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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

382 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 20

Co-operation the War's Worst Effect. the Community Spirit and Reconstruction

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 2

There are fashions in words as well as in clothes, but there are too words and phrase that are bigger than the mere exigencies of fashion, which…

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No. 472. Co-operation. the War's Worst Effect. The Community Spirit and Reconstruction

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 3

There are fashions in words as well as in clothes, but there are, too, words and phrases that are bigger than the mere exigencies of fashion, which…

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Anzac Day Celebrations £68 Profit From Sports and Ball. Purchasing a Cot for Forbes Hospital

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 4

A winding-up meeting of matters in connection with the Anzac Day celebrations, which this year were held in aid of endowing and…

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Returned Soldiers' League Meeting of Forbes Sub-branch

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 3

A meeting of the Returned Soldiers League, Forbes sub-branch, was held at the secretary's (Mr T. E. Drane) shop last Friday night,…

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Riginal Correspondence. a Soldiers' Memorial. (To the Editor.)

Western Champion · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 5

Sir,—I read carefully your report in your last issue of the Conference called to consider the question of a memorial hall or monument in the…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 2

THE postponed meeting of returned soldiers was held in the Parish Hall, on Saturday, 22nd inst., and was poorly attended there being only thirteen…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 2

ANTI-MONUMENT writes: Will you please insert the attached article from the "Sunday Times" of 16th May: MAKE WAR MEMORIALS…

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War Gratuity

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 12

The Treasury authorities arranged for first payments of the war gratuity to take place on Monday last. The acting-Federal Treasurer…

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The War Gratuity

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 10

All soldiers who apply to the military authorities at Sydney for their war gratuity will be allowed to send in their applications without stamps…

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Local & General Soldiers Handle Tweed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 10

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League has secured the whole of the output of the Government woollen mills at Geeloag for 12 months. The…

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Returned Soldiers' Generosity

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 8

Every returned soldier in the Wellington district is allocating £1 of his gratuity towards the scheme for the establishment of bursaries for the…

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War Memorials Competition

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 2

The Minister for Local Government announces that the successful competito[?]s in the competition for designs suitable for War Memorials are:—…

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Starving the Insane in War Time Britain

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 4

THE importance of realising that insanity is just as much a disease, as is typhoid or influense, and that the in[?]ne need nourishing and carefully adjusted diet, is…

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Lively Soldier's Meeting. Committee Resign in a Body. Alleged Breach of Preference to Soldiers Regulations

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 2

One of the best attended meetings of local returned soldiers yet held here took place at the Club rooms on Thursday. evening, when between…

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War or peace as the ideal state of man is still debated, though the five years, it would be thought, gave us enough of experience to frame a decision. Among some of the later books of war-verse is "Ducks, and Other Verses," by F. W. Harvey (Sidgwick & Jackson, London), containing a sonnet where it seems to be pleaded that victory to be achieved, even through the miseries and wrongs of war, is worth the cost: GOODNESS

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 4

Dream not that anything more strong [?]an be Than simple goodness, but consider well The nature of the thing, how in a hell Of blazing wickedness and misery…

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War Service Homes

Western Champion · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 10

The Deputy Commissioner for War Service Homes (Mr. P. L. Hutchins) who is in charge of that Department in this State, paid a visit to Parkes…

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War Trophy for Grenfell

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 2

Intimation has been received that a machine gun had been allotted to Grenfell, which could be delivered immediately. If…

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Anzac Tweed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 5

Mr. A. B. Grellman, Secretary of the local R.S.S.I.L., has been appointed distributing agent for the Anzac tweed. He has patterns, application…

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Secret War Council in Berlin Story of Proposed War

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 4

The New York "Times" Paris correspondent sends an amazing story of a secret war council in Berlin, which dis cussed an immediate war on France…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 3

A well attended meeting of the above was held in Medlyn Bros. office on Saturday, May 29th. The principal business was to appoint a…

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