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Mid North Coast · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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Returned Soldiers' Re-union a Bright Evening

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 3

There was a good muster of Diggers at the re-union at the Majestic Cinema on Thursday night last, including a number of visitors from…

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The Exploits of a War Maker

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 7

Probably no figure in historic or contemporary life occupies a position in the prosaic mind so unique as that of the soldier of fortune, the war maker…

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Chilled Beef War

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 2

Says a London cable to the Adelaide "Mail" of 14th May: "The two years chilled beef war between the English and…

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The Soldier's Funeral

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 3

Any soldier below the rank of sergeant who dies a natural death while in barracks has an escort of thirteen men and a sergeant at his funeral…

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Disabled Soldier Motorists. Special Car-driving Apparatus

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 7

A most ingenious arrangement which will permit of disabled men driving a motor car with case and safety the invention of Captain R. Tweletrees, has proved of inestimable benefit…

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War Loan Interest

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 2

Interest payments of about £500,000 have been made available by the Federal Treasurer, and the maturity date of the 6 per cent. £6,600,000 War…

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Soldiers' Memorial Hall Our First Special Effort. Successful Sports a Social

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 2

Our first special effort in connection with the proposed Memorial Hall was held on the Park yesterday. Careful and earnest preparation had…

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Echo of Boer War. Removal of Monument at Tamworth. Veterans of South African War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 2

The removal of the South African War memorial monument, from the intersection of Brisbane and Marins Streets…

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Memory of the Great War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 3

Memories of the days on active service during the Great War, and particularly of the months spent in Germany as a prisoner of war, have…

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A Soldier of the Queen. Complete Story. Coryright

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 7

WHEN John Eliot decided…

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"Hotels and Anzac Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 2

Arising out of the recent decision of the State Full Court, declaring invalid the proclamation for the parlial closing of hotels on Anzac Day, the…

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Echo of Great War

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 8

The London "Daily Express" publishes an astonishingly human document which reveals the life and death of Vavialon Princip, who murdered…

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Will It Mean War ?

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 8

Will the death of King Ferdinand of Rumania once more plunge the unhappy Balkans into the throes of war?…

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Soldier Settlement Finance

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 9

The conference will also consider the question of sinking funds for loan moneys expended by the States on the purchase of land for the repatriation of…

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Stamp Duty and War Service Homes

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 2

As a result of representations made to the Premier by the R.S. and S.I. League, he has decided to waive stamp duty on contracts in respect of war…

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Returned Soldiers' Re-union Enjoyable Function at Mount George

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 3

On Saturday night last, July 30th., 1927, the Mount George and District Returned Soldiers' Social Club held their first Annual Reunion, which was…

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Britain's War Legacy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 4

THE cost of war pensions and of their administration in the current year will amount to £62,442,000. This brings the total expenditure of the…

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Six Thousand Soldiers Brides

The Northern Champion · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 2

When Napoleon I. married MarieLousie, daughter of the Emperor of Austria on April 22, 1810, he spared no pains to make the happy date a…

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Danger of Economic Breakdown. Worse Than War

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 1

"There is real danger of a world economic breakdown," said Sir Geo, Raish Governor of the London School of Economics, and an ex-editor of the…

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The Soldier's Teeth

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 6

The dentist is coming into his own, so to speak, for never before has the necessity for having good, clean, sound teeth been so impressed upon…

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