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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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War Gratuities. Mr. Cann on Federal Treasurer

Northern Star · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Labor, replying to Sir Joseph Cook's criticism on the State Government for not cashing War Gratuities of the State Public…

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Peace Settlements. War Damages Claims. Paris

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 3

The Reparations Commission has announced the Allied bills of war damages for presentation to Germany. The British claim is £2542,000,000, whereof the…

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War Service Homes. Commonwealth Bank Purchases. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 3

Sir Denison Miller, Governor of the Commonwealth Bank, furnished a, statement to Mr. Rodgers, Acting Minister for Repatriation today, showing that…

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Soldier Settlement Roads

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 2

The construction of the internal roads in the Bilambil Soldier Settlement, which was the subject of one of the complaints made by the soldier settlers to the…

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Political Confidence Trick. Repeal of Soldiers' Preference Act. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 2

The Minister of Labor and Industry, who administers the Soldiers' Preference Act, announced today a determination to repeal it. It was impossible to…

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Tweed Remnants for Soldiers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 2

Mr. T. Mullett, secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League, advises that he has on hand a quantity of tweed suiting remnants cut from millitary…

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Attempted Burglary at Post Office. Two Women Wounded

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A burglar attempted to break into the post office at Fumina, a villain in the Western Gippsland district, on Friday night, After trying to…

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War Services Homes

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Governor of the Commonwealth Bank (Sir Denison Miller) has furnished to the Acting Minister for Repatriation…

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How We Won the War

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 3

It was no tennis enthusiast who contributed this to a western exchange: "In the centre of the front page of Sydney's leading illustrated Sunday…

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Dyraaba Soldier Settlement. Mode of Ballot and Allotment

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 2

Preliminaries in connection with the balloting for the Dyraama soldiers' settlement group area were commenced before the Local Land Board, consisting…

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Detention of [?]Alian Soldiers. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Thursday.—In reference to the detention of two Australian soldiers the Minister for the Interior has been requested to immediately release the soldiers and…

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Preference to Soldiers. Lord Mayor Says Unionists First

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Lord Mayor, Ald. Lambert, replying to criticism gave what is so far the clearest definition of the Labor party's attitude towards preference to…

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Comrades of Great War. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 3

CAPETPWN, Friday—The Grand Council of the South African Comrades of the Greet War discussed the matter of incarcerated Australian soldiers, Frederick…

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Australian Girl Abroad. Her War Years in Germany

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 4

Miss Evil Coarns, a gifted Australian pianist, now visiting Young, was 16 years old and studying in Germany when the war clouds burst. She, along…

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Incarcerated Australian Soldiers. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Saturday.—The Secretary for the interior explained that the incarcerated Australian soldiers were under the charge of an immigration officer at the direct…

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War Trophies

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 4

An intimation was received at yesterday's meeting of the Teraaia Shire Council that Messrs. Tom A. Smith, H. E. King and E.Bray had been appointed war trophy…

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Casino's War Trophy

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 3

The Department of Defence wrote, through the Hon. W. Massey Greene, M.H.R., to last night's Municipal Coun-cil meeting that approval had been…

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Soldier Settlement. Results of Dyraaba Ballot

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 3

The Local Land Board, consisting of Air. Mr. E. W. Brierly (chairman) and Messrs. R. Barling and E. C. Rayner (members), continued its sitings at the…

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Returned Soldiers' Conference. Objects Explained by Smuts and Haig. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—General Smuts, speaking at the conference at Capetown, declared that its object was to perpetuate that spirit of comradeship born among the soldiers…

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A Soldier's Cottage. Gift Frow Wollongbar Residents

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 7

The little centre of Woliongbar was the scene of a large and enthusiastic gathering of people of ali ayes on Saturday, 5th Feb the ob-ject being [?] honor a retinned…

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