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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 60 of 120

Lure of Matrimony. After Loneliness of War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 2

Every day men are returning to civil life and bringing a wife with them—men who, four years ago, never entertained the remotest idea of…

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War Honors. British Generals Decorated. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 3

The Grand Cross of the order of St. Michael has been conferred on General Sir Hubert Gough, General Sir Henry Chauvel, and General Sir William…

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War Aftermath Trouble in India. London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent says that risings in southern Waziristan are spreading from Zonhi. After Zadir Khan's advance…

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Science in War. British Triumphs. Deadly Poison Gas

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 3

Bit by bit the story is being told of how, working secretly, British men of science beat Germany as effectively in their laboratories as the British…

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The Cunard Co. Heavy War Losses. Substantial Assets. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 3

The New York Board of Directors has announced that the Cunard Steamship Coy lost 45 ships, totalling 389,853 tons, during the war. The total…

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Conditions in Ireland. Practically Civil War. Sinn Fein Admission. Paris, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 3

The Sinn Fein emissaries here admit that the conditions in Ireland approach to those of civil war…

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Martin Donohoe. Famous War Correspondent. Returns to England After Two Years in Persia

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 4

A man has just returned to London from Persia, where he put the seal on four years' war service of a special kind which few men would have been…

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Dorrigo Returned Soldiers. Monthly Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Returned Soldiers Association was held in the School of Arts on Saturday evening last. There…

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A I.F. Returned Soldiers and Anzac Day. Trouble in the G.P.O. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 5

Trouble has arisen, said Mr. William Webster, over a number of returned soldiers disobeying an order based on a Cabinet decision regarding duty on…

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A Home for Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 5

The property, "Canonbury," at Darling Point, the residence of the late Mr. Harry Rickards, has been purchased by the Australian Jockey Club for £18,500…

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Train Passes for Disabled Soldiers. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 4

The Minister for Repatriation is to be asked to allow limbless soldiers to travel free on the railways of Australia…

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Soldiers and Rates. Discussion at Harwood Shire Meeting

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 3

That the position with regard to arrears of rates owing by returned soldiers, covering the period of their service, is not so simple as is generally thought was…

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Telegrams. Swindling a Soldier. How Hussies Get Men's Money. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 2

In the Melbourne County Court, Frederick Groegr, a French returned soldier, brought an action against. Minnie Bolan for the recovery of £240. The plaintiff…

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The Kaiser Wished for War

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 3

"There is no doubt that, the former German Emperor was the first and responsible author of the war. He absolutely wished for it,…

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Letter to the Editor a Clergyman's Win-the-war Policy

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 2

Sir,—In a recent issue of you valuable journal, I read with some surprise an exchange clipping (which did not adorn the usually high sentiment…

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War Aftermath Reported Fall and Capture of Petrograd. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent says that the "Fidenstegue Vaardoe" correspondent telegraphs to the effects that Pettograd has been taken by the…

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Private Sam Mullan. His Experiences in Germany. As a Prisoner of War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 5

Private Sam Mullan, who returned to our midst a few days since, had had some weird experiences during his time in Germany…

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Brushgrove. District Soldiers Helpers' League. Annual Meeting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 4

The annual meeting of the above was held at Brushgrove on Wednesday last, the president, Mr. D. McLachlan, being in the chair. The minutes of the last…

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A Soldier's Career. School Committee's Objections. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 5

The school committee at Wesleydale, near Geelong (Vic.), in response to a proposal that the memorial to the soldiers of the district should take the form…

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A.I.F. Charges Against Soldiers. Illegally Wearing Decorations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 5

Ernest Walsh, a returned soldier in uniform, was charged at the police court with having worn, without authority, the ribbon of the Distinguished Conduct…

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