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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1929

421 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 22

Soldiers' Pensions Supreme Court of Appeal. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 5

The Minister for Repatriation, Sir Neville Howse, said that the boards just appointed by the Federal Government under the War Pensions Appeal Act could…

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About June 1 War Pensions Appeal Board. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 5

The Minister for Repatriation. Sir Neville Howse, stated to-day that the recently constituted War Pensions Appeals Board would probably begin to…

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R.s. and S.i.l. Maclean Sub-branch the Soldiers Memorial

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Maclean [?] branch of the Returned Soldiers and [?]ors' Imperial League was held on [?]day evening, when there were present:…

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Soldiers' Memorial Movement At Maclean Enthusiastic Meeting Ballot on Site Question. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 6

It is fully 12 years ago since the proposal was first put forward that a monument should be erected in Maclean in memory of fallen soldiers…

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Lloyd George Speaks to 10,000 Women Temples of Peace and War. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George, speaking to 10,000 women at the Albert Hall, where Miss Nancy Samuel, 22, daughter of Sir Herbert Samuel, was presiding, said he…

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Routed Amanullah's Forces Afghanistan's Civil War. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 5

Amanullah's forces were defeated at Longeh, Ghazni, Jalrez and Tagao, in a futile effort to reach Kabul and wrest the throne from Baecha Saka…

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Over the Top War's Grim Secret Whole Company Vanished Light on Mystery After Thirteen Years. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 5

Some light has been thrown on the mystery of the complete disappear[?]of a whole company of the 24th Battalion of the A.I.F., which went into…

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Soldier Settlements Question of Larger Areas. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 5

After visiting the Dartbrook and Kentucky soldier settlements, Justice Pike announced his intention of recommending the Minister for Lands to appoint a…

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War Pensions Act the Entitlement Board. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1929 · page 5

A proclamation for the inception of the Entitlement Board, recently appointed under the provisions, of the Soldiers' War Pensions Appeal Act, will come into force…

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War Gratuity Loan Redemption

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 2

Although the Federal loan, maturing on May 31, amounts to only £2,790,000, the average individual holding is small, being about £300. Owners with holdings of…

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Why We Miss Out. War Office Meat Tenders

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 3

Mr. H. H. Cordingley, Mihi, Uralla, writes to the press:— Having had some experience of contracts to the Empire's military and…

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Afghan Civil War Baccha Captures Herat. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 5

Baccha Saku is planning an attack on Kandahar, Amanullah's capital. Baccha has captured Herat, an important centre near the Russian frontier…

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American Hospital Wrecked Horrifying Disaster at Cleveland Helpless Patients Asphyxiated in Their Beds 95 Persons Killed, 100 Injured Deadly Gases Released by Explosion Nothing Like It Since the War

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 5

The medical history of the United States, and of the world, never before experienced such loss of life, coupled with destruction of property, including invaluable medical records and equipment, as that resulting from several terrific explosions in the basement of a hospital in Cleveland, a big…

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Fierce Tribal War Raging in Afghanistan. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 5

Fierce tribal fighting has broken out a few miles from Lundi Khana, the farthest British Indian outpost, owing to the Shinwaris attempt to exert tribal rule over…

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Motor Service War

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 4

Just at present members of the general public who have occasion to travel between Glen Innes and Inverell are reaping the benefit of a "war" which…

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War Gratuity Loan Redemption

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 2

Although the Federal Loan maturing on 31st May amounts to only £2,790,000, the average individual holding is small, being bout £301. Owners with holdings…

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Relic of H.M.A.S. Sydney Tripod Mast for Anzac Memorial. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 4

The offer of a resident of Toowoomba, Queensland, to purchase the tripod mast of H.M.A.S. Sydney, now dismantled, and present on certain terms to the Returned…

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Grim Mystery of War. Pozieres Carnage Recalled

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 1

The cable published in tho "Evening News" concerning tho disappearance of a whole company of men of the 24th Battalion, A.I.F, on July 27, 1916,…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 2

The committees wording for the three sites proposed for the soldiers' memorial at Maclean are getting into their stride, and various devices and…

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War Gratuity Loan. Matter of Redemption

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 4

Although the Federal loan maturing on 31st May amounts to only £2,790,000, the average individual holding is small, being about £300…

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