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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

2,397 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 25 of 120

More Severe Military Terms. Powers Go Further Than War Council. Montreal

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 3

The United Press' Paris correspondent interviewed M. Tardieu (a prominent member of the French peace delegation) who said: --…

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Aussie Humor. Two-up, the National Game. Its Part in Winning the War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 3

From Pte. C. W. Boore (who was on the "Argus" composing staff when he enlisted about 3 years ago) we recently received a copy of the October…

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The Huns' War Guilt. America and the Kaiser. a Weak Evasion. Paris, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 3

The American delegation on the Commission to decide the responsibility for the war declares that it is unable to judge the Kaiser's…

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German Chaos. Civil War in Berlin. Struggle for Police Headuarters. Many Persons Killed. Government Wins. Copenhagen, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 3

Messages from Berlin say that there has been a renewed outbreak, the Spartacists attempting to demolish the Police Prefecture. Spartacists…

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Peace Conference. Supreme War Council. Working at High Pressure. the Preliminary Treaty. to Be Ready on Wednesday. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 3

It is expected the terms of the, preliminary Peace Treaty will be ready for presentation to the Geman delegates by March 12, and they should be signed by…

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J. A. Puddicombe and Returned Soldiers' Welcome at Alumny Creek

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 2

Sir,--I note in your issue of Friday, 7th inst., that my name as chairman to the above is indiscreetly used by J. A. Puddicombe, and in fairness to the men…

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Canadian Soldiers' Riot. Welsh Camp Wrecked. Many Lives Lost. Two Days' Drunken Orgy. Infected by Russian Poison. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 2

A riot broke out at the Canadian camp at Rhyl (Wales) concerning pay and demobilsation matters. The rioters wrecked the camp and fusiladed the…

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Free Fight in Sydney. Soldiers Attack Police

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 2

A tree fight between returned soldiers and the police occurred in Clarence Street, Sydney on Friday afternoon, when two constables were much…

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Forty-hour Week. Labor and the War. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 5

A ballot by the shop stewards or the Amalgamated Engineers' Society resulted in favor of a forty-hour week and no overtime to be worked…

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For the Soldiers. Action at Maclean. a Welcoming Committee Formed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 3

Maclean is no longer to remain in the inglorious position of' seeing small district centres giving their' soldier boys a right royal welcome home, while their…

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Local and General. Returned Soldiers' Conference

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 4

The Returned Soldiers' League is welcoming Mr. Tom Willan home to-night, and as a consequence the conference between the league and Mr. J. A…

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Australian Soldiers' Discipline. Shameful Treatment on Troopships. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 5

Brigadier-General Paton, during a lecture at Newcastle, remarked that the discipline of the Australian soldier was not nearly so loose as it had been…

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Emigration of British Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 5

Mr. Holman has received an important cable message from the Agent-General in regard to the attitude of the British Government towards emigration…

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A Rowdy Meeting. Returned Soldiers and the O.B.U. Fighting on the Platform. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 5

The Returned Soldiers and War Workers' Industrial Union held a meeting in the Town Hall to protest against, the One Big Union proposal and Bolshevism…

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Anzac Policeman. Welcomed By "The Force." American Soldiers Extolled

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 3

Constable D. J Long. of the Newcastle police, has returned from the war, and is to be married shortly. The district police…

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War Amelioration Fund. Monthly Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 2

Mr. W. T. Johnson occupied the chair at the monthly committee meeting of above, held at the Fitzroy Hotel on Monday evening last;…

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Grafton War Chest. Annual Reports and Balance-sheets

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 4

The following report and balance-sheets are to be submitted to the annual meeting of the Grafton War Chest to-morrow night: -- BRANCH'S ANNUAL REPORT. Ladies and Gentlemen --…

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Military Experts' Report. Adopted by War Council. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 3

The Press Bureau states: A communique from Paris says the Supreme War Council discussed the report of the military experts, as presented by…

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War Aftermath Why the Ships Were Not Delivered. London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent says: The Germans at Spa alleged that the reason for tHe non-delivery of merchantmen in conformity with the…

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Secret War Chapter. Highlanders and Huns. Paying Back the Red Hell

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 3

From those terrible and never-to-be-forgotten day's in March and April -- days, as the seemed then, of endless [?]orn hopes and sheer,…

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