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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1922

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Melbourne Tragedy Bookmaker Murdered. Man Also Shoots His Wife. Arrested, Wounded, After Duel with Police. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 2

As a result of domestic troubles, George Baker, living at Flemington, who had been separated from his wife, visited her boarding establishment…

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Mr. Vicars Knighted. War Work Recognised. Melbourne, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 3

The Governor-General (Lord Forster) has been informed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Winston Churchill) that the King has…

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Admiral's Message to Japanese People. Cessation of All War. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 3

Admiral Ide, Vice-Minister, and acting head of the Navy Department, in a message to the Japanese people for the new year says: "The year 1922 opens with a…

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New Settlers. War Widows for Australia

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

British war widows numbering 150, together with their families, are en route to Australia under the Salvation Army's colonisation scheme…

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War Debts. Must Be Paid. 10,000,000,000 Dollars Owing to America. Britain Prepared to Pay. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 3

Mr. Mark Sheldon, Australian Trade Commissioner in the, U.S.A., who has just retired, returned to Sydney by the Makura to-day…

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Belfast's Street War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

Sniping was resumed in Belfast streets on Tuesday night. The military used armored cars and machine guns…

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War-time Forgers. German Activities Quelled. Story From Scotland Yard

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 4

Sir Basil Thompson, until recently in charge of the Special Branch at Scotland Yard, relates the steps taken by the British authorities to deal with…

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French Naval Programme. Another Effect. Move to Force Payment of War Loans. Washington, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 3

Representative Beavis (Republican) has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives which is designed to force France to start the…

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The Right to Live. Returned Soldiers Dismissed. Mr. Hughes and His Promises. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

More than one hundred soldiers formerly employed in the Defence Department in Melbourne, whose services were dispensed with at the end of the year met…

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Railway Work in the War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

Before the end of the war, said Lord Haig recently, the whole area behind our front line was so linked up with railways that a big offensive…

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Shot Himself. a War Echo. Charge Against French Ex-minister. Paris, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

M. Vilgrain, who was Food Minister in the Clemenceau Government, had been arrested at Nancy and charged with shooting himself in the…

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Federal Politics. Unemployed Returned Soldiers .Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Hughes, referring to the unemployment among, returned soldiers, stated that the staff of every Government department was now being investigated in order to…

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Soldier's Honor Cleared Widow Wins Law Suit. Another War Tragedy

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

Another courageous man whose name has long lain under the stigma or cowardice during the war has been vindicated through the persistent…

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Class War. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

The city construction section of the A.W.U. decided that owing to the class war which now exists between the exploiting classes and the working class all…

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Mystery Tower. Relic of Submarine War

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

One of the two "mystery" towers designed by the British Admiralty during the war for trapping German submarines (by some secret process that…

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Outbreak of War. Ambassador's Memoirs. Historic Interview with Sir Edward Grey

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

A fresh instalment of the letters and papers of Mr. Page, the United States Ambassador in London during the war, is published in the new…

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Who Won the War? Germany and Reparations. the Lacerated Entente. London, 1st December

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 7

After Stinnes, Rathenau; after Silesia and Wiesbaden and Angora-- reparations. And midst all the hubbub it is not very easy to recollect whether Germany really…

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Washington Conference. Additional Details. in the Event of War. in the Naval Agreement Terms. Washington

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

An agreement is indicated between the Big Four whereby the exchange of clarificatory notes will exclude the homeland of Japan from the quadrilateral pact…

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Federal Politics. Preference for Returned Soldiers. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 5

At the conclusion of a meeting of the Federal Cabinet Mr. Hughes stated that the Government was determined to see that the policy of preference to returned…

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Humanising War Poison Gas Banned. Prohibition of Piracy. Important Five-power Treaty Moral Support in Time of War. Washington. Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 3

A treaty has been drafted, dealing with the possibilities of the war with a non-signatory Power. It is one of the most important, marking a long step…

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