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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

3,102 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 156

Welcome Home Tea

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 2

Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Wilson, and Miss Mitchell, who recently returned from a trip abroad, were the guests of honor at a welcome home tea at the…

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Financial. Insurance Against War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 13

Preparation for war is said to be an insurance against war. The insurance premium paid is high in 1[?]24 world armaments cost over £514,600,000. This is according to…

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War-lord a Family Man

Evening News · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 16

A recent photo of the ex-Kalser with his wife, Princess Harmeins, and her two charming children, in the grounds of their specious residence at Doorn, Holland…

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Let the War Lords Meet

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 4

Sir,--Veiled city Pross reports suggest that there is a certain rivalry as to procedure between two British war lords now visiting our should be…

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Topics of the Day. The Great War Lie

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 9

On November 28, in the House of Commons, the British War Minister withdrew the "Great War Lie," and said he hoped it would never be assorted again. But it…

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Peace, or War? Rebels Warned London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 12

"Seek peace, but if only war is offered, accept It," is how the French High Commissioner, in Syria, M. de Jouvenel, concludes a letter, addressed…

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Useless in War Obsolete Submarine Lost Its Terrors

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 6

Mr. Percival Mackinnon, the chairman of Lloyd's, advocates the abolition of the submarine on purely ethical grounds. But his argument is…

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Italian War Debt. London Negotiations. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 11

The Treasury to-night slightly lifted the veil of silence enshrouding the Italian war debt negotiations. It was announced that the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Winston…

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Council of the Jewish War Memorial. Max Michaelis Scholarship

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 15

Applications are invited for the Max Michaelis scholarship of the value of £200 per annum, tenable for three years at the…

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Pre-war Debts France and the Soviet Trotsky Again London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 15

The Qual d'Orsay is seriously preparing for the forthcoming prewar debt negotiations with the Soviet, although, according to the Paris…

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Returned Soldier's End Found with Throat Cut

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 1

With his throat cut from ear to ear, and a deep gash in his abdomen. John Brighton, 42, a telephone lineman of Cove Street, Auburn, was found on a…

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Returned Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 5

Returned soldiers, whose measure of disability is 75 per cent, and over, are eligible to claim a refund of 90 per cent, of the motor tax paid by them…

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Municipal War. Result of Departmental Inquiry

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

For some time past Kogarah and Rockdale Councils have been in a state of "war", regarding certain drainage troubles. The outcome of the…

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A War Hero's Downfall Drink Is Blamed

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

HE SERVED five years at the war, rose from a private to the rank of captain, won the M[?]tory Cross, was mentioned three…

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"War Debts. Funding Discussions. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 11

The "Diplomatic Correspondent" of the "Daily Telegraph" saya:—The week-end may witness complete agreetment on the funding of Italy's war debt. Already it has been agreed…

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A New Zealand Patriot. Not Peace But War

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

Speaking before the Christchurch Returned Soldiers Association, on Armistice Day, Sir Chas. Ferguson, imperialist agent of the king and militarist, made an appeal to the…

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Taxi War Multi-colored Cabs Jobs Going and Plenty Work, Too

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 10

Private taxi-men in Sydney have no friendship for the various companies now operating or preparing to operate…

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Motor-car Tax. Refund for Ex-Soldiers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

As a result of representations made to the N.S.W. Government by the Returned soldiers and Sallors' Imperial league, 80 per cent, of the motor…

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Peculiar Land Case Board Reverses Decision What in a Returned Soldier

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

A peculiar land case, in which the decision given is of considerable interest, was decided at the land board at Casino (N.S.W.) last week…

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Events of the Day Hero of Palestine Allenby in Australia Cheat Soldier's Tour Foreign Millet Importation Embargo Factories Closed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

Field Marshal Lord Allenby, the hero of the Palestine campaign in the great war, and the beloved of those Australian soldiers with whom At a meeting of representatives of the Broom Workers' Union and the Millet Broom Manufacturers in Sydney on Wednesday, complaint was…

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