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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Caring for Returned Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 19

According to the Government policy the repatriation of a soldier is effected after he has been re-established in civil life and has found employment for six months…

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Soldiers' Graves in France

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 22

During Easter a stream of British mourners visited the military cemeteries in Franco and Flanders…

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Later News. German Students and French Soldiers Collision in Frankfurt. One Effect of the Government Troops in Ruhr. Coal Supplies to France Stopped

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

"The Times" Paris correspondent states that a street procession at Frankfurt, headed by students, provoked a collision with French troops…

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Lady's Letter From Sydney. the Soul of Anzac

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 6

To be welcomed by a city such as Sydney on Saturday morning must have been an experience worth while, even to a warrior so surfeited with welcomes as…

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Emigration To Western Australia. War Orphans Wanted. London, April 8

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 5

Mr. J. D. Connolly, Agent-General for Western Australian, is to obtain the sanction of the Minister for Pensions to the emigration of 200 war orphans, aged from…

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Co-operative Conference Co-operation in Relation to War. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 5

At to-day'd session of the Co-operative Congress, Mr. Ferguson, president of the Balmain Co-operative Society, read a paper on "International Co-operation as…

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French Black Troops in War. .LONDON. April 10

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

A man named Morel, who has been notorious in the Congo writing to the "Daily Herald," reviews the worst legends of the war apropos of the French employment of…

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Returned Soldier Recovers Speech. Through Gunshot Wound. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 3

Herbert Daly, a returned soldier, of Dalgety, met with a gun accident the shot entering his left side. Prior to the accident be could only…

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Returned Soldier Missing. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

Arthur Young, a soldier, has been missing from his home since early on Saturday morning. He is suffering from shell shock. His hat and coat have been found on the…

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Soldiers As Vignerons Rutherglen a Suitable Site. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

Rutherglen is the best wine-growing district in Victoria, in the opinion of Air. F. de Castella, viticulturist of the Agricultural Department, who thinks that…

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Australia and Her Diggers. No Soldiers Treated So Well Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 3

Speaking at the imperial Service cLub last night, General Birdwood said they Should do their utmost to keep up the Citizen Forces in Australia. They should…

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Erecting Soldiers' Homes. Start to Be Made in Albury Next Week

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. D. J. Hutchings, Deputy Commissioner of War Service Houses arrived in Albury yesterday to expedite the work of erecting soldiers' homes in the town…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

At a meeting held in the Athenaeum on April 9th, there were present:— Messrs P. Ledwidge, J. Shepherd, E. Crisp, J. Smith, R. O'Donnell, W…

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Soldiers' Homes

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 1

It is not a fact that the War Service Homes Department has decided not to build housed on Diggers' own land. Soldiers, however, [?]…

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War Gratuity Bonds Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

All the machinery for the issue of the war gratuity bonds has been completed, and it is expected that tho 'first distribution will be made in two weeks' time…

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Payment of Gratuity In Cash Deputation of Soldiers Angry. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

A deputation consisting of several hundred returned soldiers belonging to the Democratic League marched to Parliament House to-day…

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Soldiers Memorial

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

A further meeting of all interested in the Jerilderie and District Fallen Soldiers Memorial Fund was held in the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon…

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A Million for Soldiers. Squatter’s Bequest

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 4

A “digger” astounded his comrades tho congress of the Returned Soldiers League in Sydney on Saturday last with the announcement that a…

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Anzac Anniversary

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. J. Chivell) has made all arrangements for a service on Anzac Day, which this year falls on Sunday week. This will be held in the…

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War and Post-war Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 29

The lofty ideals for which the Allies fought and won the war are becoming clouded; and the Versailles peace, from which so much was expected in the…

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