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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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District Repatriation the Deal for Returned Men. What Concessions Are Ma[?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 3

The adjourned meeting of the Albury and Home Shire Repatriation Committee was held last [?]ing in the Town Hall. Mr. F. J. Be[?]dge presided…

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Manslaughter of Returned Soldier Assailant Awarded Two Years. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

A man named Frank Garvey was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day charged with the manslaughter of Oswald Heasley, a returned soldier,…

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Soldiers Returning

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 2

Our State Member has requested us to publish the following information for the benefit of those whose sons or relatives are returning from the front to Sydney…

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Womans' World. Savoury War Time Pie

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 4

[?]lb cooked haricot beans, one onion, one large tomato, pinch sage. two large raw potatoes (or cold cooked ones), short pastry. Well…

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Land for Soldiers. Six Blocks at Lake Urana

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 1

Crown leases in and around lake Urana, and within from two miles to six miles of the town of Urana, are to be made available for [?]…

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News of Soldiers

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1919 · page 2

Private C. Holland, of Oaklands who was a prisoner of war in Germany for a lengthy period, and was recently reported as having arrived…

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Welcome Home

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

The next welcome home social to local returned soldiers will take place in the Band Hall on Wednesday evening, April 30…

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Returned Men As Military Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 33

For a considerable time returned soldiers have shown much animosity towards members of the military police in Melbourne who have not been on active service and…

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Another Anzac Returns. Signaller George Willoughby

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

Last night another Hay soldier, Signaller George Willoughby returned. He was met at the station by the Mayor, Mr W. I. Minogue, and the…

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War and Post-war Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 29

The War Conference, in substituting "compensation" for the original "restoration," has made the way of the transgressor so hard that future attempts at…

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Responsibility for War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 20

The German National Assembly is establishing a special court to try General von Ludendorff, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, and others, as to their responsibility for the…

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The War and After. Soldiers & Soldiers' Interests. Hostels for Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 18

It is generally recognised that there is urgent need for a soldiers and sailors' hostel in Sydney—some place where men of the services may obtain good…

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Common Wealth War Pensions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 39

If anything should impress upon the Government the need for prudent economy in all ordinary expenditure it is the growing total of the essential expenditure…

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Bavaria. Civil War Expected. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 6

Copenhagen reports the Spartacists occupied the Parliament Buildings at Munich and proclaimed a Soviet republic…

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Total Cost of War. London, April 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 22

One cannot call the atmosphere surrounding the Peace Conference serene. There are indications of something akin to panic amongst the Supreme Four, whose…

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The War and After. (Continued from page 20.) Peace Congress Approaching the End. London, April 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 22

The special representative in Paris of the Australian Press Association telegraphed to London on Saturday evening:—"The Peace Conference has settled all…

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Openings for Soldiers at Yanco

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 17

The terms on which a returned soldier may obtain a holding within the Murrumbidgee irrigation area are now so definite as to leave no room for misunderstanding…

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Soldiers' Train Concessions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 29

Concessions to returned soldiers granted by the State Government through the Furlough Bureau at Rawson House, represented a value (to soldiers and their…

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To Italy's Soldier King

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 4

Grino C. Speranza, correspondent for the "Outlook" in Italy, records a very gallant tribute to the soldier King of Italy's sense of duty towards his country. The…

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Five Soldier Brothers. Mangoplah

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I think it is about time for me to write to you again. We had a lovely fall of rain. It was very badly needed, One of my brothers is back…

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