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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1923

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South Australia Anzac Arch in Adelaide Is to Be Demolished Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 1

The Anzac arch at the Adelaide railway station will be demolished at. the request of the railway authorities, and the Cheer Up Hut will be removed…

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Information Is Refused by Man Found Wounded

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 3

Percy Dalton, aged 26, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on Monday night suffering from a small punctured wound over the heart (reports the…

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War Memorial Road Race

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 3

On Saturday, May 26, a road race from Broken Hill to Silverton and return, the proceeds of which will be in aid of the War Memorial Fund, will…

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Lenince on Empire Day to Soldier Prisoners Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 1

An extra dietary allowance is the partial way in which the State aurthorities will show lenience on Empire Day to returned soldiers who are in gaol…

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Anzac Navy Proposed. Prime Minister of N.z. Has No Comment at Present

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 4

Mr. J. Massey, New Zealand Prime Minister, interviewed regarding the suggestion that there should be an Anzac Navy, was not prepared to say…

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War Office Contracts a Suggested Conference ("The Times" Message.) London, May 21

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 1

In a lengthy letter in the London "Times" Mr. W. Karri-Davies refers to the War Office meat contracts. He suggests a conference of the War…

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U.S.A. War Claims an Account for £300,000,000 Awaiting Allies' Decision (Reuter's Message.) Washington, May 21

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 1

The United States bill against Germany totals £3000,000,000. The United States Government asks for £13,400,000 for submarine damage,…

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R.s.a. Meeting Anzac Day Proposal Secretary's Report

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 3

A general meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Association was held in the Returned Soldiers Hostel. Argentstreet, on Monday night. Mr. A. G…

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Premiers Conference. Pt. Augusta-hay Railway Thrown Out Yesterday Anzac Day National Holiday Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 1

Discussions between the State Premiers preliminary to the full conference were continued yesterday. The proposal of the Federal…

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Cycling Silverton Road Race for War Memorial Fund

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 4

The members of the Burke Ward Cycling Club have banded together in an effort to raise money for the Broken Hill War Memorial Fund, and on…

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The War Memorial. Meeting of Committee Debate on Design Question

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 1

A meeting of the Broken Hill and District War Memorial Fund Committee was held at the Town Hall last night, Mr. J. H. Wicks presiding…

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Winter Clothing Grant for Married Ex-soldiers Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 4

The South Australian Soldiers Fund will make a winter clothing grant to married ex-soldiers with three or more children under 16 years…

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Man Shot in a Hotel. Wife Finds Husband Wounded in Bedroom

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 2

The Cross Keys Hotel just beyond Gepps Cross, on the North-road, about seven miles from Adelaide, was the sosne of a shooting sensation early on…

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Cycling. War Memorial Road Race Is Won by W. E. Rodda

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 2

The Burke Ward Cycling Club held a road race this afternoon from Hillside to Silverton and back, the distance being about 32½ miles. Local cyclists…

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Soldiers Memorial Fund Ball

Western Grazier · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 2

A splendidly arranged and well-carried out ball, in aid of the Soldiers' Memorial Fund, was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday night, and went off with great…

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Empire Day. Celebrations in London. Wreaths on the Cenotaph & Unknown Soldiers' Grave (United Service Message.) London, May 24

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 4

The feature of the Empire Day celebration in London was the placing of wreaths on the cenotaph on behalf of all the Dominions. A big crowd…

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Railway Porter Wounded by Boy with Revolver Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 4

At the South Terrace Railway Station to-day Howard Walters, a boy aged 14 years, was playing with a revolver when a cartridge discharged and struck…

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War Veterans' Dinner Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 1

Lord Forster, the Governor-General, and Sir Walter Davidson, the Governor of New South Wales, attended the annual dinner of army and navy,…

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Turkish Land Policy Forms for War Orphans (Reuter's Message.) London, May 26

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 1

In[?]dance with their policy for repopulating abandoned villages the Turkish authorities are dispatching a colony of war orphans, 50 girls and 50…

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Returned Soldiers and the Prime Minister Statement by Mr. Bruce Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 1

Mr. S. M. Bruce, the Prime Minister, says that no suffering will be inflicted on soldiers' dependents merely because Federal Ministers object to a…

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