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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

297 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 15

Discarded War Memento

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 28 August 1923 · page 7

At Monday's Council meeting Ald. Burnett asked if it was a fact, as reported in that night's Express," that a German trench mortar presented to…

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Devil Not Slain Lloyd George on War

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 28 August 1923 · page 6

"I have never yet read that the Devil was slain in the war, and I have never seen him in any of the casualty lists. Therefore the churches…

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Soldier's Ill Fortune

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 28 August 1923 · page 3

Hard luck pursued Mr. Easterbrook a returned soldier, who recently left Sydney, to take up his residence at Thora, on the Upper Bellinger. He…

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Wire Netting for Soldiers

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1923 · page 6

The Primo Minister's Department has informed the Returned Soldiers' league that, in answer to its request for Government assistance…

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Fighting the Rabbit, Still on the War Path. Mr. Coleman Phillips

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 6

Mr. Coleman Phillips, of New Zealand, in a further letter to Mr. H. H. Gordon, of "Elsinore," Guyrn, says: I feel that I am making excellent…

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Italy's War. Greece Appeals to League. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 4

It is reported in official circle in London that Italy has precipitated a crisis by occupying the island of Corfu which is an act of war…

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Soldiers' Memorial Cot. Dundee Subscriptions

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 3

In any deserving charily the people of Dundee arc never asked to subscribe in vain, and in the matter of the Glen Innes District Soldiers'…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Soldiers Farms at Wagga. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Walter Thomas Bathos, formedly member fop Wagga in the Legislative Assembly, John Andrew…

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Soldiers Memorial Cot

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 4

The committee of the Glen Innes and District Soldiers' Memorial Cot at Renwick Infanta' Hospital, Sydney, have been successful in collecting the…

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Cablegrams. [Through Reuter.] Italy and Greece. Corfu Bombarded. Italian War-Fever. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 5

Information from the Mediterranean shows that an Italian destroyer bombarded Corfn and then landed a party without waiting a response to a…

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Cablegrams. [Through Reuter.] Is It War? Italy and Greece. Grave Crisis Feared. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 2

Italy's ultimatum to Gr[?] demanding heavy compensation and official apologies for the assassination of fire members of the Italian…

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Soldiers' Homes

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 4

The War Service Homes Commissioner applied for an ejectment order against Percy Farnant, and also sought to be placed in possession of…

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Wire Netting for Soldiers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 8

The Prime Minister's Department has informed the Returned Soldiers' League that, in answer to its request for, Government assistance towards the…

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"Soldier Mendicants." to Be Removed From Streets

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 2

Sydney City Council's finance committee has instructed Aldermen Gilpin and Brocks to consider the best means of removing soldier mendicants from…

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Providing Holidays. for Families of Poor Soldiers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 3

Mr. McDonald wrote to the last meeting of the Tenterfield Municipal Council, asking if there were any chance of circles being formed in the…

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Soldiers Memorial

The Uralla Times · Thursday 6 September 1923 · page 2

During the week, the pillars for the local Soldiers Memorial Gates arrived. They are of Uralla granite, and were prepared in Sydney. The…

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The Next War Germans Look Ahead

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 2

During his trip abroad, Mr. S. J. Coggins, Sydney manager of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line of steamers, visited Hamburg…

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Walcha Soldiers' Memorial

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 3

A statement in connection with the Walcha soldiers' memorial shows receipts at £ 1426/9/1, and expenses at £1455/3/10, leaving a debit balance…

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Returned Soldier Civil Servants. Temporary Appointments Bill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 4

A [?]ill to authorise the appointament as permanent officers of the Public Service of certain re tamed soldiers now or lately temporarily employed is the…

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Returned Soldiers Interests

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 10 September 1923 · page 3

At the local Land Court on Friday the Chairman was examining some of the applicants prior to proceeding with the ballot, when Mr. J. Webb,…

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