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

The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Irish Civil War Aftermath. London

Leader · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 6

The Minister for Finance announced that the Dall has paid [?] for compensation from property [?] £497,000 for stock, and £701,000…

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Diggers Fight to Repatriate Ate Themselves. Weaving of Anzac Tweed to be Carried On

Leader · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 1

When the work of repatriation was begun by the Victorian State War Council In 1915, returned disabled soldiers were instructed In the art of…

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War From the Air Alarm in America. Will Aircraft Supersede Navy? Sensational Statements. Washington

National Advocate · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 2

Public, Interest, nation-wide, in now centred on the aviation controversy. Contradictory testimony,' much sensational, is being given before the…

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Another Board. Soldiers Holdings This Time

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 18

The Hon. W. E. Wearne, Minister for Lands, has sent the following statement to the Guardian concerning the reappraisement of soldiers' holdings. Cabinet on the recommendation…

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Oberon News the Soldiers' Memorial

National Advocate · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 1

The Shire Councillors Richards, Brennan and Hughes met in conference the War Memorial sub-committee to discuss the proposal that…

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War Echo Woman Charged with Murder. Cologne

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 2

Pranz Swaboda, charged with having murdered Private Cromer, of the New Zealand infantry, In 1919, has been remanded…

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War on the [?]

Leader · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 2

Orange Council authorities have [?] passed the word along to owners of [?] allotments that [?] they [?] rid of the thistles,…

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Anzac Tweeds

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 2

When the work of repa[?]tion was begun in 1915, returned disabled soldiers were instructed in the art of hand weaving. In a…

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War on Burrs

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 25

Burr cutting is the order of the day around Uarbry, especially along the frontage of the Talbragar. Tongy estate has about 20 hands…

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Off Again on Again. Shipping War Re-[?]. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 6

The shipping war is on again, and the prospects an [?] in every way. This morning the seaman met as usual at the Dawes Point office,…

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War Documents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 1

As everyone knows, the German Government, some time after the change, published a number of documents "disproving" that Germany was responsible for the war,…

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War Trophies. Destroyed by Fire Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 7

Sir aeroplanes captured from the enemy during the war and other materials belonging to the Australian war museum, which…

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Sievier's £5,000 From Bets Bankruptcy Due to War

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

Subject to a consent judgment for £500, Mr. Registrar Mellor, at the London Bankruptcy Court granted a discharge to Mr. Robert Standish Sievier,…

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Popular Young Couple. Welcome Home at Porter's Retreat

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 1

A welcome home was held on Wednesday evening at the Porter 'a Retreat Hall when a social evening and presentation were tendered by the residents of Shooter's Hill,…

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More War Inventions. London

Leader · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 2

Mr. Ammon M.P.. in the course of an address at Highbury yesterday, said: “When I was a member of the Labor Government, I learnt that the…

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The Shipping War. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 4

No crews offered this morning for any steamer in port The Commonwealth steamer Duga and North [?] held up…

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War's Future Frightfulness. Short Skirts Mean Unemployment. London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 2

Queen Mary will accompany the King on his Mediterranean cruise. His Majesty may be fit to sail next week. Mr. Amnion, formerly Parliamentary…

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Welcome Home to Mr. and Mrs. F. COWARD

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coward, of "Bunnamagoo," Rockley, who recently returned from a world tour, were welcomed home by their friends at the Royal…

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Big Function at Rockley. Church Concert and Welcome Home

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

This peaceful village was invaded on Monday night by an army of motor cars conveying artistes, and visitors from Bathurst and other centres to tho Church of…

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Our Infantile Mortality. More Devastating Than War

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 6

Between 1918 and 1922, Australia lost, by death, 122,473 children under 5 years of age. For 1923, Melbourne had the highest infantile mortality of all the capital cities…

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