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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 27 of 64

Late Cables Allies and Huns Allied Missions Satisfied Export of War Material May Be Stopped London, Thursday Night

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

The Australian Press Association understands that official circles discredit the reports from Germany with reference to the existence of a large…

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Returned Soldier and Unionist. How a Coal Mine Was Laid Idle

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

The State Coal Mine at Morwell (Vic) is idle because a returned soldier failed to agree to a request of the organiser of a union…

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Exchange of Flags. Empire Day Suggestion "Fighting Charlie's" Appeal to Soldiers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

Brigadier-General Cox, C.B., D.S.O., V.D., makes the following appeal to local soldiers:--"There are places in France and Belgium which have…

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Bellingen. Anzac Day Celebrations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 6

Anzac Day was a red-letter day for Bellingen. As early as 9 o'clock in the morning people began to crowd into the town. The "Fall-in" for the procession…

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Anzac Day Services. Presbyterian Church

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 2

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was comfortably filled last Sunday night when special reference was made to the "Great day of…

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Anzac Day Bundarigo Public School Celebrations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 3

On Monday, April 26, a record crowd of some 250 people, including visitors from Grafton, Coutts' Crossing, Kangaroo Greek and Seelands, assembled at the Bundarigo…

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War Gratuity Payments. Instructions Being Issued

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 3

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…

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War Service Homes. Mr. Hughes' Announcement. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

Mr. Hughes declares that unless the men employed on the war service homes worked the full 44 hours, the Repatriation Department must suspend…

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War Shock and Crime. Judge Won't Accept Plea

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 3

"If i were to pass over serious crime because the Germans ill-treated our prisoners, there would be not Justice in England."…

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The Blinded Soldiers' Enterprise

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 3

Inaugurated on October 20th, 1919, the N.S.W. Blinded Soldiers' Tea Company, Ltd., has already achieved the prime objects of its…

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Blinded Soldier. Their Successful Commercial Enterprise

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 3

Draw aside the curtain hanging so idly within your window and gaze out on the soothing picture of an Australian day. You will see the green trees, and the grass…

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Local and General Maclean Soldiers' Memorial

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 4

After all expenses had been paid in connection with the united commemoration service held by the Protestant Church at Maclean on Ansae Day (Sunday, 25th…

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Non-payment for Anzac Day. Naval Workers' Complaint. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 3

The Minister for the Navy, referring to the decision of the boilermakers, plumbers, and shipwrights employed at Cockatoo Dockyard and Garden Island not to work…

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Shots Exchanged with Police. Many Persons Wounded. Paris, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 3

Extremists among 3000 demonstrators in the Place de la Republique last night exchanged many shots with the police. Four of the latter and many…

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War and Diseases. Shell Shock Inquiry

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 4

Lord Southborough, in the House of Lords, moved for the appointment of a departmental committee to investigate different kinds of shell shock,…

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German War Stores. Statement of Ministry of Defence. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 3

The Ministry for Defence has issued a statement, regarding German war stores. There a re 478 heavy and 430 light guns at present, at Koenigsberg. The Entente…

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A War Echo. Surrender of Maubeuge Sensational Evidence at French Trial Paris

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 3

Sensational evidence was given at the trial of General Fournier and his subordinate others for surrendering the fortress Of Maubeuge in…

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World's Richest Woman. a Little Japanese. Over £30,000,000 Made in the War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 1

The story of Mrs. Yone Suzuki, a little Japanese woman, who was taught merely to minister to her husband and to look to her household, and who at…

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Late Cables Peace Problems. America's End-of-war Resolution. Senate Committee Favorable Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 3

A Washington message says:-- The Senate's Foreign Relations Committee has reported favorably on the resolution sent by the House of…

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Telegrams. Memorial to Fallen Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

Brigadier-General Cox while unveiling a memorial to the fallen men of the Black-town district, uttered a strong denunciation of the attitude of disparagement of…

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