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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 63 of 120

Riotous Soldiers. Canadians at Epsom. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 3

There has been a riotous outbreak amongst Canadian soldiers, whereof the latest occurred at Epsom. A mob, armed with huge stones, partially wrecked the…

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Coff's Harbor Welcome Home to Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 4

On Thursday night last the Coff's Harbor Repatriation Sub-committee tendered a welcome on behalf of the citizens to Corporal C. Everingham and Privates…

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Price of Sugar. Request for Reduction. Enlisting Public Support. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 6

Notwithstanding that many efforts have been made by those engaged in rural production and in different forms of manufacture to obtain fair concessions or…

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German Murders. of Allied Soldiers. Drastic Action Planned. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 5

The number of quiet and isolated murders of French and American soldiers in occupied territory is becoming serious. German gangs are waylaying the men,…

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Welcome Home

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 2

On the evening of Friday last, some eighty friends assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hoade, at Ulmarra, for the purpose of according…

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Anzac Graves on Gallipoli. Turkish Desecration Denied

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 3

Lieut. Keesing, a Sydney architect, who has returned to London from Gallipoli after reporting on the graves and battle memorials, strongly denied…

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End of the War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 2

The war is over at last. On Monday the Germans, by signing the peace treaty, ended the war which they planned and instigated--though they…

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War Amelioration Fund. To the Editor

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 3

Sir—I am pleased to have Mr. Gailer's assurance that the funds of the Coffs Harbor War Amelioration Committee are available for…

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Earlier Cables War in Hungary. Hostilities to Cease

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 4

The struggle between the Czecho-Slovaks, Roumanians, and Hungarians has ended, as the result of the Council of Four's Note of June 14 ordering…

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War Aftermath Signed! the Peace Terms. Peace at Last! the Huns Willing to Sign. Vancouver

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 2

From Paris it is officially announced that the Germans have agreed to sign the peace terms unconditionally…

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Racial Riots At British Seaports. Soldiers Sent to Cardiff. Large Number of Negroes Wounded. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 5

Racial riots were renewed at Cardiff with the fullest fury, lasting throughout Friday night. A white man was killed, while a crowd was besieging a house…

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The Next War Loan

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 4

Joseph Palmer and Sons, brokers, in their last monthly list, say: There is much uncertainty as to another Commonwealth war loan. There is no doubt…

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Labor Conference. Repayment of War Loans. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 5

The Interstate Labor Conference decided that for the speedy repayment of the war loans levies should be made at a graduated rate upon land and capital. It…

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Federal Parliament Opened in Melbourne Yesterday the Government Programme. Another War Loan. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 5

In the House or Representatives, after Mr. Gibson, member for Corangamite, had been sworn in, amid cries of "Leader of the new party," Mr. Watt read a…

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Soldiers' Welcome

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 4

At a public meeting held at Tucabia on Saturday night, Mr. A. Eggert presiding, it was decided to form a Soldiers' Welcome Committee. The object of the…

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Hungarians on War Path. Offensive on Danube. Austrians Preparing. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 3

The Austrian Press learns that the Hungarians are carrying out an offensive on the Danube against Pressburg. The Austrians are concentrating on…

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The Scuttled Fleet. British Sailors' Scorn. an Act of War. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 3

Several British Admirals, when interviewed, scathingly referred to the Scapa Flow sinkings. Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge says:…

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Civil War at Hamburg. State of Siege Declared. Wild Outbursts at Berlin. Copenhagen, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 3

The riots at Hamburg culminated in a Spartacist attack on the Central Railway Station and the Police Station, which the Spartacists secured…

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Beady for All Emergencies. Machinery of War in Motion. Foch Called to a Consultation Paris, June 17

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 3

The presentation of the final terms has set the whole machinery of war in motion again, and the greatest tension exists. The British fleet will take up new…

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Letter to the Editor. the Maclean Council and the Soldier

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 2

Sir,--Another instance of patriotism, or rather lack of patriotism, has been shown by the Maclean Municipal Council in accepting tenders called for in…

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