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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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The War and After. (Continued from page 20.) Disposal of German Warships. London, February 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 22

The Five Powers in separate conference for the first time considered on Friday the claims of a neutral country. The Danes are demanding that a plebiscite should be…

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Soldier and Daughter Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 41

Leslie Wilson (23), a returned soldier, and Jean Wilson (2 years and 4 months), his daughter, are dead, and Hubert Clive' Bently (36), a married man, is lying in…

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Land for Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 33

The value of Macquarie River flat land for soldier settlement was further inquired into by the local land board at Bathurst. Giving evidence, regarding the land he had…

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Bursaries for Soldiers' Children

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 33

Donations aggregating £116,000, which have been handed to the Minister for Repatriation, Senator Millen, to be expended at his discretiono in behalf of…

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Land for Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 22

The "Great War Veterans' Association" of Calgary, in Canada', has passed a resolution threatening to take possession of all desirable Government lands within 30…

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Treatment of Blind Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 32

It is not generally known that among other benefits to which a blinded soldier is entitled is a house and land provided he is married or can show that a home is…

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Repatriating the Soldiers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. Watt is highly indignant at the published statement from London to the effect that instructions had been given by the Federal…

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The War and After. Peace May Be Signed in June. Germans Behind the Rhine. German Warships May Be Sunk. Bolshevism Still Alive in Europe. Germans See Red. London, February 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 20

Herr Kurt, the Premier of Bavaria, was shot dead by a Bavarian lieutenant, Count Valley, who drew his revolver and fired at the Premier. Eisner's' guards…

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Prisoner of War Escapes Letter From Bonegilla Boy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 2

Mr. John Hanlon, The Grange, Bonegilla, has received notification that his son, Pte. J. H. Hanlon, 11th Batt., is returning to Australia per transport…

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France's Huge War-bill Total £5,000,000,000 LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 3

The French Budget Committee has presented to the Supreme War Council France's bill for damages, amounting to the tremendous total of £5,000,000,000…

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Electrical Advance in Great Britain During the War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 2

One of the mose striking developments in industrial Britain during the war has been the enormous development in electricity supply, and with it a corresponding…

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AlBURY Branch of War Chest Some Good Financing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 3

A meeting of the executive of the War Chest, Albury Branch, was held last evening. There were present:—Mesdames Evans, Peck, G. A. Thompson, Mccallum…

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The District. Carrathool. Welcome to Returned District Soldiers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 4

Last evening a very large and representative gathering met to extend a welcome home to a number of local returned soldiers…

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War Savings Certificates

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

With the cessation of the war a number of war savings group secretaries thought that there would be no further necessity to raise funds for war…

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3000 Missing War Prisoners London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Captain F. E. Guest, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, said that a number of officers and men…

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Aerial Mail for Soldiers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

An serial postal service has been instituted between England and the Continent in order to carry mails to the army of occupation, Mails thus carries will reach…

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Bogus Returned Soldier a Charge of Forgery. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

Noyl Skehan, alias Sergeant Morris, was charged at the police court to-day with having forged and uttered a cheque which purported to be signed by Lucy Mosman;…

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Returned Soldiers and Quarantine Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 3

The returning soldiers on the City of Exeter have sent a wireless message to Captain Carmichael protesting against being kept in quarantine, as there is no…

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Re Preference to Soldiers. (To the Editor of the Recorder.)

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 2

SIR.—At most of the patriotic meetings, farewells, welcomes home, etc., it has been unanimously chorused from the public platform all the advantages and…

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Another War Loan. May Be Floated in July Next

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 3

The balance of £30,207,000, which stood to the credit of the war loan account of the Commonwealth at the end of 1918, will, it is estimated,…

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