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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Welcome Home Party

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 18

VIZ EARING a cool floral frock and natural straw hat, trimmed with black, Mrs. Roland Hastings greeted many friends at the Australia…

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Anzac Memorial. Hyde Park Site

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 10

Representatives of the Returned Soldiers' League waited upon the Premier (Mr. Bavin) yesterday, and urged him to bring before Parliament, as a party matter, the question of…

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Premier Will Not Risk It Anzac Memorial Not Party Matter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 10

The Premier (Mr. Bavin) is not prepared to risk the life of his Government on the question of whether the Anzac Memorial…

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First Australian Pilgrimage to War Graves

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 7

Accommodation for 80 from, New South "Wales has been allotted in the first Australian pilgrimage to the war-graves and battlefields of Gallipoli and…

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"Matter for Parlt." War on Go-getters

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 6

BLACKTOWN Shire Council's communication requesting co-operation in suppressing "go-getter" land salesmen, was merely received by Woollahra…

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War on Flats Woollahra Protests Effect on Property

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 12

I SHALL oppose any attempt to allow the whole of the municipality to remain a flat area," said Ald. W. F. Foster, M.L.A., at…

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Time Your Effort. a Lesson of the War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 18

One of the great lessons taught by the War was that success is mainly a question of timing your effort correctly. If you act -when you are fit you will be successful, if you act, when you…

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Talk of War U.S. Cruiser Bill Outspoken Senator Washington

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 1

IN the Senate to-night, Senator Thomas Walsh, a [?] of M[?] said that [?] of the C[?] Bill had in mind [?]…

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War with Britain ? 'Idea Behind U.S. Cruiser Bill' Washington

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 2

Senator Walsh (Democrat, Montana), in the course of a speech on the Cruiser Bill, declared that those favoring 16 ships have in mind-- first;…

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Back to Fitness Shell-shocked Soldiers "Australian Neglect"

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 20

The Returned Soldiers' League, has written to Sir Frederick Milner, founder of the Ex- Services' Welfare Society, in England, for information about…

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'A Vile Betrayal' Bruce Government Maimed Soldiers' Denunciation Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 6

"That this general meeting of the Queensland Limbless Soldiers' Association expresses disgust at the action of the Commonwealth Government in…

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Fifty Diggers Hunted Into Streets Scandal in P.m.g's. Dept. After Election Day Harsh Treatment Resented by Scarred Soldiers

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 1

IT appears that yet another batch of Commonwealth-employed returned soldiers are receiving a raw deal from the authorities--this time it being fifty Digger phone mechanics who have been dismissed from the Postmaster-General's Department…

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Fifty-six Sit Down at Tea Big Welcome Home Party

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 18

ONE of the biggest afternoon parties given at David Jones' was that arranged yesterday by Miss F. Neilson, of Drummoyne, to welcome home…

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Dirt Track "War."

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

A "war" between the two Johannesburg dirt tracks, that at the Wanderers and that at Ellis Park, has entered a now phase. Sixteen of the most…

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A War Puzzle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 24

During the Russo-Turkish War in 1877-78 a puzzle originated which attracted widespread attention. We present it here for the benefit of our…

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Wounded Boy Bullet in Brain Victorian Mystery Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 11

In an unconscious condition. Arthur Robert Howard, 15 years, was admitted to Melbourne Hospital early to-day…

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The Industrial War. The Editor

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 15

Sir,—The situation on the waterfront and of the timber industry must cause deep concern to all Australian citizens. The external conflict is between the…

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Why He Lost War Intrigues Ludendorff's Latest Berlin

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 10

GENERAL VON LUDENDORFF'S latest outburst came last night, when he addressed 2000 people at Aue…

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"A War with Britain" American Senator Speaks Out WASHINGTON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 4

Senator Walsh, of Montana, in a speech on the Cruiser Bill, declared that those favoring 16 ships have in mind either war with Britain or…

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Famine Now! Misery in China War Continues 10,000,000 May Die

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 13

"China is faced wtih the worst famine for many years. Five provinces are confronted with starvation. It is estimated…

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