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Northern Rivers · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Repatriation of War Prisoners. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 2

ROME, Saturday.—In consequence of the representations of the International Committee of Red Cross Societies, which held a meeting at Geneva, it is understood that…

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Kaiser's War Guilt. Interesting Revolations. Promised Land in Australia

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 7

The "Strassburger None Zeituug" publishes, in a recent issue, some extracts from a pamphlet, which, it declares, was circulated during the last days of the war by Herr…

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Soldiers in Hospitals

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 4

A soldier who, whether discharged or undischarged, is receiving treatment in hospital, may be provided with such class of vocational training as applies…

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Disposal of Soldiers' Goods

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 4

Several cases have been reported where soldiers who obtained tools of trade or other articles by gift or loan from the Repatriation Department have…

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Soldiers' Loans

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 4

A letter received at the Repatriation Department states that there is an impression amongst the returned soldiers of a certain country district that all…

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Queensland Government and Soldiers

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 3

The privilege of free railway carriage, which for a considerable period has been accorded A.I.F. men, including the members of the force as well as the…

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Soldier Settlement. Approval of Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 3

Chaplain-Colonel McKenzie, who was recently employed by the Government to report on soldier settlement, reports that the Murrumbidgee irrigation settlement…

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Soldier Settlement

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Chaplnin Capt. McKenzie, who was commissioned by the State Government to visit all the Red Cross homes and institutions and soldier settlements to…

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Soldier and Citizen Candidates

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday:—Lieut. Cortis, of the Soldiers and Citizens' Federation, stales that the call has gone out for volunteers to join the army of social reconstruction…

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The Soldiers' Club

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 4

We understand the purchase has been completed of the premises known as Stavert's Coffee, Palace, situated in Walker-street, Gasino, by the Gasino Returned Soldiers'…

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Soldiers' Reunion. Welcome Home Social at Dunoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 6

The Methodist Church in the Dunoon district arranged on New Year's Eve in the Dunoon Hall, which was nicely decorated with palms for the function, a soldiers'…

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The Kaiser's War Guilt. Promises Land in Australia

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

A German paper publishes some extracts from a pamphlet, which, it declares, was circulated during the last days of the war by Herr Thyssen, the…

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War Criminals. Those Required by the Allies. BERLIN

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 3

The "Deutsche Zeitung" states that the Government has received a semiofficial notification of. those the Entente requires for trial for war. crimes…

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To Bomb Gibraltar. Pre-War Gorman Plot Uncovered. Italy Upsets Plans. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 3

The. "Evening Standard" discloses a German plot on the eve of the war to cripple Gibraltar with a view to establishing a naval base. The newspaper…

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Irrigation Farmers. Scheme for Returned Soldiers

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Lands stated that 585 returned soldiers had taken the preliminary steps towards becoming irrigation farmers. There were 460 in…

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Christmas in Belgium. Entertaining Two Villages. WORK or Australian Soldiers

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 6

Last Christmas I was on war service in Belgium (writes Lieutenant E. A. Smith). The Hun had just been expelled, and the land returned to its own after four and a…

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Bursaries for Soldiers' Children

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 2

In connection with a scheme for the provision of a bursary fund for children of sailors and soldiers, the secretary, of the Murwillumbah sub-branch R.S.S…

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Money for Soldiers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 2

The British Red Cross Society has offered the Dominion societies £500,000 for the treatment of wounded and sick soldiers. The London "Times"…

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Federal Elections. Soldier Candidates

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The, Labor party lost all its returned soldier members in the elections for the Senate. There will probably be nine Nationalist returned…

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"Anzac Daredevil." Record in Decorations. Col. Murray, V.c.'s Exploits

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 6

Enlisting as a private in West Australia on September 30, 1914, Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. Murray, V.C., C.M.G., D.S.O., and Bar, D.C.M., Croix de Guerre, of the 4th…

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