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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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War Service Homes Inquiry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 46

The Minister for Repatriation has apparently experienced some difficulty in finding an acceptable chairman for the tribunal to investigate the complaints of…

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War Pensioners and the Living Allowance

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 30

At a meeting of Federal members at the Commonwealth Bank a protest was entered against the treatment of the widows, mothers, and dependents of…

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Wet or Dry Liquor Farce in U.s.a. War on Tobacco

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

The great reformers of America, flushed with the triumph of their effonts to make, the drinking of a glass of wine a criminal offenee, are now…

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[Published by Arrangement.] Killjoy's Latest Move. War on Tobacco. Sequel of Prohibition

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

From an editorial in the Melbourne "Age" of January 5th:—" The great reformers of America, flushed with the triumph of their efforts to make the…

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Albury Returned Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 28

The annual meeting of the Albury branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. was held on Thursday night, under the presidency of Mr. W. E. Colley. There was an…

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Soldiers' Preference Act

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 32

John Knowles made a successful appeal at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions before Judge Bevan against a conviction under the Returned Soldiers' Preference of…

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Where Our Soldier Brother Lies

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 12

Far off in lonely "No Man's Land," It was there he fought and fell; His life he gave, your life to save, That, you know, we need not tell…

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Correspondence. Soldier's Memorial Hall to the Editor

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

Sir,—Would you be kind enough to allow me space in the colums of your paper to ask the following questions re above mentioned. I…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

A meeting of the local branch [?] the R.S. and S. I. League was held [?] the Mechanics' Institute on 7th [?] In the absence of the President, [?]…

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War and Post-war Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 29

No sympathy for the Germans will be awakened by the very heavy penalties which the Allies have imposed upon them, and the indemnities amounting to…

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Terrible War Machine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 20

"There are notably two conditions which Germany must respect. Firstly, the treaty stipulations with regard to disarmament. We cannot longer tolerate…

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British War Medals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 32

The first instalment of 35,000 British war medals for members of the A.I.F. who embarked from Victoria have been engraved, and will be ready for presentation…

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"Made" by the War

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 1

The war has ever been the most dramatic of all makers of reputations. It has thrust into the blaze of the limelight many a man whose…

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Australia's Share of War Indemnity

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 30

On Tuesday Sir Joseph Cook referral to the decision of the Allied Conference in Paris. He said:—"It looks at last as though we shall get something out of the…

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Square Deal for Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 32

The Acting Minister for Repatriation spent a good deal of time in close consultation with the members of the recently created War Service Homes Tribunal…

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Soldiers' Children

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 33

Details regarding nearly 400 children who desire to benefit this year, under the new scheme for the higher education of the children of dead and incapacitated…

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The Son of a Soldier

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 12

You'll he sure to know my daddy, 'Cause he wears a coat of red, An' a rifle, an' a bay'net, An' a helmet on his head;…

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Soldiers' Grievances at Brisbane

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 2

Stories of appalling distress among returned soldiers and their dependents were told at a public meeting at Brisbane to consider means of relief…

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Belgium Again Follows Britain. An Unknown Soldier to be Honored. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 3

Reuter's Brussels' correspondent states the Senate has decided that an unknown soldier shall be buried under a monument to be erected in…

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Returned Soldiers' Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the Corowa branch was held on Monday night, at which the following executive officers were appointed:--…

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