Welcome-home
A welcome-home was tendered to Lance-Corporal Sidney Olroyd, at Bellimbopinni, on Monday, the 22nd of December, 1919. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1920
407 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 21
Christmas Eve Fatality. Drowned in the Macleay. Returned Soldier's Fatal Sleep
One of those sad events which casts a shadow of gloom over the festive season happened on the Macleay River on Xmas Eve, by which Mr. Michael…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Water Diviner. Australian's Gift a Story of Anzac
A London message says that Stephen Kelly, a former Australian sapper and a discharged soldiers candidate for Lambeth in the December…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soldiers's Swee[?]
Lieutenant D. Dallas tells an an[?] of our leather-charing Tommies, who have now goos to the front. Sometimes when a guard is being po[?]ded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to the Editor. [Correspondence in this column must not be regarded as necessarily expressing the views of the "Macleay Argus."] War Leave Payment to Dependents of Deceased Soldiers
Sir,--I was informed yesterday by the District Finance Officer, 2nd Military District, Victoria Barracks, Sydney, that the War Leave payment to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Land For Returned Soldiers
Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., writes to the effect that seven or eight blocks of land at Newey Creek, in the parish of Nambucca, near Macksville, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Govt. Elections. Returned Sailors and Soldiers
The general elections in municipalities and shires are due to be held throughout the State on January 31st, 1920 (except in Blue Mountains Shire,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Graves
THE Graves Commission, in a report concerning Gallipoli, states that Anzac, where 50 cemeteries have been discovered, should be ready in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Gratuity. Early Payment Probable
The Refence Department in Melbourne is busily engaged in connection with the payment of the soldiers' gratully. A list of those entitled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome to Returned Soldiers
On Thursday night next the Gloucester Returned Soldiers' Reception Committee are extending a welcome to a number of returned men, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clybucca Welcome Home Pte. F. J. Dresden
A welcome home was held at Clybucca on Wednesday night to Pte. F. J. Dresden. Mr. M. Saul was in the chair. After dancing had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. War Loan Bonds. Mr. Watt's Warning. Sydney
Mr. Watt warns holders of war loan bonds against "brokers and financiers" who, by advertisement, buy them, and says they should consult recognised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bolshevist Advance. General Revival of War Feared. If Poland Cannot Withstand Advance. London
Mr. Bliss stated at Washington before the House Committee that a general revival of war in Europe was likely if Poland was unable to withstand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returned Soldiers' Protest. Against Culcairn Council Candidates. Premier Promises Action. Sydney
Mr. Holman was interviewed by a deputation of returned soldiers, at Cootamundra, who protested against three nominations, including two former…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soldiers' Memorial
The Macleay Soldiers' Memorial Fund is making little or no progress. Elsewhere in this issue is published a list of donations received to the fund…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Should Women Get the V. C. There Ought to Be Some Fitting Symbol of Honour for Daring Heroines of the War
"PRIVATE THOMASINA AITKINS V. C.,-- and why not ? The question often asked "Why are women not eligible for the Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Is the War Over ?
No! A Mongol race known as the Chins, have decided to fight the and have arrayed their forces against us…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What's a Day's Work ? Some Amazing Achievements Put Up in War-time Factories
The most difficult task of the coal Commission seems to be to discover how much coal cutting is a fair "darg," or day's work for a collier…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kempsey Municipal Council. Returned Soldiers. Big Welcome to Be Arranged. Rest Park to Be Bought. New Road-making Methods Suggested
The Kempsey Municipal Council met on Friday night, there being present: The Mayor (Ald. P. J. O'Neill), and Aldermen C. A. Lane, J. J. Webster, W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Memorial Monument Concert
Miss Edmunds advises us that owing to the date fixed, February 18th, falling on Ash Wednesday, she has decided to alter, the date to February 12th, for…
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