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

The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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Soldiers' Homes "Utterly Lost Faith" Young

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 1

Young can more than endorse the complaints recently published from other country towns regarding the failure of the War Service Home…

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Spring Ridge Soldiers' Settlement. Welcome News for Applicants. Adjustment Likely to Take Place

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 5

While in Sydney recently Mr. J. J. Dowd, chairman of the Gulgong-Wyaldra Repatriation Executive interviewed the chairman of the Closer…

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Robbery Up-to-Date. Thieves Pose As Soldiers. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 13

At Dundalk a jeweller was robbed of hundreds of pounds worth of jewels by six armed man, who awakened him at midnight and said…

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Soldiers' Memorial Committee

Molong Argus · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

A meeting of the Soldiers' Memorial and Recreation Ground Improvement Committee was held at the Town Hall, on Wednesday…

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House Burning Reprisals in Lorries Infuriated Soldiers London, Thursday Night

The Bathurst Times · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

As a reprisal for the Head[?]ord ambush, military lorries entered the village last night and burned eight houses, including a priest's…

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Oberon Soldiers' Dinner

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 3

The Oberon branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League held a banquet in Mr. A. E. Freer's rooms on Saturday evening. The president, Mr. G. W. Richards,…

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Recrudescence of Ambushes 9 Soldiers Wounded London

National Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

A recrudescence of ambushes by armed forces has occurred in ireland In Dublin, yester-eve there were three separate bomb attacks on…

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America's Harvest Great Trade Boom Three Times Greater Than Pre-war Washington, Friday Night

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 2

The United States foreign trade for 1920 was just over three times greater than in 1913. The exports last year totalled in…

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Molong Soldiers' Memorial. Arrangements for Sports

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 12

A meeting of the committee controlling the Soldiers' Memorial movement was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday night Ald. Cady presided, and others…

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City Shooting. Two Persons Wounded. Barmaid and Young Man

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 1

Late Friday afternoon another shooting case occurred in the city. As a result of it Madge Marshall, a young married woman, and a…

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Education of Soldiers' Children

Leader · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 1

The now repatriation scheme, which will provide higher education for the children of deceased and totally incapacitated soldiers' children,…

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Education of Soldiers' Children. an Ambitious Scheme

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 2

The new repatriation scheme which will provide higher education for the children of deceased and totally incapacitated soldiers, is now taking a definite shape…

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Soldier's English Wife. Stranded in Australia. Dealings with a Government Department

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 2

The distressing case of a soldier's English wife, who was brought to Australia, deserted, and left to maintain herself, has been reported to us. The case as stated…

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Co-operation Scheme Bathurust District Soldier Settlers Visit by Departmental Official

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

An official of the Soldier Settlement branch of the Lands Department, Mr White, has visited Bathurst to further a scheme of co-operation among the…

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Education of Soldiers' Children in Ambitious Scheme

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 3

The new repatriation scheme. which will provide higher education for the children of deceased and totally [?] pacitated soldiers' children, is now…

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War on Boys One Killed-another Wounded London

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 2

The Black and Tans arrested 8 men at Skibbereen. One boy was killed and one wounded at Cork, whilst the military was…

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Orange Returned Soldiers' Club. Annual Meeting

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 4

A large number of diggers attended at the club rooms, Summer street, on Monday evening, when the annual meeting was held. The election of…

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Soldiers' Badges. M.P's. ASSERTION

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 3

Speaking at a meeting of the Soldiers' Wives, Mothers, and Widows' Association, Major Marr, M.P., referring to the right of a soldier to take his place in Parliament,…

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Gulgong Returned soldiers' League

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 9

Dr. R, M. Allport has been elected President of the Gulgong sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League, and Mr R. D. Schofield…

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German War Criminals Scene in Reichstag. Minister's Statement Causes Uproar. London

National Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin correspondent states that the position with regard to the German War Criminals was explained by the Minister for Justice in the…

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