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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

3,787 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 190

Due to War or Not? Digger Pratt's Case

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

The case of Digger John Pratt, of Brown Street, Pearith, is dealt with in an article in last Sunday's "Truth," He has to support a wife and three…

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What War Cost Germany Twelve Million Lives, Besides Territory

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 10

IT is now posible, for the first time, to state exactly what the Great War cost Germany in human life and population…

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"Pomp of Power" Tragic War Secret Leaders at Variance

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 5

General Nivelle the Commander-in-Chlef, and the Premier (M. Painleve), these two men whose highest ambitions had both been newly and almost…

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War Debts and Our Finances Liverpool Tribute Trade Development London

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 1

THE Australian High Commissioner Sir Joseph Cook, who is on a visit to Liverpool, was the guest of the Colonial institute at…

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Strange Suicide of Ex-soldier Set Mill Aught Then Hangs Himself Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 5

After locking two doors and letting fire to the chemical dipping room in the Dunlop Rubber Mills, Montague, to-night, William Bailie…

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War Heroine the Story of Louise De Bettignies, by Antoine Redier. Published by Hutchinson and Co., London. Our copy from Dymock's Book Arcade, Sydney. Price 126

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 20

This is the true story of the thrilling experiences of Louise de Bettignies during the Great War, 1914-18. During the early days of the war she…

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"War Paint"

Truth · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 10

WHO could have foreseen that those film babies of fifteen years ago so popularly known as "Cowboy and Indians," would develop into such husky,…

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Jerusalem War Memorial

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 5

A war cemetery memorial in the chapel on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, the cost of which has mainly been borne by the Egyptian Expeditionary…

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New Face 25 Operations War Wounds Eight Years a Patient

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 2

By the use of hones and flesh grafted from the patient's body in 25 operations, surgical skill has remodelled the features of Henry…

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Losing the War How the Germans Did It Ruinous Offensive

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 2

It was the Germans' own offensive, not ours, that consummated their ruin. They were worn down not by Joffre, Nivelle and Haig, but by…

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Football War Big Queensland Battle Divided Camp How the Centres Are Going

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 21

The developments in connection with the Rugby League football war in Queensland where two faction's are fighting for control, will be watched with interest in New South Wales. There is a big division in the football camp in the North, but…

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Hostility to Returned Men. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 5

Sir,—In his letter ("Herald," February 1) the president of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Association erroneously supposes that the question at issue is the victimisation…

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Rifle Shooting. Bad Visibility at Anzac

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 8

Although the wind on Saturday was not so tricky as it was on the previous Saturday, it was sufficiently [?]rratic to try the best of marksmen. At the beginning of the shoot at Anzac it blew strongly from the…

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Wounded Man Hold-up Suspect Surry Hills Arrest

Evening News · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 7

AS THE result of the arrest at Surry Hills this afternoon of a man, who had a bullet wound in his chest, the police are helpful…

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No More War Cripples

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 4

Sir.-- As constant reader of the "Labor Daily," I would like to voice an opinion of Col. Hyman's "last man" stunt. Having lost an arm in the…

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Churchill's Epic Second and Third War Phases Colossal French Losses in Battles of 1914 Frightful Slaughter (No. I.)

The Sun · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 11

The following is the first of a third series of articles. bated upon Mr. Churchill's memoirs of the war, Volume III. Previous series dealing with the earlier volumes appeared in "The Sun" in 1923. Mr. Churchill begins the present portion of his hook with 1916, when, as he…

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City Hold-up Wounded Prisoner Tinsmith

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 12

GLEDALL Edwin Wallings, [?] tina[?] was charged at the central Court to-day, with having a[?] Micheel Francis O Calls…

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Wounded Man Arrested. Sequel to Pawnshop Affray

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 12

Following the alleged attempt to rob Michael O'Callaghan in his pawnshop at Myrte and Pine streets, city, on Saturday, detectives made an arrest yesterday…

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Bullet in Chest Wounded Man Charged Affray in City

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

A man who was found to have a bullet wound in his chest was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with attempted robbery under arms. The…

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Town Topics War on Broom-makers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 8

The broom millet growers on the Hunter River are just now all smiles at the remarkable recovery made by the millet crops since the December rains. Now they have…

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