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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

3,759 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 188

Sacre Bleu Soldiers Paris

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1

HORIZON blue is nut going to be run out of the French army by the more practical khaki as soon as was thought…

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Welcome Home to Elocutionist

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 23

TO welcome back Miss Elinore Wray, who has just returned from a trip to England, where she studied the English methods of teaching elocution,…

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War and Revolution

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 19

The following article, which appeared in a recent issue of "No More War," was written by Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, a Labor member in the House of Commons, and who was Under-Secretary for Foreign…

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Inciters to War

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 11

LABOR does, not believe in the death penalty. But if there are to be executions in the "public interest," and to serve as "deterrents" to evildoers, then let…

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Nation Mourns Haig's Death Great Soldier World-wide Tributes "Won the War" London

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 1

EXPRESSIONS of dee[?] regard have been received from all parts of the Empire, and also from foreign countries, at the death of…

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Class War Peace Union Formed London

The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 1

The Industrial Peace Union of the British Empire is the title of a new company, limited by guarantee, whose object is to promote industrial peace…

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Coal War in America. Owners' Ruthlessness in Pennsylvania

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 19

The big American coal lockout, which began on April 1, still goes grimly on in the two States of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Further west, in Colorado, where the…

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For the Next War. Armament Race Starts Again

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 14

The drive for a five-year programme of construction of 25 to 30 cruisers which big navy promoters are about to launch in Washington is reminiscent of the…

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Great Soldier, Greater Gentleman World Leaders Testify to Earl Haig's Worth German President Deeply Moved, Declares That Dead Field-Marshal Won the War Interment Will Be in St. Paul's London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 4

It is arranged that the deceased Field Marshal, Earl Haig, will be interred in St. Paul's Cathedral, where the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson, Lord Roberts, and Lord Wolseley, and other great soldiers are buried…

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To War Fields Empire Pilgrimage Australia Will Be There

The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 14

At least 300 Diggers from Australia are expected to join members of the British Empire Service League in London, for the pilgrimage of British war…

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Serum Toll Expert Inquiry [With Wide Power War on Disease

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 13

THE Royal Commission which the Federal Government has appointed to investigate the circumstances of the appalling…

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With Forefathers Earl Haig's Burial Dead Soldier's Desire Solicitor Produces Will London

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 1

field MARSHAL Earl Haig will be buried at bermersyde, the Berwickshire home of the Haigs during die pest nine centuries . In the absence of knowledge of the dead soldier's wishes,…

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Soldiers' Children N. Sydney Decision

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 6

The question of granting preference to the children of deceased or totally [?] soldier was the subject of a heated discussion at…

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The Field-marshal's Death. Widespread Sorrow. a Brave Soldier and Great Gentleman. Great Tributes of Admiration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 15

Arrangements have been made for the interment of Earl Haig in St. Paul's beside other famous British soldiers. Marshal Foch and Marshal Petain will attend the funeral. LONDON, Jan. 31…

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Tributes to a Great Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 15

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Churchill) said: "Earl Haig was incomparably the finest Britih soldier in this fateful age. His calm, unwearying strength of mind and…

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Soldiers' Children. League's Request. Criticised at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 16

At last evening's meeting of the North Sydney Council a letter was received from the Returned Sailors ind Soldiers' Imperial League asking tue council to give preference…

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Anzac Memorial Is Bridge Site Suitable?'

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 10

Whether the Bridge Highway site, at Dawe's Point, the gift of the Government, is most suitable for the erection of the Anzac Memorial…

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War Museum

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 10

The South African Soldiers' Association is moving for the amendment of the War Memorial Museum Act, to permit of the inclusion of trophies and other suitable memorials of…

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Outlawing War

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 4

EVERY thinking man will be gratified and Jubilant at the efforts the Powers are making to outlaw war. To picture war as a species of…

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Anzac Hall Question of Site Diggers Want Park

Evening News · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 6

ALTHOUGH the Government has given a site on Bridge Highway. which may be worth £70,000 by the time the harbor bridge is built. for…

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