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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
3,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 172
Senator Pittman, in a statement to the House of Representatives Military Affairs Committee, said: "Reports that the President of the British Board of Trade (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →THE information grudgingly dribbled out from departmental pigeon-holes by Sir Archdale Parkhill, about the scheme to have Australian war planes built on American designs, and at big profits to American capitalists, stresses one major fact. WHETHER America was appealed to for funds to build a plane factory here, only after…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tire War Services Homes Commissioner has advised the Returned Soldiers' League that its request for the hearing of individual applications for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"For the past three weeks, we have been working even harder than we thought ourselves capable," writes Sister Mary Lowson, leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"I WOULD hate to see force introduced into Britain because I believe that young men only need to know what is their duty in order to do it,"…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fifteen years ago a handful of nimble-witted youths residing in the West Forties conceived the bright idea that by volunteering to "mind" the motor cars that parked nightly in the theatrical district a goodly harvest of tips might be reaped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I WAS born on the 14th day of March, 1914, and am 5ft. 11in. high, well built in proportion, and can put my hand to anything that is…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →DOES the New South Wales Anniversary Regatta need an overhaul? The centenary gala was a rather drab affair. It looks as if those behind the organisation need to adopt more modern ideas. Otherwise the public will lose all…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →QUARTERLY fixtures were decided by 25 clubs from the 500, 600, and 700 yards mounds at Anzac rifle range on…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The 500 and 600 yards mounds were in use at the Anzac Range, Liverpool, on Saturday, when club matches were fired. Single stage possibles were recorded by C. Fox, F. Smith, F. Wilmette, J…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"SO long as the word of Governments cannot be trusted, then we will be heading for war," said Mr. Raymond Watt, national secretary of the Australian League of Nations Union last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Archbishop of York's statement that "it could be a Christian duty to kill" was challenged yesterday by the Rev. J. Faulkner at the Leichhardt Presbyterian Church. The Archbishop made his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a meeting of Oberon sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L., it was decided to conduct a "working bee" at the cemetery to tend the graves of former soldiers. A proposal to care for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the annual meeting of the Wellington branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, it was decided, by a narrow majority, to write a letter of protest to the Government against…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the Goulburn Police Court, before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., Frank Eustace Langford, 26, charged with having, on the night of January 19, feloniously wounded Margaret…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dr. Stachnik, who is a Catholic priest, and leader of the Catholic Centre Party in Danzig, has been sentenced to six months'…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"When it comes to a 'showdown' and war starts, the Church immediately becomes a recruiting centre," said the Rev. Dr. E. E. V. Collocott (Methodist), at the inaugural…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. H. C. Seppings Wright, the veteran war correspondent and newspaper artist, has died. Mr. Seppings Wright served as artist and correspondent of the "Illustrated London News"…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The local branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, at its latest annual meeting, reported a successful year, with income totalling £145, and R credit balance of £32. Sixty…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →When a call-up for returned soldiers was held at the Liverpool Town Hall at 10 a.m. yesterday, over 160 attended the call. The men are incensed…
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