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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 28 of 120

Cricket. Soldier Cricketers. Australians to Play in England. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 2

The Australian military cricket team will play twenty-one games in England. The Australians will meet all the first-clas counties, the Marlebone…

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Horrible Atrocities. Soldiers Hacked to Pieces by Women. Copenhagen, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 3

Horrible atrocities took place at Lightenberg. The Government soldiers, thrown among the crowd, were killed with knives. A woman carried…

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Returned Men. Wounds and Injuries Analysed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 5

Of 72,750 members of the Australian Imperial Force who had returned to Australia to the end of December, 30,675 were discharged as the result of wounds…

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War Chest Parcels

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 5

Mrs. P. Kritsch, of Queen street, who forwarded a parcel through the Grafton War Chest, to the soldiers on active service, has received the following letter…

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Ulmarra War Chest

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 4

A meeting of the above, was called for last Thursday night, for the purpose of taking steps to wind up the branch, but lapsed owing to the Small attendance…

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Responsibility for War. Commission's Report. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 5

It is understood that the report of the Responsibilities Commission recognises that from the viewpoint of present international law the "Kaiser and his advisers…

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Guilt of the War. Commission's London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 2

It is understood that the report of the Responsibilities Commission recognises the view that under present international law the Kaiser and his…

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War Aftermath in Germany. Government's Announcement London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 2

A message from Berlin states that the Government has issue a warning that the Entente might seize all State properties as security for indemnities…

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Peace Conference. Draft Ready in April. Germany's Standing Army. Supreme War Council's Decisions. No Money for Another Adventure. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent reported on March 10: The Supreme War Council decided that Germany shall be permitted to retain an army of only 100,000, recruited…

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Captain Carmichael. Returned Soldiers with Him. Sydney, Friday Afternoon

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the Executive Council of the Soldiers and Citizens' Political Federation has carried a resolution unanimously endorsing the ideals and…

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Mr. Nicholl's Statement. Mr. Watt Replies. Enquiries to Be Made. Provision for Soldiers. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 2

Mr. Watt, in referring to the reported statement, made by Mr. Nicholl's, M.H.R., to the effect that returned soldiers are being treated like…

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A.I.F. Enlistments

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 2

The question is often asked: Howmany Australians enlisted in the A.I.P.? Big arguments have times out of number arisen over this question…

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State Politics Soldiers and Cinizens' Federation. Endorse Captain Carmichael's Policy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 5

A meeting of the executive council of the Soldiers and Citizens. Political Federation carried a resolution unanimously endorsing the ideals and principles of the…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 4

There was a large and representative attendance of returned soldiers at the Mechanics' Institute last night, when Mr. J. A. Puddicombe attended to explain…

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Ulmarra Soldiers' Welcome

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 4

Particulars appear in ear business columns to-day regarding the banquet to be tendered to returned soldiers at Ulmarra on Tuesday week, March 25. The…

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Her War Garden

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 2

She told me of the rose, the rose That in her garden grew. I thought me of a cinnamon, All dewy fresh with dew,…

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Deadlier Than War. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 3

Mr. Robertson, chairman of the Scottish Union of Mine Workers, told the Coal Commission that mining was deadlier than war. He said there were…

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Germany's War Crimes. Lengthy List Tabulated. Commission's Recommendations. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 3

The Crimes Commission presented an interim report on the following outstanding 31 crimes, committed by the enemies during the war:--…

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Post-war Problems of British Industry. Policy to Cheapen Raw Materials

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 3

In the House of Commons, in response to the demand of Sir Donald McLean(Asquithian party leader), in a statement of the Board of Trade's…

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Marconi Magic. Wireless in War. Invisible Force That Helped to Defeat the Enemy

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1919 · page 3

Mr. Macbeth, the compiler of the Marconi international, code, which enables commercial messages to be sent in nine languages, though the sender…

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