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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 7 of 120

British Finance. National War Bonds. a Unique Achievement. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

The Treasury announces that on January 13 the total subscriptions to national war bonds since their inauguration on October 1, 1917, exceed 15 hundred…

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Good Progress Being Made. Utilising Prisoners of War. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

"The Times" Paris correspondent states that the conference proceedings are eminently satisfactory so far and have been marked with great cordiality…

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Germany's Civil War Spartacusites Surrender. Disarmed and Dismissed. London, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

A Copenhagen message says the Spartacusites evacuated several buildings in the newspaper quarter of Berlin on Sunday night and were allowed…

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Krupp's in War and Peace. Quoth the Workers: "Never More." London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

There were 115,000 hands employed at Krupp's during the war, but these have been reduced to 14,000, who are turning out steel and repairing the…

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Echoes of the War Guilty Germany. Incriminating Documents. Revolting Details of Cavell Case. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

The "Manchester Guardian's" Berlin correspondent states: The energy and initiative of a member of the Berlin Soviet Committee in the early days…

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Harwood Shire and Returned Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

Finding that the existing system under which one officer fllle[?] the dual positions of engineer and inspector has not been altogether a success, the Harwood Shire…

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Another Batch of Returned Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

Another batch of two hundred returned soldiers for New South Wales reached Sydney this morning…

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Settling Soldiers on the Land. Protest of Minister for Lands. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

The Minister for Lands takes grave exception to many misstatements made by country correspondents in which the Government is criticised relative to the…

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Rental Allowance for Soldiers' Dependents. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

Soldiers' widows and other dependents who have been drawing rental allowance from the Repatriation Department have received a circular stating that all future…

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Turners Cease Work. Over Employment of Returned Soldier. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

Twelve turners employed at A. Goninan and Co.'s works at Wickham ceased work as a protest against the nature of the employment given to a returned…

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Benzine Explosion. Six British Soldiers Killed. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

An explosion of a truck-load of benzine at Athes Railway Station, Belgium, killed six British soldiers and injured many Anglo-French…

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Up Acairst It. The Power that is Coming. Returned Men Complain

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 3

At a meeting of the Glen Innes branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League, several of the members complained of the dirty…

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War Aftermath Petrol Waggon Explodes. Many Lives Lost. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Brussels correspondent states that a petrol waggon, which was at the station at Ath. exploded. Many people were burned to death…

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Maligners of Returned Soldiers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

Speaking at a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League at Glen Innes, Mr. Squires (Glencoe), a returned, man, said he travelled about the district a…

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Dorrigo Returned Soldiers. Ordinary Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Returned Soldiers' Association was held in the School of Arts on Saturday morning last, when there…

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Returned Soldiers' Union. Sending a Delegate to London. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 5

The Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Ship and Wharf Laborers' Union is sending a delegate to London. On his arrival there he will address the Australian…

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Petrol Waggon Explodes Soldiers Burnt to Death. Many Others Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Brussels correspondent reports that a petrol waggon at the railway station at Ath exploded, six British soldiers being burned to death and fifty seriously…

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Trooper Daly. Welcome Home at Harwood

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 6

A very successful social function eventuated at Harwood on Thursday night last when the Harwood Patriotic League tendered a welcome home to…

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A Nation in Rags. Belgium's Plight. Tragic Part of War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 4

The pitiful plight of the Belgian population, due not only to lack of food and ill-treatment, but also to the entire absence of new supplies of…

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Germany's First National Assembly. Baden's Part in the War. London, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 3

A Berlin wireless message says: The first separate National Assembly in Germany met on January 15 at Karlsruhe. There were 107 deputies present,…

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