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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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No More Obstacles War Service Homes in Deniliquin Commission to R.s.s.i.l.a. Meeting

The Independent · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 2

According to the Secretary to the Federal War Service Homes Commission Mr. C. W. Peterson, who [?] Deniliquin on Monday nights, and met the members of the R.S.S.I.L.A. [?] the Club-Rooms, there are to the War Service Homes in Deniliquin at…

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Deniliquin War Memorial

The Independent · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 2

The Rev. J. J. Brown, on Sunday evening, during his service in the Methodist Church, referred to the very fine memorial the town had erected to…

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War Heroes' Graves

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 4

The High Commissioner for Australia, Major-General Sir Granville Ryrie, recently visited 27 cemeteries in Belgium and France, and his…

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Soldier Settlement

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 4

The Premiers' Conference also dealt with the question of soldier land settlement with a view to evolving general principles upon which a final…

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Hay War Memorial Committee. an Important Resolution

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the Hay War Memorial Hall Committee was held at the Council Chambers, on Thursday. There were present: Messrs. Weir…

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War Loan Conversion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 30

Before the end of the year the Federal Treasury will require to undertake the conversion of £40,000 of war loans. The amount represents portion…

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Biggest War Ship the Rodney Completed

The Independent · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 4

H.M.S. Rodney, the words largest battleship which cost £7,000,000 left the Mersey, where she was built for Portsmouth, last week, to undergo her…

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News by Cable China Civil War. Northerners Advance. Shanghai, August 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 20

Sweeping successes by the Northerners on all fronts were reported to-day. The Nationalists' casualties in the recent fighting are estimated at 30,000…

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Soldiers and Conscription

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 37

The annual conference of the State branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League decided to drop the conscription issue. The Federal…

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Soldier Settlers' Failure. Ejectment Order Issued

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 38

The cast of James Parkinson, a soldier settler, of Everton (Victoria), came before Mr. T. M. Williams, P.M., at Wangaratta Police Court, when an…

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£100,000 Monument. in Memory of Our Soldiers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1927 · page 22

Mr. Bruce stated that the great monument in France which is about to be erected by Australia to the memory of her soldiers who died on the Western…

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Italy Offended by Returned Soldiers-statements Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 2

At a meeting of the State Executive of the R.S.S.I.L.A. last night, a letter was read from the Vice-Consul for Italy, Signor Mario Carosil, who stated…

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Welcome Home

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 2

On the evening of the 27th ult., friends to the number of 85 gathered at "Craiglea," Warmatta, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Toms, to welcome home…

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Sydney's Cenotaph Disfigured by Soldier

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 2

Percy Hallam Clark, 66 years, a photographer, was fined £[?] at the central police court on Saturday for having posted a small bill on the…

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Soldiers' Rates Arrears

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 47

A deputation representing the Victorian Municipal Association, requested the Minister for Lands, Mr. Bailey, to take steps for making the Closer…

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Soldier Settlers'arrears

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 4

Arrears of rates owed to shire and borough councils in. Victoria were stated by a deputation which waited on the Victorian Minister for Lands…

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Limbless Soldiers' Appeal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 4

The limbless soldiers' appeal has boon progressing favourably, and the executive, looking round for further means of raising funds, has thought…

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Soldiers Buried When Barracks Collapse Rome

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 31 August 1927 · page 3

A message from Leghorn states that seven soldiers were killed and 40 injured when the barracks collapsed this morning. Ten soldiers are still…

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China Civil War. Shanghai, August 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 20

The Northerners have launched a general offensive against the Southern forces, and this morning they crossed the Yangtse under cover of fog…

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