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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

3,102 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 156

"Mount Memory" War Shrine Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 2

A proposal to build on North Head a national "Peace Memorial" to all who fought in the war is contained in a booklet entitled "Mount Memory."…

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War on Vandals Waged at Penshurst

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 3

PENSHURST Progress Association, according to its annual report, has declared war on the vandals who des troy public property…

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The Parties in the Transport War

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 9

A George Street scene like this may become mere history when the two transport forces are under the one general--the State…

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Can't Have Both Old Age and War Pension

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 3

Column [?] chairman of the [?] Commission. states that the Minister he ruled that there is no necessity for an amendment of the Acts…

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The Navy at War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 12

Sir,—As one of the lower deck in the British Navy during the war, and one who went through the Falkland and Zeebrugge and Ostond affairs, may I be permitted to…

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Tug of War Bobbed and Unbobbed Win for the Unshorn London, January 8

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 1

Mrs. Rackham, addressing the Sanitary Inspectors Association, welcomed the coming of bobbed and shingled heads, as they removed the cause of…

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Forged Notes Story of 1920 Plot Revealed Millions of Roubles Plan to Ruin New Post-war Democracies

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 1

The more the Hungarian plot to flood Europe with forged French bank notes is probed, the more interesting become the developments. It is now asserted in Paris that in 1920 an agreement was…

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Soldier Migrants Lectures at Aldershot Keen Interest London

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 1

The audiences addressed by Mr. Barnes (of the migration staff at Australia House) at Aldershot and Tid worth included 300 officers and…

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Everyday and Everybody Barrister to Soldier

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 4

MAJOR-GENERAL J. H.BRCCHE, C.B. C.M.G., who has been appointed commander of the 1st Division and District Base Commandant…

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No Palm Seed War Australia's Needs Entente Cordiale

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 6

IT may be due to the spirit of Locarno -- anyway, here is the story: Kentia palms, however pleasing to the eye, do not at first thought…

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If War Comes Dominion Attitudes "Letter of Locarno" London

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 1

The "Morning Post" says: "There has been so much talk of the 'Spirit of Locarno' that we are apt to forget the 'Letter of Locarno.'…

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Blamed for War Tirpitz's Ambition Deceived Ex-kaiser London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 13

The latest six volumes (covering the years 1908-11) of the German Foreign Office's "Whitewash Book," which now extends to 39 volumes,…

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Ritual War Sacrament in Dispute Church Burnt Down London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 19

Detectives believe that anti-ritualists, under the cloak of an attempt at robbery, are responsible for the destruction by fire of St. Michael's…

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Bestial Prince Tricks on Servants 80 Dogs in War Years London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 16

Demonstrations and placards reading. "Not a pfennig for Princes!" have throughout Germany accompanied the appeal for a plebiscite as to whether…

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"Dead" Soldier Alive After Eight Years

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 6

Remarkable experinces were related to. Stonehouse, Plymouth, Board of Guardians by an applicant for relief, who complained of the high charges for…

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A Great Soldier

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 1

Lord Allenby, who commanded the British troops in Palestine, during the latter part of the Great War, has arrived in…

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War Service Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 5

The War Service Homes Commission in this issue invites tenders for the erection, of cottages at Belmore, Five Dock, Bankstown, Dee Why, Willoughby, Hurstville, Sans Souel,…

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War Hospitality. Organiser in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 16

Many members of the Australian Imperial Force, who were abroad between 1915 and 1919, will remember Mr. F. Palmer, who was officer-in-charge of the hospitality department…

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Shipping Bosses' New Move. Another Declaration of War

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 16

The Australian shipping bosses have issued another declaration of war against the Seamen's Union. Asserting that the seamen have instituted job control, the…

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Coon Songs Neighbors at War Scotsman and Women

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 9

HONEE [?] THE folk do…

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