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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

434 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 22

Returned Soldier Appointed

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

Major Arthur Allen, M.C., Staff Surveyor at Cooma, has been selected by the State Government to the position of Immigration Officer in London. He is only…

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Fell From Train. Returned Soldier Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

Patrick McAndrews, a returned soldier, fell from a carriage of a train on to the line near Baulkham Hills yesterday. The wheels passed over [?] legs,…

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New Treaty. France and Czecho-slovakia. Friends in Peace and War. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 3

The Franco-Czecho-Slovakia treaty has been signed. The two countries proclaim respect for international engagements, a firm desire for maintenance of…

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Windfall for Soldiers. the Verge Estate.privy Council Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 3

Returned soldiers in New South Wales will benefit, to the extent of about £120,000 as a result of the week-end decision given by the Judicial…

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"Free Citadels." Dominions of Southern Seas Anzac Club Dinner. Prince Guest of Honor. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 5

The Prince of Wales was the guest of honor at a luncheon given by the Anzac Luncheon Club at the Hotel Cecil in celebration of Anniversary. Day Sir…

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Soldier's Widow Charged. Drew Pension After Re-marriage. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 5

In the Summons Court today, Mrs. Clara Barnett, a soldier's widow, was charged with having obtained pension money by means of a false statement that…

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War Damage. Bill to Revise Claims. Stormy Debate in Paris. "State a Milch Cow." Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 5

A stormy debate occurred in Chamber of Deputies to-day during consideration of a bill providing for a revision of all claims for war damage in the battlefields…

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Grafton Scouts. Welcome Home Picnic. Presentation to Scoutmaster

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 1

Pleasing recognition of the part played by Scoutmaster, J. Weller in the recent trip of the Grafton Boy Scouts to the Adelaide [?]orroboree was given by a good…

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The Verge Estate. £120,000 for Returned Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 5

The Crown Law Department already has prepared a scheme for the regulation and administration of the charitable trust provided for in the will of…

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War Widow's Pension. Drew £384 After Remarriage. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 5

Charged with making a false statement to the Commissioner of Repatriation and unlawfully obtaining £384, Clara Barnett, of Brisbane, was to-day…

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Five Shots Fired. Struggle in a Room Woman Seriously Wounded. Husband Under Arrest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

Police-Inspector Walker was crossing the harbor on Milson Point ferry this afternoon when he noticed a man in an excited state whose hand was covered…

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A Returned Soldier. City Water Board Appointment Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

Some time ago the Metropolitan Water Board appointed a gentleman a as engineer who was not a returned soldier. The Returned Soldiers' League got to…

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War Graves. Nameless Warriors. Commission's Report. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 5

Details of the final plans for laying out 700,000 British war graves throughout the world, including 23,080 on Gallipoli, have been published by the Imperial War…

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Soldiers' Farms Procession to Irrigation Commissioner. Griffith

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 5

Over 200 soldiers of Yenda and Griffith assembled at Griffith on Wednesday and marched in procession to the offices of the Water Conservation and…

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Maniac with Gun. Sensational Shooting. Four People Wounded. Pointblank Firing at Picnickers. Assailant Still at Large. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 3

Another sensational shooting case, apparently the work of a maniac, occurred near the village of Jingellic, on the Victorian border, about…

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Mr. Bruce. Visit to Gallipoli. Inspection of War Graves. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 3

Reuter's Dardanelles correspondent says Mr. Bruce, the Australian Prime Minister, embarked on the Warship Calypso at Constantinople on Thursday for his…

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Soldier Settlers. War Office Inquiries. Australian Inducements. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 5

War Office representatives waited in a deputation on the Overseas Settlement Committee and asked for a guaranteed opening upon the land in the Dominions…

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Ten Killed, Many Wounded

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5

Reuter's Coblence correspondent has reported that ten were killed and many wounded at Kaiserslavtern, where the crowd, armed with Mauser rifles,…

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War on Mosquitoes City Council Action Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 2

The City Council has decided to adopt bylaws making it compulsory for householders to stamp out the mosquito pest…

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Big Death Roll. German Civil War. Separatist Disturbances. Forty Combatants Dead. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5

Six Separatists were killed while storming their headquarters at Dadduerkelm, in the Palatinate. The French dispersed the assailants…

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