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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

3,787 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 190

Soldiers' Club. Site Obtained. Mr. Lang's Announcement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 12

The Premier (Mr. Lang) announced at a meeting of the Anzac Memorial Trust on Saturday that the Government bad decided to present the trust with a site for the proposed…

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Flogged with Rawhide German Soldiers Big Suicide List

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 1

EXTRAORDINARI Stories of cruelty by German non-coms were told in the Ludwigslust Court yesterday when it was revealed that…

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Soldiers' Day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 9

Soldiers' Day is to be held on Friday, March 4. Soldiers' Day is being run by the coordinated efforts of the Returned…

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Knife Attack Italian Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

In an affray with a fellow-countryman, Dominico Augmere, (21), an Italian, of Miranda, was stabbed several times on the legs and thighs in…

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Royal Tour Two Fleets at Welcome Home British : French Plan for Portsmouth London

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 1

IF present plans mature, the home coming of the Duke and Duchess of York will be a most memorable event…

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War Throats

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 19

A committee will meet in London tomorrow to draft a definition of Article 11 of the League of Nations' Covenant, which deals with the action to be…

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ANTI-WAR. Town Hall Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 12

A demonstration against intervention in China, arranged by the committee representing the Labour Council, Socialist Labour party. Communist party, and I.W.W., was…

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8th Field Ambulance. Colours for War Museum

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 6

A permanent resting place for the colours of the 8th Field Ambulance, of the Australian Military Forces, has been secured in the War Museum, by permission of the Minister for…

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"State of War" Start in Australia London

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 1

During the hearing of the suit by the Commercial Banking Co. against the New Guinea Co., Berlin--alternatively versus Lohmann and Co.,…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 15

At the annual meeting of the city subbranch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, tributes were paid to Lieutenaut-Colonel A. W. Ralston, on his relinquishing…

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Soldiers' Day Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 15
Also in The Labor Daily, The Daily Telegraph

The Soldiers' Day appeal committee has obtained permission from the Attorney-General to conduct chocolate wheels in Martin-place on March 4, on the occasion of the Soldiers' Day…

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Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Officials

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 10

At the annual meeting of the City Sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. tributes were paid to Lieut.-Col. A. W. Ralston on his relinquishing the office…

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Hornsby Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 5

The soldiers and Citizen's Club, which was formed by the Hornsby sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last October, has proved so…

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Work for Ex-Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 4

The Returned Soldiers' League Employment Bureau, for the fortnight ending February 10, found positions for 61 returned soldiers. Thirty-eight…

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Big Mining Groups Decide There Shall be No Strike Arsenal at High Pressure Ittaly Gets Ready" Machine Guns and Tanks War With. Whom? Huge Factory Orders London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 1

UNDER the heading, "Italy Gets Ready," the "Daily Herald" publishes a sensational despatch from its correspondent at Lugano…

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Duke's Welcome Home. British and French Fleets. London. Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 16

If present plans mature, the Australian Press Association understands that the home-coming of the Duke and Duchess of York will be most memorable. Not since the early days of the…

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War Service Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 4

The War Service Homes Commission's activities still continues, and in this issue tenders are invited for the erection of cottages at Lane Cove, Abbotsford, Eastwood, Concord…

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A War That Need Not Be Endless

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 11

THE French Foreign Minister. M. Briand, speaking at a military luncheon, made what the Tory papers describe as a great appeal for peace. He said…

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