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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,263 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 64

Soldiers' Memorial Fund

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

At a well-attended meeting of the All Saints Cathedral Soldiers' Memorial and Thanksgiving fund last night, it was decided to ask…

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Sailors and Soldiers Memorial Meeting Lapses

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 2

A public meeting was at the Town Hall last to appoint a committee to formulate proposals to be submitted…

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Soldiers' Land. Preferential System Commission Agents Mr. Ashford Eulogised

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 20

Delegates of the Returned Soldiers' land Sailors' Lengue, Western Branch, met in conference at Orange Dr. Burkitt, the president…

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War Not Over. Views of General Rosenthal

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

Speaking at the Millions Club luncheon, Major-General Sir Charles Rosenthal said war was not over. He had come back from the war with the full intention of putting every…

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End of War South Africa Accepts Terms. Pretoria

National Advocate · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

A "Gazette" extraordinary contains a proclamation signed by Lord Buxton and General Smuis, announcing that the war terminated on January…

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War Service Homes. 20,000 in Ten Years. Melbourne

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 6

Housing and rent problems occupied the attention of the Basic Wage Commission throughout the whole of the sitting to-day. Ernest Thompson Bradshaw, chief…

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Anzac Brides

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

The Anzac bride is a curious social development. We have passed the phase of being jealous of her appearance among us, and the…

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Liquor Trade Labor Declares War

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

The New South Wales Labor Council has decided to use every means in its power tu assist in the elimination of the liquor industry…

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Berlin Demonstration at Reichstag Many Killed and Wounded. Police Throw Bombs. Berlin

National Advocate · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

It is semi officially stated that forty two were killed and one hundred and five wounded in the fighting in the Berlin streets on January 13…

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Another War Foreshadowed. Can Poland Hold Back Trotsky ?

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

Reuter.--A Washington message states that General Bliss predicted a possible renewal of the war in the course of discussion before the Congress ways and means committee. He…

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Another War. U.S. General's Warning. Vancouver

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

General Tasker Bliss, Chief of the United States General Staff, startled Congress by expressing the fear that there would be at…

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A Little War Albanians Fight Serbs. London, Sunday Night

The Bathurst Times · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

A Berlin message states that the Albanians Lave revolted against the Servian troops in occupation. Heavy fighting against Servians…

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Russia's War Loss Thirty-five Million Lives. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

A Finnish statistician estimates that Russia lost thirty-five million lives since he war stated in 1914…

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America in the War Admiral's Sensational Story New York

The Bathurst Times · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

Read-Admiral Sims created a sensation when giving evidence at Weshington before the Senate Committee which is investigating his complaint…

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Pushes Fight Row Over a Girl. Melbourne's Little War. Melbourne

National Advocate · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

Parts of Carlton and Fitzroy have been disturbed lately by noisy and quarrelsome gangs of youths who comprise rival pushes, the…

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Soldiers' Memorial Are Union and Country Cooperation

Leader · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 3

January, 26th, is drawing near, on which date the sale of tickets closes. There has been a great spurt in the tickets in the outside centres. A…

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Returned Soldier Charged a Valueless Cheque

The Bathurst Times · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 3

"I do not know what is up with me, said a returned soldier named Albert John G[?]en, 28, a bricklayer, in reply to Mr. [?]incham S.M., at the Bathurst…

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Slapdash Estate. Offered for Soldier Settlement. 20,000 ACRES

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 4

We understand that the Slapdash Estate, Gulgong, has been offered to the Government for the settlement of returned soldiers…

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Pine Ridge for Soldiers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Gulgong-Wyaldra Repatriation Executive Mr. E. E. Simpson. [?] surveyor of the Orange land…

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A Soldier Shot. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 2

Colin Campbell, a returned soldier, received a severe wound in the left arm while standing in front of the people's Palace in Pitt-street last…

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