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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

2,397 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 59 of 120

Land for Soldiers. Sydney, Friday Afternoon

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 2

The Minister for Lands states that during the next two mouths over seven hundred blocks will be made available for returned soldiers…

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Unemployment in England Demonstration in Hyde Park. Soldiers and Sailors' Protests. London, May 26

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 5

After a mass meeting of discharged soldiers and sailors at Hyde Parle, when ten thousand were present, the demonstrators were proceeding to the House of…

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Land for Soldiers. Resumptions in New South Wales Railway Extensions Necessary. Statement by Minister for Lands. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 5

The Minister for Lands states that during the next two months over seven hundred blocks will be made available for returned soldiers, comprising two…

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Local and General. Land for Soldiers at Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has been officially informed that the Experiment Farm area reserve at North Dorrigo has been made available in three holdings…

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A.I.F. Returned Soldiers in Conference. Protest Against Profiteering. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 5

The Interstate Council of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League passed a resolution declaring, as a Federal body, that it had entirely…

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Soldiers' Farms. Arrangements for Payments. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1919 · page 5

The Minister for Lands has given a definite assurance that no soldier will be called upon to make any payments on his holdings for three years if he works…

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Early Days of the War. Lord French's Story. the Gallipoli Campaign

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 June 1919 · page 2

A delayed cable message from London, dated May 26, says:-- Lord French, in a further article in the "Daily Telegraph," states that in…

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Uncle Sam's Profitable War. Britain Owes Him £810,000,000. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 June 1919 · page 3

Mr. Austen Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) says Britain's net debt to America is 4,050,000,000 dollars…

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Red Triangle Drive. Clarence River Effort a Few Facts About Y.m.c.a. War Activities

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 June 1919 · page 1

£199,000 is required to carry on Y.M.C.A. efforts for our soldiers till the end of 1919. N.S.W. share £50,000. £24,000 per month…

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Bellingen Returned Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 June 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the Bellingen Branch of the R.S. and S.I.L. was held in the office of the secretary (Mr. P. T. Goulding) on Wednesday night, the vice-president (Mr…

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Bowraville. a Boy Shot. Welcome to Returned Soldiers Bowraville

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 June 1919 · page 2

Bruce Norman Hill, 14 years, son of Mr. B. J. Hill, Upper Nambucca, went looking for cows on Thursday afternoon and took a pea rifle with him to shoot…

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A Sydney Tragedy. Married Woman Shot. by a Returned Soldier. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 June 1919 · page 3

At Leichhardt last night Robert Jacobs, a returned soldier, shot Elizabeth Rees, a middle-aged married woman, and then turned the revolver on himself…

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Mutiny at Plymouth. Soldiers Refuse Quarantine. London, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 June 1919 · page 3

Fifteen hundred troops returned [?]om Egypt refused to be quarantined for smallpox at Plymouth, because the civilian passengers were allowed…

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Carr's Creek. Welcome Home to a Returned SOlDIER

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 6

Corporal H. C. Dickson, who has been absent for four years on active service, was welcomed home at Carr's Creek School of Arts oil Saturday afternoon…

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Anzac Memorial. Hall Favored at Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 6

A public meeting was held in Bellingen on Friday night to consider the rescinding of a motion previously passed that a monument be erected in Bellingen as an…

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German Bank Deposits. Greater Than Before the War

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 5

The "Express" correspondent at Geneva states that while moderate indemnities are resisted, the German financial journals report bank deposits of…

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Russia's Salvation. Must Be Accomplished By Russians. But the Allies Will Assist. Statement by Secretary for War. London, May 31

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 5

In the House of Commons, on the army estimates, Mr. Winston Churchill foreshadowed the possibility, owing to the favorable situation, of withdrawing…

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A.I.F. Honoring the Soldiers' Trust. People Must Carry On. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 4

General White, who returned to Melbourne on Saturday, remarked: "60,000 Australians laid down their lives that we may live. They imposed upon us a…

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Railway Accident. British Soldiers Killed. London, May 30

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Cliarleroi correspondent telegraphed that a train carrying demobilised British soldiers was derailed, the carriages being overturned, killing seven and…

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Bellingen Anzac Queen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 2

The long-delayed crowning of the Bellingen Anzac Queen, Mrs. Wunderlich took place in the School of Arts Hall last night, the Rev. Mr. Symonds performing…

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