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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1927

368 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 19

Returned Soldiers' Dance

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the Ladies' Committee was held in the Town Hall yesterday to make final arrangements for the returned soldiers' dance to-morrow night in the…

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Removal of a South African War Memorial

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 4

The South African War Memorial monument erected at Tamworth and officially opened on September 26, 1901, has been removed from the intersection of Brisbane…

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Anzac Hospital Opening Ceremony Dispute Inquiry at Katoomba "Name of Duchess Improperly Used." Katoomba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

Judge Bevan and a committee of three from each faction met at Katoomba to-day, to inquire into the trouble concerning the memorial…

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Tragedy at Ball Dancers Shot Down by Detachment of Soldiers. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

A message from Port Calegro states that 11 merrymakers, mostly women and children, were killed and 37 injured when a detachment of soldiers who were refused…

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War Disability Returned Soldiers' Request Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 4

The Acting Minister for Repatriation refused a request of the Returned Soldiers' League that in cases in which there was departmental recognition of…

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'Digger' Rejected Maclean Soldier's Complaint. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

A returned soldier of Maclean informed the Dundas Council last night it had ignored the Returned Soldiers' Preference Act by engaging a linesman who…

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Happy and Satisfied Saw Soldier Son's Grave. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 5

Mrs. Craig (N.S.W.), who saved her soldier son's pension in order to pay her passage to England to see his grave at Portsmouth, on which she placed a wreath…

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Pea Rifle Again Lad Fatally Wounded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 5

The long list of deaths from pea rifles was added to last night when Reginald Matthew Black, 11, who resided with his parents at. Blacktown, succumbed to a…

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Soldier's Pension When Husband Deserts Wife. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 5

The Acting Minister in charge of Repatriation has rejected the proposal of the Returned Soldiers' League that in cases where a soldier, deserts his wife and…

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Boiled Billy with It Cross Over Soldier's Grave. Camden

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 5

Speaking at a meeting of the Camden branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. R. D. Stuckey declared a soldier's grave in Camden general cemetery had…

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Hotels and Anzac Day Pact to Resist Total Closing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 5

Arising out of the decision of the State Full Court declaring invalid the proclamation for the partial closing of hotels on Anzac Day, the following agreement…

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Razor Gang Bruhn Not One of Them Great War Veteran Relatives Deny Reports Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 5

An emphatic denial that, Norman Bruhn had been connected with the so called "razor gang" from Melbourne was given by the widow two…

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Returned Soldiers Conference at Lismore Preference Act Amendment. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 4

A conference promoted by the Lismore branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held at Lismore yesterday when more than 50. delegates from Alstonville,…

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Making Good Soldier Settlers at Rabaul Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1927 · page 5

Mr. Boyle, M. L. C., who returned to Sydney yesterday, after having attended the Edie gold leases inquiry, said returned soldiers who were, settled at Rabaul…

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Not Receiving Pensions 104 Soldiers in Callan Park. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1927 · page 4

Of 278 soldier patients, under treatment at Callan Park Mental Hospital, 104 have not been granted pensions. The reason for this is the patients' conditions have not…

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County Council. Question of Transport Another. Lively Discussion Returned Soldier's Complaint

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 6

The June meeting of the Clarence River County Council was held at the County. Council Chambers, prince street, Graton, yesterday morning, There were present…

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Heavy Expenses Bathurst Soldiers Carnival Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 4

The balance sheet of a carnival, held in Bathurst in February last, in aid of the Soldiers Memorial Fund, has been issued…

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War Service Homes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 4

The Deputy Commissioner for War Service Homes, Mr. Morell, said out of a revenue amounting to about £2,000,000 paid in connection with war service…

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Stamp Duty Waived War Service Homes Contracts. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 4

Twelve months ago, the Premier, Mr. Lang, granted an extension of 12 months to returned soldiers, for the payment of stamp duty on war service homes…

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French Soldiers Injured. Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 5

"Le Matin" states that two French soldiers were seriously injured in an affray with eight young Germans at Lachenspeyendorff…

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