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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1921

1,446 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 73

Soldiers' Homes Waiting for the Minister. Protest Against Commission's Decision. Where £500,000 Can Be Found. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 3

A meeting is being arranged by various local branches of the Returned Soldiers' League to protest against the decision of the Commissioner for War…

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Soldiers' Settlement. a Costly Inquiry. Legal Costs Over £8000. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 4

The legal costs in connection with Mr. Justice Street's inquiry into soldiers' settlement are expected to be very heavy, approximating £8000…

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Anzac Parade. Rand Wick Council Scores. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 3

As the result of a deputation from the Randwick Council to the Minister for Local Government to-day, the Minister decided to grant a further…

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Sydney Control. Returned Soldiers Disgusted. Proposal to Break Away. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 5

At the conference of western members of the Returned Soldiers' League at Bathurst, the Central Executive was roundly denounced by a number of delegates and a…

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Education of Soldiers' Children. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 5

The scheme formulated by the Repatriation Commission for the higher education of children of deceased and totally incapacitated soldiers is estimated to cost…

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Britain's Little Wars. Indian Frontier Troubles. Letter From an Australian Soldier

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 6

Lieutenant Wyndham, of the Bengal Cavalry, son of Mr. Hugh Wyndham, of Bukkulla, in the Inverell district, writes interestingly from the frontier of India…

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Military Clerk Wounded. Police Shot Dead. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 5

At Dublin, William Kennedy a military clerk, and his wife attended a theatre. At the interval a member of the audience said "You are our man," and fired on him,…

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Effect of War on National Debt London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 5

A White Paper gives particulars of the national debt yearly since 1875, when it was £766,000,000. It thereafter declined to £628,000,000. In 1900 it rose, reaching…

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Echoes of the War. Sinking German Submarines. Dramatic Tale of Retribution. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 5

Echoes of the war were heard in the Prize, Court to-day, when three of his Majesty's ships were awarded sums totalling £470 for sinking German submarines. The…

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Japan's Part in the War. Believed Germany Would Win. and Was Ready to Join Her

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 3

Anyone who has attempted to follow events in Russia since the fall of the old regime has found himself hopelessly handicapped by the…

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Is War Impossible? H G. Wells' Striking Review. Lessons on the World Struggle. Only Alternative to Decadence

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 6

The present outlook of human affairs is one that seems to require broad generalisations. We are in one of those phases of experience which become…

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Lesson of Ten Years Ago. What Japan Did Then. No Thought of War with America. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 5

The New York "Evening Post's'" correspondent in Paris has received from Viscount Ishii (Japanese Ambassador) a copy of the 1911…

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Returned Soldiers' Homes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 7

The A.L.P. is being asked to support an agitation in regard to the purchase of homes for returned soldiers. Mr. Mahoney, M.P., has been active in the…

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Returned Soldiers and the Empire. Bulwark Against Revolution

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 8

At a dinner in Melbourne given by the federal president of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, the general secretary, Mr. Henderson, in…

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Shooting at Cork. Women and Children Wounded. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 3

A serious shooting disturbance began at Cork on Saturday, as crowds were leaving a football match, armed police parties, in motor lorries, firing…

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War Service Homes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 5

To the end of December last 15,681 applications for war service homes had been approved, involving £9,297,000. Houses completed were 2198, and 2472 were…

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Shots in a Park. Another Domestic Tragedy. Husband Dead, Wife Wounded Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 3

This afternoon the Chatswood police were informed that reports of revolver shots had been heard at Osborne Park, Gore Hill. Several officers proceeded…

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Next Naval War. What It Will Be Like. Sir Percy Scott's Forecast. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 5

Fascinating features of the big slap controversy have been the efforts of naval authorities to forecast the nature of future war at sea…

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General Cables. Emigrants for Australia. British Ex-soldiers. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 3

The Borda is taking 168 and the Osterley 50 settlers to Victoria. These are ex-service men, with dependents amounting to 189…

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Soldiers' Homes. a Heart-to-Heart Talk. Members and the Minister. Department's Breach of Faith. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 5

In reply to a deputation to-day Mr. Rodgers, acting-Minister for Repatriation, announced that the Treasurer had agreed to make an additional million pounds…

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