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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Anzac Day. Commemoration Brisbane. Parade of Troops. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 5

Anzac commemoration services were held in the various churches this morning, when large congregations, including a big body of returned men, filled each church…

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News of the World Fraudulent War Contracts. Washington

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 5

The State Department announces that the alleged fraudulent war contracts have uncovered illegal transactions involving a million dollars…

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Anzac Service

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

A united Anzac Memorial Service was held in the Empire Hall on Sunday afternoon last. The Revs. W. G. Nisbet, Walter Owen and V. T. Smith…

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Anzac Service

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

In his discourse to his flock on Sunday last, the Rev. Father McDonnell said Anzac Day meant everything to Australia, as it was practically the…

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The Anzac Balf

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

Seldom has the School Arts held a larger and more representative crowd than that which attended the Anzac Ball on Monday evening…

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Coff's Harbor. Anzac Services

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 5

On Sunday afternoon, an open-air service was held in the Recreation Reserve. A large platform was erected about the centre of the ground, and the flag was at…

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Anzac Service at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 4

A united service conducted by the combined Protestant churches was held in the School of Arts, Maclean, on Sunday night in commemoration of Anzac Day…

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Anzac Day. the Soldiers' Hall. Laying of Foundation Block

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 3

Everything seemed to combine to make the ceremony in connection with the laying of the foundation stone of the Dorrigo Soldiers'…

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War Gratuity Payment

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 4

The A.A.G., 1st Military District, is forwarding the following communication to all secretaries of the R.S.S.I.L on the subject of the payment of the…

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Grafton War Service Committee

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 4

The final meeting of the Grafton War Service Committee was held in the Town Hall last night. The president (Mr. D. McFarlane) presided. The meeting was…

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Honor the Brave! Coffs Harbor's Tribute to Anzac. "Australia's Birthday" Celebrated

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

As one of the speakers aptly put it at the united afternoon Anzac service on Sunday, "Australia's Birthday" was being…

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War Service Committee. Winding Up Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 3

A meeting of the Grafton War Service Committee was held last night, when there were present Messrs. D. McFarlane (chairman), A. W. Deane…

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A Big Diamond Haul Hun Has to Disgorge. Story of the Recent War. Capetown, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 3

A message from Pretoria says: "Ons Vaderland," the Dutch Rationalist organ, makes so-called revelations regarding the seizure of a large…

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Wire for Soldiers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. John Macindoe, who wrote to the Prime Minister some months age regarding the difficulty experienced by soldiers in arranging for supplies…

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Anzac Day. Sermon at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 6

Sermon preached by the Rev. J. C. Milliken at the united commemoration service, Maclean, on Anzac Day, Sunday, April 25, 1920:--…

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The War Graves. Equality and Permanence. Death Knows No Rank. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 5

Sir Rudyard Kipling, in a speech in London in reference to the work of the Imperial War Graves' Commission, emphasised the basic principle whereon the…

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A "Dry" Commonwealth Sanguine Prohibitionists. Soldiers and Dolled-up Booze. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 5

The Rev. R. B. Hammond, speaking at the conference of the Australian Alliance Prohibition Council, said he had not the shadow of a doubt that they would live…

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Audience with King Blinded Anzac Honored

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

The King, at Windsor, granted an audience to Lieut. Frank Marriott, formerly of the 12th Battalion, First Division, A.I.F., who was blinded at…

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Murphy of Anzac. His Donkey's Fate. an Eye-witness' Story

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 3

In last Monday's issue we published as an appropriate article on Anzac Bay, a resume of the authentic facts regarding that splendid figure. Murphy…

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Remarkable War Figures. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 3

In the House of Lords Lord Peel stated the death sentences passed during the whole wartime in all theatres upon officers and men were 3076, while only 343…

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