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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

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Returned Soldiers' Questions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 5

The New South Wales executive of the Returned Soldiers' League has agreed to the proposal that sub-branch officials in the various electorates should ask all…

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War Prisoner Escapes. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 5

A message from Berlin stated that Lieut. Dittmar,' who was found guilty of firing on the lifeboats of the Llandovery Castle by the Leipzig Court, escaped from…

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Indians for Fiji. Outlet for Ex Soldiers. Better Understanding Hoped For. Sydney, Tuesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

The appointment of Lieutenant Hessamudden, an Indian commissioned officer, as a member of the Fijian delegation is regarded as an indication…

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Returned Soldiers. Grafton Sub- Branch. Annual Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Grafton sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League was held at the Town Hall last evening…

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To Prevent War. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 5

Undaunted by past experiences the officials of the International Federation of Trade Unions have drawn up a scheme for ratification by the federation's…

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Bubonic Plague. War Against Rats and Fleas. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 4

The Director of Health urges the community to make war against rat's and fleas. New regulations will be put into operation shortly, when it will be an…

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In East Africa. German Cruelties in War Time. Flogging the Natives. a Missionary's Story

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 1

Weeks of anxiety facing the imminent danger of being dragged out and shot, his hope of life dependent on the amount of truth and honor which his…

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War Echoes. the German Collapse. Ludendorff Hotly Criticised Trying to Hide His Mistakes. Berlin, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 3

Herr Sehiedemann, leader of the Majority Socialists, speaking in the Reichstag, hotly attacked. the monarchists, militarists and pan-Germans…

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Japanese Budget. Redaction in Land Armaments. Discussed by the Diet. Strong Opposition of the War Office. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 5

The question of the reduction in land armaments came squarely before the Diet to-day, when the Kokuminto resolution calling for drastic cuts and practically…

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Returned Soldiers' League. Conference at Grafton. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 4

A conference of all the Northern Rivers sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' league has been arranged to take place in Grafton on February 17 in order to…

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Federal Politics. Reduced Defence Vote. Dismissal of Number of Men. Finding Work for Soldiers. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 4

Mr. Hughes stated that giving to the reduction of the estimates by Parliament of the Defence Department vote, the output of acetate of lime factory at Brisbane,…

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North Coast Returned Soldiers. Conference at Grafton. the Affiliation Question. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 3

A conference of the Northern Rivers sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League has been arranged to take place at Grafton on February 17, in…

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Grafton Returned Soldiers. Re-forming the League. the Preference Act "Dodging."

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 1

A meeting of Grafton returned soldiers was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday, night, primarily for the purpose of re-forming the branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. at…

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£8,000,000 for Telephones, Etc. Means Work for Soldiers. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government proposes to spend £8,000,000 out of special loan funds on telephonic and telegraphic extensions ' throughout…

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Repat. Loan. Re-payments Evaded. Returned Soldier Heavily Fined. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day, a returned soldier, Eugene Kelly, was fined £30 and £817 costs for foiling to carry out his payments to the…

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Republic Predicted. Hint of Civil War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 3

Captain Craig, Ulster member of the House of Commons, speaking at Belfast, said that within three years the South of Ireland would, have a…

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Talk of Civil War Irish Boundary Dispute. Half of Ulster Involved. Collins' Maps. London, Friday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 3

Sir James Craig (Ulster Premier), when interviewed regarding the new Ulster crisis, declared that Mr. Collins (Free State Premier) showed him…

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Another Crisis. Boundaries in Ireland. Feeling of Consternation. Situation Unquestionably Crave. Possibility of Another War. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

There is, profound disappointment and consternation in peace circles throughout Ireland' over the boundaries hitch The gravity of the situation is…

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Hands Off Ulster. "Or There Will Be Civil War" London Paper's Straight Talk Sinn Feiners' "Disastrous Delusion. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 3

The Sunday "Observer" states: "If anything beyond the trimming and rectification of the Ulster boundary had been contemplated. the Irish…

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Unemployed Returned Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 4

Returns issued yesterday in connection with the Returned Soldiers' League Employment Bureau show there are roughly three battalions of Diggers registered in…

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