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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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What Constitutes an Anzac

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 3

The Department sets out definitely and clearly those who are entitled to wear the letter "A" The letter comes from Mr. T. Trumble, Secretary…

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Farms for Soldiers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

The Minister for Lands says there are 50 farms now ready for soldiers in the Macleay district, and Mr. O. O. Dangar says there is not a 320 acre block of Crown land on the…

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Crooks in Khaki. Bogus Soldiers Who Prey Upon the Public

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 7

Ever sines the war began men belonging to the professional criminal classes have donned khaki in order to rob and defraud the public…

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Another Soldier Welcomed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

ON Monday night last the Masonic Hall, Port Macquarie, was filled to overflowing to welcome home Sergeant Donald Dennis; indeed there were nearly as many people…

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Manning Shire Council (Continued from last issue.) Certificates for Returned Soldiers

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 3

A proposal was before the council a[?]ing out of a suggestion from War [?]ugah council, that certificates hearing the seal of the council, be…

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Soldiers' Letters

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 4

Pte. Owen Richardson, the second soldier son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Richardson, of Collombatti, writes his parents, from France, that he spent…

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Welcome Home

Macleay Argus · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

A gathering of a very interesting character took place on Wednesday of last week at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Notley, of Tom's Gully,…

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Soldiers Arriving. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

Soldiers will arrive in Sydney to-day by special train from Melbourne…

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Helping Soldiers' Wives and Children

Macleay Argus · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 9

The Fruit and Vegetable Fund is out on the warpath after supplies of fruit, vegetables or food of every description, addition to woman's and children's…

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Soldier's Letter

Macleay Argus · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 9

Mrs. J. B. Turnbull, of Yarravel has received the following letter dated November 30th, 1918, from her son, Signaller F. B. Turnbull, who was then on…

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Soldiers' Medals. Macleay Men Monored

Macleay Argus · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 8

A presentation of decorations and medals to the next-of-kin of soldiers who died on active service and to members of the A.I.F. was made in the…

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Soldiers' and Sailors' Imperial League. President Appeals to Returned Soldiers

Macleay Argus · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 7

Lieut.-Col. W. K. Bolton, C.B.E., President of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, is issuing the following appeal to all…

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Soldier Settlements. Land Available in Kempsey District

Macleay Argus · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 7

Mr. H. D. Morton, M.L.A., has been in communication with the Lands Department on the subject of land set apart and available for soldier…

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Welcome Home at Jones Island

The Northern Champion · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 6

Monday evening, January 12, saw the Kingston Hall packed to overflowing with relatives and friends assembled to welcome Privates W…

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War's Aftermath. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4

Reuter's Vienna correspondent reports from Budapest that a peasant revolution has broken out throughout Roumania. A…

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Returned Soldiers. a Macksville Welcome

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4

A large number of townspeople-- with a fair sprinkling of people from the country--assembled in the Friendly Societies' Hall on Tuesday…

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War Memorials

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

THE regulations and rulings of the Repatriation Department governing the collection and disbursement of funds for war memorials have now all been cancelled. The…

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If the War Had Lasted

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 3

General Birdwood says that if the towns would have suffered more than they ever thought possible. The air…

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Camouflaging Crabs. Taught Us War Tricks

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 7

The [?] we hear so much about nowadays is nothing more [?] less than the application to [?] warefare of what science has long…

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War a Beneficent Illness. But Is Peace Wholesome ?

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 7

Is a striking interpretation of the world war lately issued under the title, "The' Victorious Faith" ([?]. Horatio W. Dresser, one of the…

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