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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Soldiers' Funds. Lively Branch Meeting. BRISBANE

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2

Lively scenes occurred at a meeting of the Brisbane sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League during a discussion on the…

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Soldier Sentenced. Some Other Place Than Gaol

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A returned soldier has been sentenced to 12 months in Goulburn gaol at the Quarter Sessions on a charge of forging and uttering a cheque. The accused…

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Australia's War Record

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The publication of the naval and military war service record of the people of Australia is to be withheld at present owing to the…

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War Service Homes

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 3

If the figures published are to be accepted, the Commonwealth Bank is displaying extraordinary generosity, at the expense of the returned soldiers, the building of whose…

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War Crimes. Names of Germans Accused. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday.—The "Echo' de Paris" states that the Germans accused of war crimes include Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria for taking part in the deportations…

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Peace Matters. Germany's Proposal to Try War Criminals Not Favored. PARIS

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 3

The Council of Ambassadors were unable to reach a decision as to Germany's proposal to try war criminals, cabled on 28th January, and is asking…

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War Criminals. Surrender to be Insisted On. Probable Imposition of Blockade. PARIS

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 3

The "Petit Parisien" states that the Allies will firmly insist on the surrender of all war criminals. The reply to the Dutch Note will be couched in…

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War Criminals. Lersner's Refusal Hurriedly Considered. PARIS

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

The "Matin's" Berlin correspondent states that it is rumored that the Government will ask the National Assembly to take a plebiscite authorising the…

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Refusal to Accept War Criminal List. PARIS

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

Herr Lersner has refused to accept the list of German war criminals and has resigned his position as President of the German delegation. He has…

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The O.B.U. Threat. Fraticidal Iudustrial War. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

The threat to put the O.B.U. out of existence is contained in the report of Mr. Grayndler, General Secretary of the A.W.U. The report presented to…

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Railway Spies. Setting Traps for Soldiers. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

A deputation to the Minister for Works to-day said that there was a system of spying on the railway which was detrimental to returned soldiers…

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Soldiers Last. Queensland Government's Preference Unionists. MARYBOROUGH

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

Applicants for work at Oakhurst [?] informed by the Labor Agent that [?] regulations regarding Government work provided that preference was [?]…

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Deceased American Soldiers. (Published in the "Times.")

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday.—America is landing 17,000 tin-lined coffins at Brest to receive the bodies of soldiers for conveyance home. Special detachments of American gravs…

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War Honors. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.—An official statement in regard to war honors shows that the total conferred upon the British forces is 247,570, and Indians 6588, making a grand…

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War Honours. Comparisons of Two Wars. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 5

An official statement of the war honours shows that the total conferred on the British forces was 247,570, and the Indian forces 6,583 making a total of…

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Spy From the Clouds. Amazing Feat of War Now Disclosed

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 3

One of the most wonderful feats of the war -- the dropping of a spy from a high-speed aeroplane -- on the Italian front is described by Captain…

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War Crimes. The Names of "Wanted" Germans. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The issue of a booklet of 200 pages giving the names of and charges against Germans wanted for war crimes has thrown German political and…

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War Criminals. Extent of List Surprises the Hun. From All Ranks They Are Drawn. Excitement in Berlin. BERLIN

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 5

The list of war criminals exceeds Germany's worst expectations and contains the names of almost every prominent military man during the war from…

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Red Tape and Soldier Settlements

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 3

A "Border Farmer" writes to the "Farmer and Settler" a complaint anent delays in dealing with soldier settlement. His case is typical though not so bad…

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Bolshevik Fighters. Return of Australian Soldiers. NEWCASTLE

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

Thirty-two soldiers who fought the Bolsheviks in Russia landed at Newcastle to-day. They claimed that they had been treated badly by the military…

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