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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

1,831 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 9 of 92

Heavy Taxation Coming. More War Loans Required. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. G. J. Cohen, speaking at the Com-mercial Banking Coy., said that more War Loans would probably be required, and heavy taxation was inevitable. It…

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Late Telegrams. Furlough and Sustenance. Extended to Discharged Soldiers. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

The Minister for Defence stated to-day that the scale of furlough and sustenance allowances which had recently been approved for payment to the…

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Dismissal of Eligibles. Perth Soldiers' Resolution. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

The Retured Soldiers' Conference at Perth, passed a resolution asking for the dismissal of all eligible persons in the Federal and State services, who had been…

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Soldiers of the North At Home and Abroad

Daily Observer · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 6

Mrs. C. E. Berry, Gidley, has been notified from Base Records Office that her son, Lance-Corp. G. H. Berry, M.M., is returning to Australia per transport…

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Returned Soldiers

Daily Observer · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 7

All returned soldiers are requested to parade in uniform at the Memorial Fountain, in Brisbane-street, on Monday next, at 10 a.m. sharp, to join in…

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War Widows' Homes. (To the Editor.)

Daily Observer · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

Sir,—Now that the first cottage for war widows, being built under the auspices of the West Tanworth Voluntary Workers' Association is well under way…

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League of Nations. Draft Resolutions. a Permanent Organisation. Authorship of War. VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

The Peace Conference has appointed a committee to settle the details of the League of Nations. President Wilson in opening the discussion said: The League…

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Flooded with Paper Money. Bolshevik Finance. Extravagant Pay to Soldiers. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

An Omsk message says: The Bolshevik press states that 310,000,000 roubles are being printed dally in Petrograd and Penza. Whether this is correct or…

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7000 Blind Soldiers. New York

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

The New York Times Paris correspondent, states that the number of men totally blinded among all Allied forces during the war has been…

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Returned Soldiers and Councils

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

"I would suggest where possible that returned soldiers be employed even if the work costs more. It has taken some time to make the men…

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Illuminated Certificates for Soldiers

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

An it is the intention of the Namol Shire Council to present to each soldier enlisting from the shire, an ill[?]ted certificate, the Council…

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Soldiers' Diaries

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

The Trustees of the Mitchell Library are advertising in our columns for original [?]laries of Australian and New Zealand soldiers, for permanent…

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War Time Profits

Daily Observer · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 5

The Commission's report on the profits made by the woollen mills, spinners, Flinders-lane firms, and retailers of clothing during the war years, makes…

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Why Did the War End So Quickly?

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

"Why did the war end so quickly? "How is it that whereas Germany was dominant East, and West down to the middle of July, less than four…

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Caledonians' Day. Gathering at Tam Worth. To Help War Widows

Daily Observer · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 3

Those who were Scots ana proud of it; those who were not Scots, but would have liked to be; and those who did not cave much their way…

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Soldiers' Diaries

Daily Observer · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 4
Also in Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser

The trustees of the Mitchell Library are advertising in our columns for original diaries of Australian and New Zealand soldiers, for permanent…

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Late Telegrams. Soldiers and Next-of-kin. Presentations by Governor-General. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

Presentations of decorations and medals to the next-of-kin of soldiers who had died on active service, and to members of the A.I.F., were made on the…

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Soldiers of the North At Home and Abroad

Daily Observer · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 6

Mr. A. Howlott, Fitzroy-street, Tamworth is in receipt of official notice that his second youngest son, Pte. A. R. Howlett, 4th Machine Gun Battalion…

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The Returned Soldier

Daily Observer · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 5

It needed no great common sense to see that the Government was making endless trouble for itself by its dallying with the big repatriation issues. In…

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