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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,262 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 20 of 64

Federal Parliament House of Representatives. War Gratuity Bill Passed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 5

The House of Representatives passed the War Gratuity Bill after a long sitting, lasting till 6.14 a.m. All the Opposition amendments designed to include…

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A Soldiers' Co-operative Company

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 3

At the annual conference of the Northern Rivers District of the Returnod Soldiers and Sailors' League, held at Tweed Heads towards the end of last…

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Soldiers Memorial. Public Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 2

A public meeting called to consider the question of the recision of a motion standing on the books and to the effect that the named of all soldiers…

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Telegrams. Federal Soldiers' Party. New Political Organisation. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 5

The Federal Soldiers' party, under the chairmanship of Mr. Fleming, has been formed for the purpose of reviewing all matters brought before the House…

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Making Soldiers. Training Citizen Forces. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 5

Citizen force training will start in July and continue without interruption. It is hoped that the new Commonwealth defence policy will have been drafted by…

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Soldiers' Gratuity Bill Amendments Defeated. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 2

An amendment moved by Mr. Makin, to allow members of the Royal Australia in Naval Brigade and staff and members of the Australian Naval Radio…

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Returned Soldier Commits, Suicide Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 April 1920 · page 3

The finding of the body of a Russian, Matrofan Koropet.s, in the Domain on Thursday morning with a bullet wound in the head received the close attention…

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Shooting Sensation. At the Royal Show. a Woman Killed Another Wounded an Arrest Made. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 5

A shooting sensation occurred at the Showground this afternoon, as a result of which one woman was killed and another taken to hospital suffering from bullet…

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Feud Over a Dog. Lasts for 150 Years. Egyptian Villagers at War

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 3

An assize case has just ended which is cue of the most remarkable held in Egypt for several years (says the Cairo correspondent of the "Daily Mail.")…

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More Muddling. Land for Soldiers. Why Owners Refuse to Sell. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 4

The refusal of the Department of Lauds to accept the Bathurst Repatriation Committee's recommendation, in favor of the resumption of a district estate at £710…

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War Bonuses Canadian Veterans' Petition Vancouver, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 2

At Ottawa a delegation representing six War Veterans' Associations, petitioned the Acting Premier of Canada, Mr. Foster, to grant a bonus of 2000…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondence—KD.] War Amelioration Fund. (To the Editor.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 2

Sir,—I see in your issue of the 31st inst., an account of a meeting of the War Amelioration Fund, and I would like to say a few…

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A Returned Soldier's Death. Pell From a Train. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 5

Thomas Nicholls, a returned soldier, fell from a moving train at the Lidcombe Railway Station, and was so badly injured that his life is despaired of…

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Anzac Day

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 4

A public meeting was held at the Council Chambers, South Grafton, on Tuesday evening for the purpose of considering in what form Anzac Day should be…

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War Pensions Bill. Commonwealth's Heavy Obligations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 5

The War Pensions Bill for the Commonwealth now amounted to over six million pounds annually. There are 220,606 pensioners…

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Soldiers' Wives and the Gratuity. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 5

A number of women who have contracted unhappy marriages with soldiers are applying for embargoes, against the paying of the war gratuity to their…

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Soldiers in Conference. the Allotment Op Land. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 4

At the Soldiers Conference in Sydney motions were carried urging on the Minister for Lands that the allotment of land bo by preferential certificate, vested in a…

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Anzac Day. Meeting at the Town Hall

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

On Wednesday night a meeting for the purpose of celebrating Anzac Day (a day that will be long remembered by all) was held in the Grafton Town Clerk's office…

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Coastal Shipping. Reversion to Pre-war Management. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 5

The Controller of Shipping states that coastal ships will probably be freed from the requisition at the end of their current voyages. This is taken to mean that…

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War Service Homes. Advance Limit to Be Increased. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 4

It is proposed to increase the present limit of advances for the construction of war service homes…

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