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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 31 of 167

District News. Ulmarra. War Chest

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2

A meeting of members of the War Chest branch was held on Thursday night. Present: Messrs G. W. Fitzgerald (President), Mesdames…

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Coutts' Crossing Win-the-war League

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2

On Wednesday last a meeting of the above league was held in the Coronation Hall. The secretary read receipt from the director of hospital handicrafts,…

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The War Earlier Messages Sinn Fein Outlaws. Disorder in Ireland

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

A daring outrage in County Clare on Sunday is typical of the utter disorganisation of the county which has caused it to be declared a special…

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The German Advance. Resumed in Russia. the Austrians Take a Hand. Soviets Proclaim a Holy War. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 3

It is reported in messages from Berlin that the Germans have resumed their advance in Russia. They have reached the Dnieper River…

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Returned Soldiers and Sailors. Increased Pension Wanted. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 3

Speaking at the congress of returned sailors and soldiers at Hobart, Colonel McKay, Director-General of the Australian Army reserves, said two thousand…

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A Yamba Soldier. Farewell to Private Carr

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2

A most enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Mr. James Carr, pilot station, Yamba, last week. About 8.30 o'clock some 50 people assembled at the…

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Canadian Politics. Further Soldiers' Votes. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 3

Reuter's Ottawa correspondent reported on Saturday that the final returns of some of the overseas soldiers' votes give the Government a majority of 68…

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South Grafton Welcomes Returned Soldiers. Red Cross Ladies Take Action. a Successful Function

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

Some [?] time ago this Journ[?]drew attention to the fact that South Grafton appeared to be doing nothing to welcome its returned soldiers, but…

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Soldiering. Does It Improve One?

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 3

Some of us have now spent three years in this war business. We are lucky, of course, to have lasted so long, but having gone so far, by the…

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Peter Dawson, Patriot. Why He Enlisted

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2

Peter Dawson, the world-famous baritone, writes to the Brisbane "Daily Mail":--"I have been asked by many of my…

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The War (Messages received, except where otherwise specified, through the Australian Cables Association.) Huns' Air Pirates. Swedish Barque and British Tug. Rescue by Dutchmen. Amsterdam. Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 3

A Dutch torpedoer has rescued five of the crew of the Swedish barque Maorilands. A British tugboat, the Lady Carmichael, was towing the…

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German Socialist. Denounces "Infamous War Policy."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 5

Router's Amsterdam correspondent states that in the Reichstag the Socialist Vogtherr denounced Germany's "infamous war policy" on Russia, and accused…

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War Bonds Campaign. Enthusiasm in England. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 5

A great war bonds campaign opens on Monday and will be styled a business men's week. It ia hoped to raise at least one hundred million pounds…

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CONSCRIPTION. Present War Crisis. Sir William Irvine's Opinion. Parliament Should Pass an Act Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 5

Sir William Irvine thinks, considering the present crisis in the war, that the Federal Parliament should take the responsibility of introducing…

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Letter to the Editor. Treatment of Returned Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 7

Sir,—Recruiting sergeants and all others who are so keen on "Australia doing her bit." have been for the last few months shaking their heads, and saying,…

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Returned Soldiers' Congress. the Men Who Drink. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 8

At the Returned Soldiers' League congress at Hobart strong exception was taken to the statement that some returned sokKers who had become addicted to drink…

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Settling Soldiers. Macksville Deputations. Mr. Ashford Favorable

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 7

The Minister for Lands and Forest. (Mr. W. G. Ashford) passed through Macksville on Friday, en route to Kempsey. He was accompanied by Messrs…

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Soldier's Hard Luck. Accidentally Shoots Himself. Attacked by a Fox

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 8

A returned soldier, William A. Robinson, who is at present an inmate of St. Vincent's Hospital, furnishes an unusual hard-luck story…

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Germans' High Hopes. War Will End in July. Enforcement of Peace on Russia. Prelude to Victory in the West. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 5

"The Times" Amsterdam correspondent says that Dutch persons who have returned from Germany state that the enforcement of peace with Russia is…

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Recruiting. Returned Men's Congress. Combing Out the Military Departments. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 March 1918 · page 3

The Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Congress at Hobart resolved to ask the Federal Government to comb out from the various military departments all the…

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