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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

3,102 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 156

A Battle of Petitions in Mid-ocean the Majority' War

Evening News · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 1

DURING the recant voyage of the Mataram from Rabaul to Sydney, a battle of petitions was waged on board…

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Mine Explodes In War Cemetery Many Graves Destroyed London, March 8

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 1

Hundreds of graves have been destroyed in tho British war cemetery at Thiepval, which was the scene of terrible fighting on July 1, 1916…

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Seamen's Wrangle Like Chinese War the Walsh-johannsen Vendetta Queer Conflict of Authority Union Affairs in State of Chaos

Evening News · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 1

THE AFFAIRS of the Seamen's Union are drifting into a state of absolute chaos. The Federal executive, sitting in Melbourne, has expelled Mr. Jacob Johannsen and two associates, who went there…

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Anzac Holiday Monday, April 26

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

The Premier has been informed by the Commonwealth Government that it is arranging for celebrating Anzac Day on Sunday, April 25…

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Anzac Day. Commemoration Plans. Special Holiday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 15

The State Government has decided to gazette Monday, April 26, a public holiday in honour of Anzac Day. The Premier (Mr. Lang) said yesterday that…

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War Service Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

The War Service Homes Commission's activities still continue, and in this issue tenders are invited for the erection of cottages at Crow's Nest,…

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War, an Ignoble Thing

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 17

Blockade is one of the main horrors of the cowardly thing, we call war. If the history of the world war were properly, taught to children, every adult of the new…

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Letters War Memorial and Sculptors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 6

Sir,--In your issue of even date, Mr. J. R. Davidson stated that it might appear that there was "some understood plan" regarding the decision of the Martin Place Memorial…

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War Memorial. Architectural Designs. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 16

The Minister for Defence, Sir Neville Howse, announced recently that the competition for architectural designs for Australia's war memorial at Villers Bretonneux, to be erected at…

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Atrocity Fiction During the World War

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 19

Gradually we are getting the truth about a lot of things that happened during the world war. The light of fact is now being thrown on the tales of atrocity that received world-wide publicity during…

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War on Codlin Moth Bathurst Plague Bathurst

Evening News · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

The unprecedented ravages of codlin moth in district orchards hat resulted in the Department of Agriculture sending experts to…

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Another War Legend Killed. The Truth About Ex-Kaiser Bill

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 19

The "Manchester Guardian's" Berlin correspondent (10/11/25) writes a long appreciative review of a new biography of the ex-Kaiser by a German writer…

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War Trophies at Auction French Proposal Question in Commons London

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 1

SIR Newton Moore, ex-Attorney-General for West Australia as[?]ed to-day, in the House of Commons. whether the Government's attention…

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Internecene War Vic. Farmers' Party Divided Radicals v. Moderates Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 5

A trial of strength between the two factions in the Country Party was commenced to-day, when the Victorian Farmers' Union opened…

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Free Tram Passes. to Limbless Soldiers. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 16

The Brisbane City Council, which recently refused to grant free tram passes to limbless soldiers, to-day agreed to make the concession. It was decided to grant pauses to…

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Sub-normal Many Ex=soldiers Govt. Asked to Help Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 15

The Commonwealth Government is to be asked by the R.S.L. to appoint a committee of medical and other experts to act in conjunction with the…

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Rifle Shooting. Anzac Range

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 13

A sub-committee, consisting of Major Robertson, principal of the Small Arms School, Messrs. F. W. L. Travers, and F. G. Harrison, was appointed by the National Rifle Association some time ago to…

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Letters War Memorial and Sculptors

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 4

Sir,--A very interesting discussion has been raised in your columns about the war memorial and sculptors. Mr. George A. Taylor puts the matter succinctly and well…

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War Differences Married an Austrian Robert Blau's Departure

The Sun · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 20

Rita Irene Foley, a daughter of Mr. Michael Stephen Foley, merchant of Sydney, married on February 12, 1913, at Drummoyne. Robert Blau…

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War's Shadow in Divorce Court Austrian's Wife Gets Her Decree

Evening News · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 9

THE LONG SHADOW of the war fell across the Divorce Court this afternoon, when a smartly dressed young woman sought a…

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