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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Latest Telegrams Man-o'war Steps Tragedy. The Mother Committed for Trial. SYDNEY. Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 2

Mrs. Isabel Maud Cohen has been committed for trial on a charge of murder in connection with the deaths of a little girl three years of age,…

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Station Owners and War Time Taxation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 39

Before the Full Court of the High Court, consisting of the Chief. Justice (Sir Andrian Knox), Mr. Justice Isaacs, Mr. Justice Rich, and Mr. Justice…

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Bucharest Explosions. Bolsheviks Suspected. Fear of Russo-roumanian War. Vienna, May 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 20

The Roumanian Government has appointed a Parliamentary commission to fix responsibility for the explosion of the arsenal at Bucharest…

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Over-capitalised Soldier Farms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 2

At a meeting of the Peak Hill branch of the P. and S. Association, the matter of soldier settlements was discussed at length. The Mayor, Mr…

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Mr. Wearne Investigates Soldier Settlements

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 29

Mr. Wearne, Minister for Lands, visited Bathurst recently to inquire into the grievances of soldier settlers at Montavella and Macquario Vale…

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Bathurst Soldier Settlement Blocks

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 17

Through the instrumentality of the Bathurst Fruit-growers' Association, Mr. Wearne, the Minister, for Lands, visited Bathurst personally to inquire…

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War on Prickly Pear

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 18

A party of 50 members of Parliament and officials left by special train to inspect the prickly pear areas in the Moree-Bingara district…

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America and Japan. If War Came. American Navy Not Prepared

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 6

Admiral Bradley Fiake, retired, has made public letter to.the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Wilbur, In which he claimed that the comparative strengths…

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Hay Returned Soldiers. the Austin Cup Shoot

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 2

What was probably the last shoot that the local returned soldiers will meet in took place on Wednesday on the Hay Rifle Club, range, when the…

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Gift to a Hospital. Suitable War Memorial. WELLINGTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 2

Mistress Barton, of Wellington, has given £1000 towards a new female ward in the Wellington Hospital, as a memorial to her son, killed at the…

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Observance of Anzac Day

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 11

A conference of business men in Sydney, embracing almost every commercial activity in the State, considered the question of the observance of…

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Anzac Day

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 2

The Chief Secretary, Mr. C. W. Oakes, stated that the request of the Retail Traders' Association that Anzac Day should be observed on Sunday…

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Veteran Soldier Dead. Col. W. R. Watson

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

Colonel W. R. Watson died suddenly today, after a brief illness. He contracted a chill at General Finn's funeral on Friday. The deceased…

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Farms for Returned Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 22

Three homestead farms for selection in the Oaklands district will be available for returned soldiers on August 18 next. Application forms and full…

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Soldier Settlers Dissatisfied

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 1

It is stated there is widespread dissatisfaction among soldier settlers on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, on account of the Government's…

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Post-war Conditions of Ex-soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 5

The Federal Government intends to appoint a Royal Commission, composed of eminent medical men, to examine the methods at present adopted to…

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Soldier Settlement

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 4

Queensland has settled 4472 soldiers on tho land at an average cost of £754. New South Wales has settled 7081 at an average cost of £2441, and…

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Two Boys Killed. Playing at Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 44

James Roberts, aged 12, was shot dead at North Sydney recently, when a military service rifle, which was being used by other boys in a game of…

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Murrumbidgee Soldier Settlers. Reduction of Liabilities Urged

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 7

For the purpose of preparing evidence in support of settlers' claims for a reduction of liabilities to the Crown, a conference was held at Leeton this…

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Japan and America. the Possibility of War

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 6

The Earl of Cassills, who has been touring the Empire, privately investigating its means of defence in case of war, made a remarkable statement in…

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