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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

2,397 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 120

The Term "Wasters." Meeting of Returned Soldiers. an Invitation to Mr. J. A. Puddicombe

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of the Grafton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League was held last night, when a large amount of…

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Letters to the Editor. Mr. Puddicombe and Returned Soldier "Wasters."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

Sir,--The soldier who has been lucky enough to beat the Hun and return home, even if only a bit of him, who has witnessed and participated in the "hell…

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Returned Soldier's Suicide. Drowned in a Dam. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5

At Laen, North Victoria, a returned soldier named William Davison, aged 30, drowned himself after threatening to shoot one of his brothers. He returned…

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Soldiers Protest by Wireless. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5

Soldiers on the City of Exeter sent a wireless message to Captain Carmichael protesting against being kept in quarantine when there was no sickness on…

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Charge Against Returned Soldier. Complainant's Negative Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5

William Donohue, a returned soldier, was charged at Darlinghurst Sessions with wounding Ellen Cleary with the intention to do grievous bodily harm…

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Bogus Returned Soldier. Fraud Against Benefactor. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5

Noyi Skehan, alias Sergt. Morris, was charged at the Police Court with having forged and uttered a cheque which purported to be signed by Lucy Mosman…

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Viticulture for Soldiers Lands Department's Policy. Settling 200 This Year. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5

Captain Teece (president), and Sergts. Davis and Morris (committeemen), of the Returned, Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, interviewed the Minister for…

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British Army Estimates a Period of Uncertainty, Mr. Churchill's Warning. a Period of Uncertainty. Halfway Between Peace and War. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 5

In the House of Common, Mr. Winston Churchill, in introducing the army estimates of £287,000,000, emphasised the difficulty of framing the estimates this…

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Welcome Home at Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 4

The Coff's Harbor sub-committee of the local Repatriation Committee for the Dorrigo Shire held Another successful function in the School of Arts, Coff's Harbor…

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Returned Soldiers League a Start on New Basis. Lieut. Williams, D.g.m., Elected President

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 3

The meeting of the Grafton sub branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League of Australia, held on Tuesday night, was One of the most…

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A.I.F. Employment for Returned Soldiers. Gift to Local Government Authorities. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 5

The Minister for Repatriation stated that £500,000 will be made available by way of gift to local government authorities throughout the Commonwealth to be…

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Surry Hills Shooting. a Peacemaker Wounded. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

A man named Bowman received a bullet wound in the stomach while interfering between a man and a woman quarrelling in Surry Hills (Sydney)…

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Huns' War Responsibility. Moral, Not Legal. Paris, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 3

The Peace Conference Commission on the Responsibility for the War finds there is moral responsibility attaching to a list of names: wherefor the…

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Relief for Austria Hungary. Supreme War Council's Consideration. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 3

The Press Bureau says the Supreme War Council has discussed the question of relief for Austria-Hungary…

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Revolutionaries' Demands. Trial of War Lords by People. Alliance with Russia. Montreal

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 3

The United Press correspondent at Berlin says: The revolutionary Radicals presented the following demands to the German Government: (1) The…

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Echoes of the War. Canadians Sacrificed. Sir Sam Hughes' Sensational Charges. New York, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

The New York "Times'" Toronto (Canada) correspondent says: General Sir Sam Hughes, ex-Canadian Minister for Defence, in a speech in the…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 1

Sir,--Mr. Stredwick presume military titles ate now a thing Of the past, as Mr. Stredwick cannot pay a compliment to Corporal Murphy by calling him…

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Letters to the Editor. Mr. Puddicombe and Returned Soldiers. J. A. Puddicombe

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 1

Sir,--I find it again necessary to trespass upon your space in reply to some of the matter published in your issue today. First,…

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Soldiers' Applications

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

Mr. D. MeFarlanc, secretary Grafton Chamber of Commerce, has received the following letter:--Returned Soldiers' Settlement Branch, March 4, 1919.--Dear…

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Soldiers Released From Quarantine. Two More Transports Due. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 3

Queensland is still free of pneumonic influenza Two hundred and seventy four soldiers who reached Brisbane by the Orsova…

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