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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Soldiers' Monument. Corner Smith and Belgraye Streets Public Meeting's Decision

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 4

A public meeting at the School of Arts, Kempsey, on Wednesday night last confirmed the resolutions passed at a conference of various public bodies…

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Civil War in Belfast

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 5

RIOTING has been going on in Belfast for weeks, and now seems to have reached a pitch of intense ferocity. The following extracts from…

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War-Time Profits Position of Cooperative. Societies

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 6

The Lithgow Co-operative Society has received an account from the Federal Income Tax Office for £1890 the war-time profits tax for the…

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Reflections. the Case for God, the Soldier and the Peace Loan

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 6

When war is on and the danger God and the soldier is the nation's cry;…

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War Service Homes. Twelve Thousand Approved

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 2

Senator Millen, Minister for Repatriation has made available a return of the activities of the War Service Homes Commission to August…

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Germany During the War and After Something Like High Prices

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 4

A letter has been received from Mr. Herman Kirchbaum, who is well and favorably known to nearly all old residents of Stanthorpe, where he…

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Public Meeting. Soldiers' Memorial Monument Site Selected

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 6

In the School of Arts on Wednesday night last Mayor Henderson presided over a public meeting called to consider the recommendations made by…

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England's War Widows Re-marry

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 5

The re-marriage of war widows is a remarkable feature of the matrimonial market in the United Kingdom. Of 283,700 war widows in…

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Germany's Interest in War Books

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 7

"Fed-up" is the term that English publishers apply to the British public on the subject of war books. The fact, if not the te[?], is practically,…

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"New Australia." Mr. Long's Impressions. War's Effects Apparent

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 2

"The Times" publishes the first of a series of articles, which it is featuring, on the now Australia, by Basil Long. Its Dominions editor, who recently returned from…

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The War Memorial

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 4

Referring to the proposed War Memorial at Kempsey, Cr. J. A. Mannix (President), at Monday's Macleay Shire Council meeting, asked if it was…

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Crazier Fatally Wounded

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 4

A GRAZIER named John Henry Mansfield, of Adaminaby, died after lingering nearly 24 hours with a pea-rifle bullet in his brain. He left home carrying a rifle to examine…

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War Pensions Provisions of the New Act

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 8

The Department of Repatriation announces that certain provisions regarding war pensions contained in the Act of 1920 differ from the late…

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Soldiers' Presentation Fund

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 4

A MEETING of subscribers to the Port Macquarie Soldiers' Presentation Fund was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening- last. The Mayor (Mr. J. H. Hill) presided, and…

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The Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 September 1920 · page 3

Mr. D. I. Richardson has received the following:—In accordance with the resolution of the Council of the N.S.W. Branch of…

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Soldier Preference. Storekeeper Fined. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 September 1920 · page 3

John Knowles, storekeeper, of Goulburn, was fined £2 and costs on a charge of failing to give preference of employment to a returned soldier named John…

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Dearer Food. Large Rise on Pre-war Rates. Black Outlook in Britain

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 22 September 1920 · page 2

Official statistics show that there has been a 61 per cent. Increase in the cost of living as compared with pre-war times, and a 167 per cent. Increase in the prices…

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20,000 at Law. Canadian Ex-soldiers' Pay

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 22 September 1920 · page 1

There are 20.000 Canadian ex-soldiers now living in the British istes, and they [?] about to bring an action against the Canadian Government for arrears of pay,…

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Italian Rioting. 4 KILLED, 20 Wounded. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 5

Reports from Turin state that rioting is general there. Four persons have been killed and 20 wounded in a fight over a seized factory. A referendum…

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War Trophy Trouble

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 September 1920 · page 4

The appointment of Messrs. Wallace and Hodge as trustees for the Machine Gun war trophy does not meet with the approval of some…

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