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

The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Red Recruits for Russia. No Local Enlistments

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 March 1924 · page 2

Dear Mr. Editor,— So the Moscow comrades are putting the acid on to the Australian comrades are they!…

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Ireland. British Troops Fired on by Free State Soldiers (Reuter's Message.) London, March 21

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 March 1924 · page 1

Four Free State soldiers turned a machine gun on British soldiers at Queenstown, killing or wounding 12 of them…

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Red Recruits for Russia. No Local Enlistments

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 March 1924 · page 5

Dear Mr. Editor,— So the Moscow comrades are putting the acid on to the Australian comrades are they!…

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Young Girl Wounded. Assailant Suicides Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 1

At the residence of Mrs. Davies, at Gwalia, Mount Horeb, 17 miles from Gundagai, yesterday morning Stanley Sheen (38), an Englishman, who has…

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Ireland. British Troops Fired on by Free State Soldiers Two Die of Wounds Reward of £10,000 Offered by Free State Government. (Reuter's Message). London, March 22

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 1

Reuter's Queenstown correspondent reports:— "Detai's of the outrage at Queenstown, on Friday, when Irish Free State…

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Mt. Horeb Shooting Case. Dead Man Leaves Will in Favor of Wounded Girl Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 1

Further particulars of the Mount Horeb tragedy in which Stanley Sheen (38), an Englishman, wounded Doris Brown (17) and then fatally shot…

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One of the Dead Soldiers to Be Buried in England London, March 23

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 1

The destroyer Scythe will embark the body of a soldier killed in the Queenstown outrage for transposition to England on Tuesday. The Irish Free…

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Maryborough Shooting. Inquest on C. H. Fahl Who Wounded a Nurse Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 4

An inquest was opened at Maryborough yesterday into the death of Charles Henry Fahl. On March 2 Fahl fired two revolver shots at Nurse Elsie…

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Soldiers' Congress Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 4

The Returned Soldiers' Congress which opens this month will be attended by delegates from all parts of the State. It promises to be of great…

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War Service Homes. Report Made to Parliament Gives Losses at £1.622.895. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 4

According to an official report tabled in the House of Representatives the War Service Homes Commission up to June 30, 1923. provided 21,230 homes…

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The War Memorial. Amended List of Names of Fallen Is Published the Memorial in Preparation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 4

On page 3 of to-day's issue there will be found the complete list of the names of the Barrier fallen soldiers so far as the names have reached the…

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War Service Homes. Report Made to Parliament Gives Losses at £1,692,895. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 8

According to an oficial report tabled in the House of Representatives the War Service Homes Commission up to June 30, 1923, provided 21,230 homes…

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The War Memorial. Amended List of Names of Fallen Is Published the Memorial in Preparation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 2

On page 3 of to-day's issue there will be found the comp[?]ete list of the names of the Barrier fallen soldiers so far as the names have reached the…

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MR. F. Riley Asks Questions About Diseased Soldiers Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 1

In the House of Representatives yesterday Mr. Riley (Cook) moved the adjournment to call attention to complaints concerning diseased soldiers. He…

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Albanian Bandits. Ougo-slavian Soldiers Lose Heavily in Fight (Reuter's Message.) London, April 5

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 April 1924 · page 1

The "Daily Express" Athens correspondent reports:— "There" were amazing scenes at Monastir, Zugo-Slavia, following the…

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Anzac Day All Hotels in the State to Close Between 10.30 [?] 1 P.M, No Race Meetings Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

Sir George Fuller, the Premier, has announced that all hotel will close from 10.30 a.m. till 1 p.m. on A[?] Day. No race meetings will be held…

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Soldier Vine Growers. Tariff, Help Proposed by Higher Duty on Brandy. &C

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 3

In the House of Representatives on Friday (says a message in the "Register") the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) said that in consequence of the…

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The War Memorial

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 April 1924 · page 2

Anyone knowing anything of the enlistment and fate of Mr. Mounten. an electrician, believed to have enlisted and to have…

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Amzac Day. Holiday for Returned Men in Government Service Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 1

The State Cabinet has approved of A.I.F. soldiers employed in the Government service on wages receiving a holiday on Anzac Day without any…

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War Gratuity Bonds. Arrangements for Cashing

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 4

Dr. Earle Page, the Federal Treasurer, on Saturday announced that preliminary arrangements have now been made by the Treasury for the…

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