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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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Special War Gratuities £3,500,000 Involved

The Independent · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

It is estimated that the payment of the special war gratuities which are to be granted to all members of the A.I.F., according to their length of…

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War in Posen. Conference Takes Action. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

By the use of asphyxiating gas and intense bombardment superior forces of Germans in Posen overwhelmed the Pole and occupied Targova and…

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British Delegates Will Claim for Cost of War

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 1

The Council referred the Belgian territorial claims to the committee for Investigation, and the claims for the Scheldt to the Waterways Committee…

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Nationalist Delegates Will Sail on War Vessel Gapetown

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

At a meeting of the Nationalist Party held this morning to discuss the offer of the Admiral in charge of the Cape Station to take the Nationalist deputation to…

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War News. (Continued from page 20.) What the Allies Seek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 22

The Paris correspondent of the "New York Sun" states that France will demand of the Peace Congress possession of the Saar coal basin in the Rhineland. She…

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Late War News. (Continued from page 23.) Problem of Russia. Wednesday February 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 28

The Supreme Allied War Council will deal with the Russian situation during the present week. It is now clear that the Marmora conference is impossible…

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The League. Covenant Drawn Up. Enquiry Before War-making. Penalty for Breaking Covenant

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

The text of the covenant which has been drawn up in regard to the proposed League of Nations has been published officially…

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The War and After. League of Nations. Terms of the Covenant. Arbitration and Armaments. London, February 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 20

It is stated that a general agreement has been arrived at with regard to the principles of the Leagues of Nations, though France makes important…

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Tobacco-growing for Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 16

The tobacco-growing industry is booming in the Tamworth and Manilla districts, though unfortunately it is practically in the hands of the Chinese, who take the farms…

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Returned Soldiers and Drink

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 32

The action of the military authorities in closing a number of Melbourne hotels has been considered by the Returned Soldiers' League. The secretary states that…

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Imperial Soldiers' Leave in Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 33

The State Premier has been in communication with the Commonwealth Government respecting the disposal of officers and other ranks of the Imperial Army on…

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Soldiers As Vignerons

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 25

A deputation from the New South Wales Alliance interviewed the Minister for Lands and protested against the proposal to grant a security of tenure to…

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Work for Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 33

The Returned Soldiers' League of Victoria has been informed that the New South Wales branch had 1264 soldiers unemployed on the repatriation books…

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Tubercular Soldiers. Debarred by South Africa

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 1

Regarding the allegations of the National Press that the Government is favoring immigration on a big scale of ex-soldiers suffering from…

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A Soldier Honored

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 5

On Friday evening. 7th inst. at the home of his parents', Private Thos. Thateher was welcomed home by his many Cullivel friends, who assembled…

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Returning Soldiers to Travel As Citizens

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. Hughes, in a message to Mr. Watt, says that he has given instructions to the Director of Demobilisation that the soldiers returning to…

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Preferential Certificates for Returned Soldiers' Blocks

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

As considerable misapprehension is said to exist regarding the issue of preferential certificates for land for returned soldiers, the Department of…

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Soldiers As Vignerons. Protest by Alliance. Deputation to Minister

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 3

A deputation from the New South Wales Alliance interviewed the Minister for Lands in Sydney on Wednesday and protested against the proposal to…

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Trail of the Ex-kaiser Charged with Six Crimes of War Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 3

It has been decided by the Crimes commission to demand the surrender of the former Kaiser and a thousand other for trial…

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More Assassinations Bavarian Premier Murdered Other Ministers Wounded Civil War and Bolshevism. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 2

It is announced that Herr Kurt Eisner, who has been Premier of Bavaria since the German revolution in November, has been assassinated…

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