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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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Criticism of Soldiers. General Brand in Reply. Men Who Were Always Missing. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 3

General Brand, the Victorian Military Commandant, referring to the action of the Ballarat branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association in carrying a…

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Criticism of Soldiers. Returned Officer's Statement. (Extract from to-day's "Daily Examiner.") MELBOURNE

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 3

"General Brand, the Victorian Military Commandant, referring to the action of the Ballarat branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association in…

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British War Prisoners. 3000 Unaccounted For. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 5

In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Mr. Guest said that the number of officers and men of other ranks officially accepted as…

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Ulmarra Soldier Honored

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 4

Another Ulmarra soldier, in the person of Corporal H. H. MacLeod, son of Mr. N. MacLeod, of that district, has gained distinction at the front. Corporal…

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Figures Relating to Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 5

Figures made available to-day show there are still 171,838 Australian soldiers abroad. The total number who enlisted to the end of January was 416,809…

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Returned Soldiers' Political Organisation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 6

Sir--My attention was drawn to a long article by Sergt. Stredwick in one of your last week's issues, in which he was practically advising returned men to form…

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Rifle Shooting. Australian Team for Bisley. Chosen From Soldiers Oversea. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 4

Steps are being taken to organise and train a representative Australian rifle team to shoot at Bisley in July. The men will be chosen exclusively from members…

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Returned Soldiers Welcome Home at Alumny Creek

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 1

A welcome home was tendered to Actcorp. H. A. Apps and Private F. Quinn, two local boys of the Creek, on Thursday night last. The hall was…

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Welcome Home at Barrett's Creek

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 1

A welcome home was tendered to private C. G. Stephenson at his parents residence in the above locality on Friday night last and despite the heavy…

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War Profiteering

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

The Interstate Commission, Presided over by Mr. A. B. Piddington, K.C., Has found that the enhanced prices of clothing are directly attributable to the…

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War Chest Parcels

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 1

Gunner A. W. Bullock, Australian Siege Artillery, writes from England to Miss Annie Hynes, Villiers street:--"Just a few lines to thank you for part…

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German War Crimes. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5

It is understood that the Commission investigating the responsibility for German crimes during the war will submit a report next Saturday, containing…

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Holland Talking War. Will Resist Belgian Claims, Amsterdam

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

There is great political and military excitement in Holland regarding Belgium's territorial claims. The Dutch Minister for War, speaking in…

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General Cables. Cost of the War. Staggering Figures. New York, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 3

The New York "Times'" Washington correspondent says: The Secretary for War, Mr. N. D. Baker, has estimated that the war cost to all the…

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A Danish Scandal. Jewish Rabbi's War Fortune. Smuggling Rubber Into Austria. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

The "Daily Express'" Copenhagen correspondent says: A great scandal has been caused by the discovery that Rabbi Schornstein, head of the Danish…

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Nation's War Arsenals. £64,000,000 Spent in Putting Up Works. Over 300 Factories

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 3

Three hundred and two national munition factories, started by the British Ministry of Munitions or taken over by them from private owners, are reported upon…

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Russian Riddle Appalling Conditions. Brigandage in Cities. Civil War in the Country. Lenin's Candid Exposures. Copenhagen

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

Brigandage in the streets of Petrograd is general. Parties, consisting of 15 or 20 Bolshevik Red Guards each, go about at night terrorising the…

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Organising Returned Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 3

Sir,-- With reference to the letter by Sergeant Stredwick, Grafton's late R.O. reference "Examiner." 25219, out- lining his scheme for a "Clarence River…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 3

Sir,--The idea I put forward with regard to the formation of a league of returned soldiers on the Clarence River appears distasteful to Mr. M. J…

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Are You a Unionist? Questions for Soldiers in France

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 3

A Grafton boy, who is with the A.I.F. in France, writing from Neuville de Bois, under date December 1, 1918, to his sister in Grafton, says:--…

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