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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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Late War News. Allied Demands Met. London, April 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 28

A message sent from Paris at a late hour on Sunday night announced that the Germans had yielded to the Allied demands regarding the delegation to be sent…

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Ten Commandments of the French Consumer During the War

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 3

The spirit of France is strikingly shown in the following ten commandments which the French people had given to them by the League of…

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National Creche France Leads the Way Lesson From the War

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 3

Whilst England has achieved remarkable result in her social welfare work, especially in the establishment of creches for the benefit of the…

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The War and After. (Continued from page 20.) an Italian Demand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 22

A painful sensation has been caused in Vienna by te Italian demand for many art works of inestimable value from the Australian Imperial Museums and Galleries…

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Soldiers Seize City

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 22

Despatches from Vienna received in New York on Sunday night stated that the Soldiers' Council controlled the Austrian capital. The murder in Hungary of the…

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"Soldier's Superstitions."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 45

It is considered very unlucky to be killed on a Friday. For a Sergeant to stand on the top of a parapet indicates that a promotion is…

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Training of "Under Age" Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 33

In consequence of the representations made by the Minister for Repatriation, Senator Millen, the Federal Cabinet has approved of the training of those members…

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Land Wanted for Goulburn Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 29

At a meeting of the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce reference was made of the position of Goulburn in regard to repatriation. It was stated that, although…

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Training the Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 31

It is now estimated that the total fit men who enlisted of under age in the A.I.F. to be trained by the Repatriation Department is 12,000, and unfit men 2500…

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Soldiers Honored. Wamboota & District Function (By "One of Them.")

The Independent · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 2

The School of Arts at Wamboota was the scene of a most enthusiastic welcome to returned soldiers and nurses belonging to the Wamboota, Thyra, Bunaloo…

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Soldiers' Gymkhana. Successful Effort

The Independent · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 2

The month of April was set aside by the Minister for Repatriation for returned soldiers to make an appeal for funds to purchase or erect a building for the use of…

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Soldiers As Poultry Farmers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 1

While in Sydney the Victorian Minister for Lands (Mr. Clarke) visited an area of 700 acres where 37 discharged soldiers have been established as poultry [?]umers…

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Returned Soldiers' Rights. Government's Hand Forced. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 2

Returned soldiers' organisations are making their influence felt in various parts of Canada. One of the leading questions is their attitude toward organised labor…

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Another District Soldier Earns Distinction. Staff-Sergeant Hutchinson, D.C.M., C.deG

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 2

Staff-Sergeant Hector Barnett Hutchinson, well known in the Booligal district, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the…

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Advances to Soldier Settlers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 2

The Minister for Lands states that his department is prepared to advance up to £625 to soldiers undertaking share farming or leasing land. A…

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Anzac Day in Albury. Memorial Service in Dean Square

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 3

The anniversary of the historic landing of the gallant Australian soldiers on the blood-stained heights of Gallipoli was celebrated in Albury in a very quiet fashion…

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Anzac House in Melbourne Street Appeal for Purchase Money. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 3

Anzac remembrance day was celebrated in Melbourne by a street appeal to enable the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League to purchase a building…

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What the War Is Gosting

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 4

The amount expended by the various belligerent Governments on the European war has been estimated to have reached £15,000,000,000 sterling,…

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Soldiers Welcomed at Lavington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 4

The Soldiers' Welfare committee head another of its popular fixtures on Thursday evening, when a welcome home was extended to Lieut. Henry (Jim) Hague,…

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A Soldier Welcome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 4

A pleasant social evening was spent at the home of Mr. H. Couden, Smollett street, on Thursday night, the occasion being a welcome home to Driver Reuben…

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