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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,963 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 99

Drugging Invalid Soldiers Horrible Traffic in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2

That drugs were being used in Melbourne to the detriment of returned soldiers was stated to-day by Brigadier-General R. E. Williams, State Commandant…

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Serving Drink to Soldiers Young and Jackson's Hotel Closed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 3

The flagrant manuer in which some Melbourne hotelkeepers have lately been serving liquor to soldiers without regard to the men's condition and in absolute…

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Australian Soldier's Suicide. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 6

The police are investigating the discovery of the dead body of an Australian Soldier found on a Weymouth pleasure ground. A paper…

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Sydney Exposed. Soldiers Allowed to Land

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 6

Owing to the stocking neglect of the Federal Government, Sydney is now exposed to the gravest risk of widespread infection to which it has…

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Honoring Anzacs. Local Returned Soldiers Welcomed A Hearty Demonstration

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2

One of the heartiest welcomes given to returned soldiers at Hay was accorded yesterday to Sergeant Major Major Tom Ashley, Sergeant Jack…

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Vineyards Fob Soldiers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

The Premier wired to the Mayor of Junee on Thursday that he was sending a French expert to Junee on Friday to look at the suitability of land in Junee…

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Responsibility of the War German Socialist Admissions Berne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 3

At the International Socialist Conference, Herr Elsner, head of the Bavarian Government, speaking on the responsibility for the war, virtually pleaded guilty…

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Welfare of Soldiers Hotels Remain Closed. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 4

That none of the hotels closed yesterday, with the exception of Richardson's Exchange, would re-open to-day was the statement made to-day by…

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Medals and Certificates for Soldiers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 4

Reuter learns that all demobollsed solders are now being furnished with letters of thanks from the Army Council for servleen rendered. It in poluted out that…

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Land for Returned Soldiers Maritzburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

It is stated that the Government intends to purchase land in northern Natal and Zululand, thus providing 105 allotments, varying from 400 to 700 acres, for…

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Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Club (To the Editor.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 1

Sir,—Many people are under a misunderstanding regarding the management of the above club, so I should like to make it known that the club is open from 10 a.m…

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Soldiers' Mails Delayed London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

Australians are angered at the non-arrival of the military and civil mails. The last letters distributed were posted at Sydney on November 22. The newspapers…

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The Position in Melbourne and Sydney. Soldiers on the Argyleshire Resent a Prolongation of Quarantine. Three Boatloads Leave the Ship. Most of the Men Recaptured the Disease at Ballarat. Sydney, Monday Morning

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 2

Twenty-three definite cases of influenza have been reported in Sydney since Saturday morning. In Melbourne during the same…

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What Can Germany Pay? the Allies War Costs Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 3

A full meeting of the Reparation Commission will be held to-day, when Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, the chairman, will present arguments for the…

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Procrastination of War Council Decisions Must Be Enforced London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 3

Representatives of "The Times" in Paris say that the Germans are refusing more firmly than hitherto to carry out the terms regarding the delivery of…

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Protection of Returned Soldiers

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 4

Returned soldiers are entitled to protection from the insults of ill-conditioned and jealous shirkers. The despicable fellows who did…

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Victorian Murray Frontages. Blocks for Soldiers

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 2

The Victorian Minister for Lands has declined to extend for a longer period than 12 months, the grazing licenses along the River Murray below Euston…

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Reparation for War Losses Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 3

An official statement says that the mittee on Reparation discussed the principles upon which to rest the rights to reparation, and examined the memorauda…

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Cathedral Used for War Purposes Discovery at Strassburg. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 3

General Hirsch Hauer reports to General Foch that he has obtained evidence that the Germans used Strassburg Cathedral for military purposes, thus doing…

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War and Post-war Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 29

What is the outlook for Germany? Certain of the best known German writers, writers at length from the restraints and dictation of the Prussian military censors…

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