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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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American Transport Aground 2000 Wounded Aboard. New York

Macleay Argus · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 5

The transport Northern Pacific, carrying 2100 wounded Americans, grounded at Fire Island. The vessel is in no danger…

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A Card From a Soldier Son

Macleay Argus · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 4

Inspector and Mrs. Burrows, of Kempsey, received a choice Christmas card from their son, Pte. Euston Burrows, this week. On the front the card bears…

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Settlement of Soldiers

Macleay Argus · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 3

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter from tho Minister for Lands: "Dear Mr. Briner,--In regard to the letter personally…

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The Transport Sardinia. Treatment of Returned Soldiers. Inquiry Ordered. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 5

The military authorities have ordered an inquiry into the allegations of bad treatment of returning soldiers on the transport Sardinia. The Court will…

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War's Aftermath. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

A Reuter message gives a Russian wireless that in the Petchora Mezen region the army continued to advance, capturing several villages…

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"Firsts" in the War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 8

When and where did we fire the first shot in the great war ? On sea, the ball was probably opened by the Grafton, which, about midnight on…

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Welcome Home

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 4

ON Monday night next, 6th inst., at 8 o'clock, in the Masonic Hall, Port Macquarie, a welcome home will be tendered to Privates c. Baldwin and Ray Kean…

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Welcome Home at Forbesdale

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

On New Year's Day a large and enthusiastic gathering of relatives and friends met together for the purpose of extending a hearty welcome home…

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Wounded Third Time

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

Private Douglas Rye is again reported wounded, having received shrapnel in the right hand during the last few days in the line before the signing of…

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War Inventions We Want

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 7

Inventors are busy everywhere devising mechanical schemes for war making. They have done much. It is wrong to say, as we have heard said,…

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H.m. the King—war Worker. Arduous and Anxious Duties Un[?][?]tentatiqusly Carried Out by the King From Day to Day

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 7

What daily duties has this war brought to King George V.? In the first place, his daily programme sounds like the daily programme of…

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War and Marriages

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 1

Official statistics which have been issued recently reveal the war's effect up on the marriage and birth rates, upon the marriage and birth rates…

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War Chest Sock Appeal

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 2

Miss E. Higgins and Miss V. Goddard, the hon. secretaries of the above fund, state that with the money left over from last appeal to the public…

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Latest War Wires. Tuesday Working

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 5

The " Times" Moscow correspondent states that while the position of the Bolshevists is becoming more precarious, their propaganda activities show…

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Civic Recognition. of Kempsey Soldiers

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 6

In the Victoria Theatre on Monday night, the 23rd Dec., a civic welcome was extended to returned soldiers and illuminated certificated presented to…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 6

Signaller Fred Turnbull, writing 16th October, after finishing fourteen days furlough in England, gives an excellent account of a trip to Lancashire…

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A Soldier's Letter

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 4

Gunner Wm. O'Meara writing from Taunton England, 13th November, on the first leave he has had for twelve months, tells of the joyous…

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Workers Councils' Frecautions. Military Forces Retained. Events in Berlin Obscure. Rumors of Civil War. London

Macleay Argus · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 5

A Rotterdam message states that the Workers' Councils have taken precautions to retain the military forces in readiness for a crisis. They have…

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War's Aftermath. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

A "Times" message stales Copenhagen reports that several hundred were killed in Berlin on Tuesday…

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Soldiers who may Apply for Land

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Lands that full consideration will be given to the claims of all soldiers, returned…

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