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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1924

434 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 22

Soldier Settlers. Over Capitalisation of Land. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 5

Returned soldier delegates from the Farmers and Settlers' Conference to-day asked the Minister for Lands to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire…

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War Trophies. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 4

The Commonwealth Government is endeavoring to secure premises in Sydney to house the war trophies on exhibition in Melbourne now…

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Schooner War Lord. Ashore in New Zealand. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 4

The schooner War Lord (98 tons) is ashore at Opoutama. New Zealand. Her hull is firmly embedded in the sand, and the prospects of refloating are slight…

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Savings Bank Agent. Ex-Constable in Trouble. Affected by War Sufferings. Case at Grafton Sessions

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 1

The sitting of the Grafton Quarter Sessions was continued yesterday morning before his Honor Judge Mocatta. Thomas Hinchey, an ex-constable, was…

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Preference Rights. Loyalist Wharf Laborers and Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 5

The announcement that Cabinet is concerned by the decision of the High Court with regard to the loyalist wharf laborers was discussed to-day by the…

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Old Age Pension. Returned Soldiers' Request. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 4

Replying to a deputation of returned soldiers, who requested a reduction of five years in the age limit for old age pensioners in the case of returned…

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Bunchy Top v. Soldier Settlers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 3

About six years ago an area of land at Main Arm, Mullnmbimby, was set aside for soldier settlement. Bananas were grown extensively by the settlers, but…

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Soldier Patients. Unexpected Increase. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 5

The chairman of the Repatriation Commission, Colonel Semmens, to-day made available figures showing the number of soldiers under medical treatment…

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Federal Taxation Office. Dismissal of Returned Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 4

A sti[?]rwas caused in the Federal Taxation office yesterday when eight of the remaining eleven temporary returned soldiers received notice of the…

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The Gold Myth. a Hoary Fetish. the War Exploded

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 August 1924 · page 3

The pound sterling is now quoted in America at 4.52 dollars. When it reaches 4.85 dollars it will be at par…

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Employment of Partly Incapacitated Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 August 1924 · page 4

The publicity officer of the Returned Soldiers' League, Sydney, writes:--"The question of the employment of partiall incapacitated returned soldiers is a…

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Soldier Settlers. Crown's Action Fails. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 4

At Darlinghurst Sessions, George Percy Tice, 53, farmer, and a former army officer who served in the Zulu, Boer and the recent war, was acquitted by a jury…

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Soldiers and Loyalists. Conference of Ministers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 5

A conference took place to-day between the Attorney-General and Minister for Labor regarding the position in which the State has been placed over the…

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A Victorian War Memorial. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 August 1924 · page 5

As an excuse for refusing to ratify a promise by the Lawson Government to eon tribute £50,000 towards the cost of a war memorial, the Labor Premier…

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War in the Air. Australia's Preparation. Pemberton-belling' S Prediction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 August 1924 · page 5

Mr. Pemberton-Billing, British ex-M.P., addressing the National Club to-day, said that with an effective air service a war involving Australia would be fought 300…

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Returned Soldiers. How League Can Help

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1924 · page 3

The following letter is being published by the secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. W. J. Stagg) in all the city papere. It…

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Telegrams. Appointment of Soldiers. Works Minister's Reply. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 August 1924 · page 5

The Minister for Works, in a letter to the Rotura[?]d Soldiers' League, which had asked for the appointment of returned men to several positions in the…

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Soldiers' Craves. War Cemeteries in France

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 1

Shortly after our return to Paris, I set out with my daughter to visit the mar[?]graves of Australian soldiers. Our first stop was to be Albert, where…

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Anzac Day. Bill in Assembly. Hotels and Amusements. Considerable Difference of Opinion. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 5

In the Assembly to-day the Chief Secretary, Mr. Oakes, moved the second reading of the Banks and Bank Holidays Amendment Bill. He said the Bill…

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Freight War. Patrick Steamships in Liquidation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 5

The Patrick Steamships, Ltd., has withdrawn from the Interstate trade, and gone into liquidation. All the steamship sailings of the line have been…

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