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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

3,759 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 188

Soldier Settlers. Cultural Payments to Cease. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 22

During his visit here t[?] Minister for Lands (Mr. R. T. [?]all) said that cultural payments for improvements effected to the holdings of soldier settlers would be discontinued. Any casn…

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Problem of the Prunegrower Tide-over Assistance to Soldier Settlers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 14

YOUNG, Friday. -- The Minister for Lands, Mr. R. T. Ball, is on a visit to the soldier settlers of Young, whom he met in conference to discuss the…

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LAUGHTER & TEARS The Whip-Cracks of Doom --When Woop Woop Went to War-- A Drink With a Kick -- How Tugger Browne Was Outed It Was Over the Fence

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 20

UNCLE JIM heard that whenever he left the farm Mick Raggan put his three horses in Uncle's Jim's best…

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A Political History of Australia "Chinaman" Dibbs--The Strike Against Chinese Cheap Labor--Miners Help the Seamen--Parkes on "Cobwebs of Law"--Doings of "An Angry Mob"--"Not for Her Majesty's Ships of War" Chapter Cxxx. "Chinaman" Dibbs

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 10

Before proceeding any further with the history of the fight in Queensland against the Importation of Kanakas, let us now proceed to glance, again, at…

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Chinese War Warships Shell City SHANGHAI

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 1

The Yangrse valley is teeming military activity. Barricades are being erected at Hankow, in expectation of the Communists taking advantage of the…

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In Event of War, A.J.C. Will Be Favorite

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 3

RANDWICK doesn't get much opposition in the way of 'counter-attractions, but the Anniversary Day meeting on Thursday will be opposed by the tin-hare meeting at Epping. The tin hares opposed the…

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Still in Hughesites Claim Victory T.B. War Goes on

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 10

SUPPORTERS of A. C. Hughes, civilian secretary of the T.B. Soldiers' Association, are confident that he has won the battle…

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Oil War Only an Opening? Rich Prize Trade Conflict in East New York

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 1

Officials of the Standard Oil Company suggest that the oil war between their company and the Royal Dutch Oil Company of…

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Bank's War with Cheque Forgers the Spoil of Nimble Pens & How It Is Gathered In-- Our Losses

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 23

What amount do forgers and cheque artists take out of Australian business in a year? AMERICA has found that…

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Returned Men. Battlefields' Pilgrimage. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 12

Plans for a pilgrimage of 6000 British subjects to the battlefields of France and Flanders are now definitely taking shape. The Empire Service League is taking over the…

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When the Prince Was on Guard Sergeant's Cushy Job; "Dying Soldier's" Letter War-time Story London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 4

Tales of the Prince of Wales were told round the table of the Old Comrades' dinner of the Grenadier Guards, held at Nottingham,…

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Foreign Editor's Diary the Dollar War

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

TO THESE who have believed in the ideahain of the United States the speech by Colonel Roosevelt, son of Theodore of the toothy smile, quotes…

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War Debts. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 7

Sir.—The difference of opinion between Europe and America in respect to the war debts lies in the fact that Europe considers they are political, whereas America insists…

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War Graves Our Pilgrims France Gallipoli Chartering Steamer Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 9

I PILGRIMAGE to the war graves in France and on Gallipoli is being organised by the Imperial ex-Service…

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Outlawry of War. M. Briand's Note. New Yohk, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 11

The Washington correspondent of the New [?]ork "Times" says:—M. Br[?]and's reply to the United States' Note regarding the outlawry of war has been received. Although cordial and…

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Boosting War Faked Films Real Ones Are Hidden Public Pays London

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

SOLDIERS and sailors, and even officers, are objecting strongly to arrangements whereby the British Navy and Army are being loaned to…

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Prince of Wales. As Guards' Officer. Story of the War. LONDON, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 11

Every day a military guard goes to the Hank of England. When this duty for the first time fell to the Prince of Wales as a young Heutenant in the Grenadier Guards, a…

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THE U.S. Navy. War and Trade. Admiral's Fiery Speech New York, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 11

In a symposium on the naval programme during a public luncheon, Colonel Roosevelt. son of the former President, said: "We hope[?] [?] no more wars, but we know they cannot…

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Be a Worm If You Don't Want War! How American Admiral Reads History New York

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 4

"If I read history correctly this country is nearer war than ever before, because, its commercial positron today places us in…

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Returned Soldiers' Club. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 12

Members of the Goulburn Soldiers' Club have revived the agitation to serure m[?] suitable promises than the present club, and the trustees are to be approached is with…

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