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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,831 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 92

Demand for Demobilisation. Soldiers March to Whitehall. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 2

A London message says a army chauffeurs and other soldiers from Osterley Park and Isleworth joined a demonstration for the demobilisation…

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Badge of Honor. For Mothers and Wives of Deceased Soldiers

Daily Observer · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 5

The Defence Department has decided to issue a badge of honor to the mothers and wives of soldiers who have been killed on active service or died as a…

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War Widows' Cottages

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 3

A start has been made by the West Tamworth Voluntary Workers' Associa­tion on a cottage for a war widow (or disabled soldier), and the committee…

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Canada's War Taxes. VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

Canada's Income tax imposed during the war is expected to be permanent. The business tax, which furnished £10,000,000 last year for war purpose…

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Will There Be a New War ?

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

The announcement in the London "Star" that the British Government has decided to withdraw from the war against Russia is probably premature;…

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Assisting War Prisoner. Man Fined £10. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 3

James Phillips was charged at the Police Court to-day with having assisted Louis Reiser, who escaped from the Darlinghurst detention barracks while a…

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Council of War. Enemy Agrees to Truce. Government Terms. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent says: A message from Frankfurt states that at the Council of War held in Beriln at the Chancellor's Palace on…

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General Cable News. War Graves Commission. No Expense to be Spared. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

At a meeting of the Imperial War Graves Commission, over which Mr. Walter Long presdied, all the British and overseas representatives were present…

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DEMOBILISATION. Slowness Denounced. Latest Arrangements. Dissatisfied Men at War Office. Work of Agitators. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

The Army Council announces that no officer or soldier will be permitted to proceed to England on leave from France, except on the distinct…

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Soldiers of the North

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 1

Pte. W. Fisher, of Keepit, has been awarded the Military. Medal. Dr. Hamilton Fleming, late of the Brit­ish Army Medical Corps, and who has…

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Bective Soldiers' Settlement

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

"Interested," writing from Walcha, says:— In a recent issue of your paper it was stated that the land lately acquired for…

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Impatient Soldiers More Demobilisation Demands. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

The "Times" Brighton correspondent, says: Eight thousand soldiers broke camp and marched to the Town Hall in high spirits, but orderly. They carried…

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Returning Soldiers. Sydney

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

Between the middle and the end of January, 13 transports are due In Australia with about 14,000 returned soldiers aboard…

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"I Wish the Bolsheviks Were Here!" Wharf Laborers' Official's Opinion. Trouble With Returned Soldiers. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

The feeling between the wharf labor­ers and certain returned soldiers is likely to be very bitter. At a meeting of the former this morning Mr. McCrystal urged…

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Returned Soldiers Dissatisfied

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

Turned soldiers in Melbourne numbering 200 marched in fours to Mr. Watt's office. They stated that the chief object was to secure the…

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Mothers of Soldiers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

It has been decided to issue, to mothers of soldiers who have been killed on active service or who have died as a result of such service and…

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Land for Soldiers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Bannockburn Shire Council, Inverell, Councillor A. T. Hapgood referred to the recent enquiry by the Land Board into…

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Anzacs and Anzac Brides. Arrival in Sydney. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 2

A number of Anzacs' wives and dependents, also a number of returned men, arrived in Sydney this morning. They were welcomed by a large crowd…

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Art Union to Provide War Widows' Homes

Daily Observer · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 7

An Art Union, promoted by the Tamworth and District Voluntary Workers' Association, in aid of war widows' homes, comprising, prizes valued at from £2 to…

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French War Cross. Awarded to Australasians. London

Daily Observer · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 2

The French War Cross has been awarded to 6l Australian officers and men, and three New Zealanders…

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