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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 7 of 64

Scooting Case. Returned Soldier and a Woman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

A shooting ease occurred at Drummoyne late last night. According to the police version Miss Maggie Ireland, aged 27, alighted from a train and found Norman…

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Extraordinary Darwin Soldiers Badly Treated Sydney

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

A Darwin message says: Considerable dissatisfaction prevails here among the returned soldiers owing to the entire absence of any attempt at…

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United States and the War. ''Came As a Surprise." Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. Lansing (Secretary of State), in a report to the Senate, declares that the war came as a surprise to the United States because the State Department was unable…

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To Ensure Peace. Australia Must Be Prepared for War. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

General Birdwood, speaking at a civil reception in Melbourne, declared that Australia must be prepared for war in order to ensure peace. She put the whole…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Figure Decided Upon

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 3

A public meeting of those interested in the choosing of a design for the soldiers' memorial to be erected locally, was held in the Protestant Hall…

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The Last Welcome. Presentation To Jetty Soldiers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 3

What was announced as "the last welcome home" took place at the Jetty Hall on Thursday evening, when a record crowd assembled to do…

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Murrumbidgee Area. Settlement of Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

The annual report of the Irrigation Commission shows that £59,300 was spent in connection with the settlement of soldiers on the Murrumbidgee area to June last…

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German War Criminals. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 3

Other Germans accused of war crimes include: The Brothers Niemeyer, outrages on prisoners at Dolzminden; General von Lezney, executing 112 civilians at Arlon;…

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Strike at Victoria Barracks. Maimed Soldiers' Grievances. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 3

A strike occurred at Victoria Barracks of one-armed and one-legged soldiers, who decided to stop work until their grievances were remedied. Their chief complaint is…

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Returned Soldier's Suicide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 3

Thomas Bell, a returned soldier, who resided with his wife at Paddington, rushed into a hallway at the rear of the house last night and handed a small bottle which…

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Soldiers' Sacrifices. Not Sufficient Recompense. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 3

Colonel Onslow, M.L.A., speaking at the opening of a soldier's cottage at Rose Bay, asserted that not sufficient recompense had been made to the men who…

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Neglected Soldiers. Starving Wives and Children. Earl Haig's Eloquent Indignation. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 3

Field-Marshal Earl Haig, displaying unsuspected eloquence and emotion, blended with rising indignation, in discussing Great Britain's neglect to provide for…

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Welcome Home at Dovedale

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

A most enjoyable evening was spent at ''Alston," the residence of Ald. and Mrs. J. Cooney, Oliver street, Grafton, on Thursday, when d large number of…

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War Criminals. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

"Le Matin" stales the Allies list or crimes' charges includes Bethman-Hollweg at the instance of Belgium, Hidenburg and Ludendorff at the instance of…

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Modern Magicians. Work in War's Laboratory

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 3

Modern magicians toiling in laboratories and workshops and evolving wonderful inventions to make war more terrible, or to solve peace-time problems, these are the…

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Limbless Soldiers' Strike. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

The strike of limbless soldiers employed in the artificial limb factory at Victoria Barracks has not yet been settled. Later…

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Trying the War Criminals Allied Council Disagrees Paris, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 3

The council of Allied Ambassadors has been unable to reach a decision regarding Germany's proposal to try the war criminals herself, and has…

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Police and the War. an Interesting Disclosure. Loss of Seniority. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5

An interesting disclosure was made in the Assembly this afternoon when the police vote was under discussion. Mr. James stated that in September, 1915, all…

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CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not recessarly endors the opinione of our correspondents—Ed,] War Amelioration Fund. (To the Editor.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 3

Sir,—Permit me through the medium of your paper to clear the misapprehension under which a certain section of the public left…

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Methodism and Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 3

The public in general, and the Methodist public in particular, in both New South Wales and Queensland, will be interested to know what is being done in…

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