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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

438 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 20 of 22

Maclean Anzac Fund Meeting of Citizens

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 3

The Deputy Mayor of Maclean (Ald. D. Cameron) presided over a meeting of citizens in the Shire Hal on Thursday night. The meeting was called for the purpose…

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55¼ Millions War Conversion Loan Subscriptions to Date. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 2

It was announced by the Secretary to the Federal Treasury (Mr. J. R. Collins) yesterday that the subscriptions to the five and a half per cent. war conversion…

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Soldiers at Barracks a Sensational Story General Brand Laughed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 5

General Brand, District Commandant, laughed to-day when questioned about a sensational article published in a Sydney morning paper to the effect that soldiers…

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Locarno "War Less Probable" Germany and Mandated Territories. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 October 1925 · page 3

Mr. Chamberlain talked with Dominions journalists on the results of the Locarno conference. The conference had given security to all…

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Soldiers' Pensions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 October 1925 · page 2

A resolution has been forwarded by the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' League for consideration at the Federal Congress at Perth: "That…

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Bullet in Head Returned Soldier Pound Shot. Gunnedah

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 5

George Gardner, a returned soldier, aged 31, was found lying outside in father's house at Gunnedah with a bullet wound in the head and a rifle nearby…

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Soldier Settlers Revision & Reappraisement Provisions of New Bill Boards to Be Appointed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 5

The Returned Soldiers' Settlement Amendment Bill, which was read a first time in the Legislative Assembly to-day, provides for relief of soldier settlers and…

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Post-war Crime Wave Ceased in New Zealand. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

The Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, and Mr. Justice Reid, addressing the grand juries in Wellington and Auckland stated that the crime wave which followed…

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Colonial Institute. Soldiers' Memorial Unveiled. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

General John Seely unveiled a memorial in the main hall of the Colonial Institute to the Second King Edward's Horse Regiment, which comprised mostly overseas…

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China Again Another Little War. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 5

Reuter's Tsingtao correspondent says three hundred members of the Fengtien forces have boarded four gunboats and filled three transports with large…

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Soldier Settlers Minister Explains Position New Bill in Assembly Opposition Promise Assistance. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 5

"If soldier settlers are overburdened we desire to assist them. We wish to reduce their indebtedness to a point which will enable them to succeed."…

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Something About War Debts

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 2

While France is making devious efforts to escape payment of for debts for which Great Britain is grossing with the culture of a gentleman, and…

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Wireless Feat Audience Of 250,000 War Conversion Loan Appeal by Secretary to Treasury. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 2

Last night at 9.30 all the wireless broadcasting stations in Victoria New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia were linked up by special apparatus…

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Limbless Soldiers' Art Union

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 4

The closing date of the Limbless Soldiers' Art Union is November 11. Last year the limbless soldiers, with the help of almost the same committee as is…

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Abduction Alleged Returned Soldier Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 5

Norman Alexander, 31, bootmaker, was arrested to-day in connection with the abduction in August of Marjorie England, daughter of Mr. E. F. England, barrister…

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Thanks. Soldiers' League to Minister. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 3

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Loughlin, has received a letter from the president and secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League thanking him for having invited…

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War Conversion Loan Two Big Subscriptions New Cash £17,000,000. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 5

Two large subscriptions of £500,000 and £200,000 respectively to the War Conversion Loan were received by the Federal Treasury on Saturday. In each case the…

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War Debts u.s, labor view Cancellation or Moderation. New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 5

; Wage earners are being urged to support, a proposal for the cancellation, or moderation of the . war debts owing to the' United States by European Governments…

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Whisky Won The War?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 2

Lard Stevenson, managing director of John Walker and Sons, Ltd., the well-known distillere who was a member of both the Army Council…

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War Film Seized by Armed Gang in Dublin London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 5

A gang of armed men walked into the Masterpiece Theatre, Dublin, when the first performance of the British film of "Ypres" was about to begin and…

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