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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

1,419 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 71

Returned Soldiers. Byron Bay Branch

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 4

The monthly meeting of members of the Byron Bay branch of the B.S.S.I. League was held on Monday night. Mr. C. W. Grimwood (president) was in the…

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Dempsey-carpentier Fight. War Memorial Benefit

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 2

To-morrow night the residents of Murwilhranlbah and district will have the opportunity of seeing the Dempsey-Carpentier fight fought over again at the…

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Like Civil War Armed Camps on Ulster Border. Kidnapped Men Still Held. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 3

The failure of Mr. Collins and Mr. Griffiths to secure the release of the kidnapped men from Ulster shows that the I.R.A. is not completely under their…

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Federal Departments. Dismissal of Temporary Employees. Returned Soldier Preference

Northern Star · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Federal member for South Sydney, Mr. Riley, said yesterday that he was much troubled by the wholesale dismissal of temporary employees from the…

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Police Inspector Killed. Son Seriously Wounded. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The district police inspector was shot dead at Clonakilty, county Cork, and his son seriously injured…

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War Memorials Benefit

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 2

Remarkable photography characterises "A Midnight Bell," Charles Ray's latest production which, will be exhibited at the School of Arts War Memorials benefit…

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Children Killed. Explosives Dump Bursts. After-war Dangers. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 5

PARIS, Monday.—A message from Mayence states that the dangers lurking as the result of the war are grievously shown, in two shocking disasters…

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Irish Soldiers' Millions. Amazing Story of Romance and Adventure. Heirs to the Fortune in Australia

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

Coincidentally with the announcement of an American commission to ascertain the next-of-kin comes the intelligence of the death of Mr. Patrick Quinn, the…

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Fourteen Persons Wounded. Shooting Cases at Belfast. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Fourteen persons were wounded during the shooting, at Belfast at the week-end. Snipers were most active last night, police patrols and tram cars…

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Fortune of Love and War

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 4

The marriage which has just taken place in France, of Mr. David Coutts, aged 49, formerly employed as a draper in an Aberdeen warehouse, with a…

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Civil War Imminent. Ugly Temper in Ireland

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 5

In Belfast the situation is so critical that the authorities have re[?]sposed the curfew system, §even people were killed and 20 wounded between midnight…

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The Write Race. Threatened in Europe. Dreadful Post-War Conditions

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 3

There is a real danger of the disintegration of the white race in Europe, said Major Macgregor Knox, M.C. (with bar), in discussing the…

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Local and General Soldiers' Home

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 4

The hon. secretary of the Soldiers' Church of England Rest Home, Coolangatta, acknowledges with thanks a quantity of fruit and vegetables from the…

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Kitchener Mystery the Rasputin Story. Honor of the British Soldier

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 2

The loss of the Hampshire will always remain one of the outstanding tragedies of the Great War. Every circumstance before and after the event conspired to…

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Work for Soldiers Complaints of Delay. Mr. Hughes's Explanation. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 5

That the Government is anxious to absorb the returned soldiers who were recently [?] was made manifest to-day. Mr. Hughes, in the course of a…

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Soldiers' Homes. Unravelling the Puzzle. New Purchasing System

Northern Star · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Hector Lamond, Assistant Minister for Repatriation, referring to soldiers' homes to-day, remarked:—"We have now been able to arrange that…

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Russian Famine Horrors Worse Than War. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 3

Professor Meredith Atkinson, of the Melbourne University, interview to-day on his return from the Russian famine areas said that the horrors of the famine…

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Distracted Ireland War in Belfast. More than 100 Casualties. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 3

Fierce shooting continued in several districts to-day. At Belfast this, afternoon concealed snipers in Stanhope Street fired hundreds of shots. The…

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Soldiers' Homes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 4

Mr. H Lamond assistant Minister for Repatriation referring to soldiers homes, remarks:--"We have now been able to arrange that all approved…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 2

A conference of delegates of the various North Coast sub-branches of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League was to have been held in…

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