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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Cost of War Service Homes. £900 Maximum. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 2

A Melbourne message says Mr. Holmes president of the Master Builders' Association, stated to-day that the builders throughout the Commonwealth were…

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Late Telegrams. Lost Fortune Owing to War. Importer's Story. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 2

Samuel Van Engbergen, an importer, was charged at the Criminal Court with stealing a number of articles of clothing and jewellery valued at £83, the…

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Preparing for Anzac Day

Daily Observer · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

The programme for Anzac Day sports will be distributed to-day. The committee would like business people to be up and doing in preparation for the…

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Late Telegrams. War Gratuity. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

Returned soldiers, at a mooting at Melbourne, favored a percentage of the war gratuity being paid in cash…

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"Worst Legends of War." Charges against France. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. E. E. D. Morel, of Congo notoriety, writing in the "Daily Herald," reviews the legends of the war, apropos of the French employment of black…

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Returned Soldier Missing. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

Arthur Young( a soldier, has been missing from home since early on Sat­urday morning. He was suffering from shell shock. His hat and coat were…

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Lucky Accident. Soldier Recovers Power of Speech. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

Herbert Daly, a returned soldier, of Dalgety, met with a gun accident when a shot entered his left side. Prior to the accident he could only speak in a…

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Germans Not Wanted. Returned Soldiers Emphatic. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

The Congress of Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League carried a resolution emphatically protesting against the laxity of the Federal authorities…

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Welcome Home at Loomberah. Presentation to Returned Men

Daily Observer · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 1

A welcome home was tendered to a number of returned men at Loomberah on Saturday last. The function took the form of a basket picnic, held in Mr…

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Anzac Day

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

The members of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League are holding" a day's sport on the cricket ground on Monday, April…

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Trotsky Badly Wounded

Daily Observer · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

A "Times" messages states that Leacons Trotsky was recently severely wounded by a revolver shot fired by an ex-Russian general…

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150 Years Feud Over a Dog. Egypt Villages at War

Daily Observer · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 3

An assize case has just ended at Cairo which is one of the most remarkable held in Egypt for years. It originated in a vendetta not between families—a…

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German Affairs. Delivery of War Material. Allied Conference Agrees. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent wires: An important conference has been sitting in regard to the technical means for securing the carrying out of the…

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Issue of War Bonds. Will Start in Two Weeks. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

A Melbourne message states that all the machinery for the issue or the war gratuity bonds has been finalised. It is expected that a first distribution will…

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For American Soldiers. Dollar for Every Day Abroad. VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 2

The United States Ways and Means Committee is considering the appropriation of 900,000,000 dollars in order to give each soldier a dollar for every…

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Soldier's Medal in Pawn

Daily Observer · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 3

"A Soldier's Friend" writes enclosing a postal note for half a crown, as a contribution towards helping a soldier redeem his medal from pawn. As…

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Anzac Day Sports

Daily Observer · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 3

A highly interesting programme of events has been arranged for the Anzac Day sports to be held on the Oval on Monday, April 26. The day's…

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Two New Kinds of Influenza. Affecting the Brain and the Stomach. Europe's War Pest

Daily Observer · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 1

The new influenza epidemic, which appears to be working its way on a bread front westwards from Poland and Hungary and Australia, is now…

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Anzac Day Sports

Daily Observer · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 1

No effort is being spared to make the Carnival on the Oval on April 26 something novel and and unusual, so that the public may be assured not only will they…

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Federal Parliament. Sale of Wool. Repatriation Bill in Committee. War Gratuity Debate. MELBOURNE

Daily Observer · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 2

In the House of Representatives Mr. Hughes told Mr. Rodgers that the Government was willing that sales of wool for wool tops to the Colonial Combing…

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