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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Land for Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 3

The Minister for Lands stated that 585 returned soldiers had taken the preliminary steps towards becoming, irrigation farmers. There were 460 in the…

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Land for Returned Men

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A, writes: —"I am not quite sure about Coffs Harbor Repatriation Committee, or which local body is the official [?]…

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War Amelioration Fund. New [?]ales Adopted

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 2

A meeing of the Coffs Harbor and District War Amelioration F[?]nd was held at the Fitzroy Hotel on Monday evening last…

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To Destroy Gibraltar. Huns' Pre-war Plot. Italy Not Having Any. London. Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 3

The Evening "Standard" discloses a German plot on the eve of the war to cripple Gibraliar, with a view to establishing a naval base in the…

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Local Government Elections Returned Sa[?]lers Soldiers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 2

The general elections in Municipalities and Shires are due to be held throughout the State on 31st January, except in B[?]ue Mountai[?]s…

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Soldier Candidates. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 5

The Labor party lost all its returned soldier members in the elections. In the Senate there will probably be nine Nationalist returned soldiers…

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Queensland Government and Soldiers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 1

The privilege of free railway carriage, which for a considerable period has been accorded A.I.F. men, including the members of the force as well…

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Maclean Welcome Home League

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Maclean Welcome Home League was held at Gale's refreshment rooms, River street, on Tuesday evening, the Mayor, Ald. A…

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Coff's Harbor. War Amelioration Fund

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the above was held at the Fitzroy Hotel on Monday night, the vice-president (Mr. A. D. Mackay) presiding. Other members…

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War's Aftermath. Starvation in Austria. a Pitiable Sight. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 5

"The Times" Vienna correspondent states that on visiting the forest of Dorn bach he saw a nightmare sight--an unending procession of wan and gaunt people…

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State Elections. Soldier Candidates. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 5

About twenty candidates have already expressed their desire to stand at the forthcoming State elections in the interests of the Sailors and Soldiers' National…

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French War Finance. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 3

The Minister for Finance, speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, said that France was already able, thanks to Germany, to pay fifteen milliard marks for…

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German War Losses. Nearly 1,750,000 Killed. Uncensored Casualty Lists. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 3

Uncensored German casualty! lists havb shown that the army had 1,728,246 men killed, 4,224,107 wounded, and 1,073.619 taken prisoners or missing…

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Honoring a Pledge. Education Department and Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

A responsible official in the Education Department states that, as eight hundred necessary to engage about 450 temporary…

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Soldiers' Settlement Damaged

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 3

A hailstorm created havoc on the Kingsvale Soldier Settlement near Young on Saturday, carrying away tons of loosely ploughed earth,…

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German War Criminals. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 5

The Inter-Allied Commission has received a complete list of the German war criminals, and is settling the procedure for handing them over…

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War Gratuity Bonds Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 5

The Repatriation Department has received numerous inquiries concerning the proposed distribution of gratuity bonds. These, is is explained, will not be issued…

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The War Gratuity. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 2

The Repatriation Department has received numerous inquiries concerning the proposed distribution of the war gratuity bonds…

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The Great Tug-o'-war

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. Clement Wragge, while deprecating the wild and extravagant prediction of the Yankee astronomer who recently foretold the end of the…

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Returned Soldiers and the Unions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 5

The unions and the Repatriation Department are in disagreement over the employment of returned soldiers. At a meeting of the Labor Council, allegations…

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