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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 76 of 120

Britain's Big War Bill. Still £4.500,000 Daily. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. Austen Chamberlain Chancellor of the Exchequer) stated in the Commons that the average daily national expenditure for the April-July period…

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Fallen American Soldiers. Re-interment in America Opposed. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 3

The proposed removal of the American dead, and their re-interment in America, does not find support in the American can Army. General Pershing states the Army…

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A.I.F. Returning Soldiers. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 3

Sir John Monash[?] will sail for Australia by the Katoomba on August 6; 494 soldiers and 350 dependents by the Ceramic on August 8; 529 soldiers and 311…

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Amir of Afghanistan. Shot at by Soldiers. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 3

Reuter's Rawalpinde Correspondent states that two soldiers belonging to Kabul regiments filed at the Amir while he was riding with his staff. The Amir…

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Soldiers' Unique Challenge. Six Brothers at Mons

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 3

An interesting football or hockey match, in which six brothers, all Mons men, will compete against another six brothers, five of whom wear the Mons…

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PEACE. Troops on the Rhine. Distribution of War Material. Russian War Prisoners. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 5

The Supreme Council decided that the French commander shall be Commander- in-Chief of all the Allied troops on the Rhine…

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War Against Esthonia. Soviet Government's Declaration. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 5

Router's Copenhagen correspondent reports that the Esthonian Press Bureau states that the Soviet of Russia declared s that it had resolved to cease war against…

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The Government and the Soldiers. Statement by Chief Secretary. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 5

Yesterday 1000 members of the Sixth and Seventh Light Horse arrived in Sydney. There was great enthusiasm, in which thousands joined. When the men…

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The Soldiers' Party. Mr. Holman's Appeal. Mr. Carmichael' S Questions .Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 5

Mr. A. C. Carmichael, interviewed to-day, stated the official Soldiers' party objected to Mr. Holman's election appeal for soldiers' support because it was based…

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Mobs and Soldiers in Conflict. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 5

Conflicts have taken place between the mobs and soldiers at Liverpool. The troops fired volleys overhead. Two thousand reinforcements have arrived…

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Telegrams. Escaping From Custody. a Man Wounded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

Two shots were fired at a man who attempted to escape from custody at Hay. He was Wounded and was subsequently recaptured…

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South Africa' War Effort

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 4

We have [?] with much pride and admiration that gallant South Africa has responded [?] to the call to [?] against the enemy of de[?]…

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Late Cables. (Australian Cables Association Messages.) China and Japan. Conflict in Manchuria. Japs Killed or Wounded. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

The New York "Times'" Washington correspondent says: The Japanese Embassy here has announced that Chinese soldiers attacked…

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War Amelioration Fund. Monthly Meeting. A Little Passage at Arms

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the above Committee was held at the Fitzroy Hotel on Monday evening, when there were present:—Messrs…

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Australian Navy. Extra Pay for War Service. the Men's Grievances Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

The official anouncement is made of the extra rates of pay for officers and men of the Australian navy for war service. A deputation from the Returned…

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Peace Developments. Suppression of Evils. Slavery, Bad Grog, and War Weapons. Paris, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

The Special Commission of the Peace Conference has reported in favor of an international convention to suppress slavery, the present…

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British Labor Pacifists. Want International Friendship Restored. Release All War Prisoners. Paris, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

Mr. Appleton, general secretary of the Trades Union Council, interviewed at Paris, advocated the immediate liberation of all war prisoners. There…

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City Edition (Australian Cables Association messages.) Who Caused the War. Insulting Hun Prince. Blames King George and British Statesmen

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

AMSTERDAM, Tuesday Night. The "Hamburger Nachri[?]ten" publishes an open letter by Prince Henry of Prussia (ex-Kaiser's brother) to…

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Venereal Disease. Infected Soldiers to Be Discharged. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 3

According to a report, issued by the directors of quarantine 55,000 soldiers who have been infected with [?] disease have been or will be…

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Dorrigo Returned Soldiers. Monthly Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1919 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Returned Soldier' Association was held in the Motor Co's. rooms on Saturday evening last when…

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