust of "War" Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 14 February 1926 · page 5

Sir Bertram Mackennal, the famous sculptor, who arrived on the new liner Otranto, said he would probably remain in Australia a year…

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Tomahawk Used Man Badly Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 5

A quarrel in a house in Redfern on Saturday afternoon resulted in Frederick Inskip (44), a laborer, of Piper Street, Glebe, being badly wounded…

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National War Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 6

Sir,--I have been interested in the letters appearing in your paper from time to time re a suitable war memorial for our soldiers and sailors. It…

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