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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Queensland Cotton War on the Boll Weevil. Ratoons Must Be Destroyed. Penalty of £100

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Up to June 1 next, every grower of cotton in Queensland shall be at liberty to harvest any ratoon and stand over cotton he…

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Alleged Cure for Rheumatism. Treatment of Returned Soldier

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 3

Mr. Archdale, Police Magistrate, of Brisbane, convened a court at the bedside of John Duncan Campbell, the principal witness in the croton oil case,…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Northern Star · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Over 1000 new members have been enrolled in the Returned Soldiers' League since the beginning of the year…

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Sudden Death Fate of a Returned Soldier Finding of the Coroner

Northern Star · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 6

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—Mr. Sydney Graham King, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. King, of Dunbible, was yesterday found dead in the back yard of his residence at…

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Anzac Day Question of Statutory Holiday

Northern Star · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY Friday.—The question of the proper observance of Anzac Day will be considered shortly by a conference representing the employing bodies and others. When the…

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Anzac Day Diggers' Determination. Must Be Public Holiday

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--The question of the proper observance of Anzac Day will be considered shortly by a conference representing the employing bodies…

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Innisfail Sensation Chinese Runs Amuck. Two Countrymen Badly Wounded

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--A sensational affray occurred in the portion of Innisfail known as Chinatown, this afternoon, as the result of which three Chinese…

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Great Industrial War (Reuter.) BERLIN

Northern Star · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 5

The [?]ockont of miners in the Ruhr and in Upper Silesia and Saxony has affected thousands of other workers, precipitating a great industrial war…

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Mustard Hoax War Time Dry Variety Remains

Northern Star · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Following the motion by the Commercial Travellers' Association, demanding the return of wet mustard in restaurants, Dr. Robertson,…

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Fatal Scratch Colonel with War Service London

Northern Star · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 3

Colonel C. C. Moxon, C.M.G., D.S.O., a doctor, of Carleton Hall, Pontefract, Yorks, who served in the South African war and the European war, died in a nursing home at…

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Mothers of Soldiers

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 3

Signor Mussolini headed a procession, numbering several thousands, to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier to contribute funds for the erection of a…

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State Defrauded French Doctors and Chemists Convicted. £285.000 Involved. Medicines to Disabled Soldiers

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" in Paris writes that 23 doctors and chemists have been convicted at Marseilles of…

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Soldier Settlers No Cause for Worry. Minister's Statement Concerning Dyraaba

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 5

Messrs. Geo. Nesbitt and W. T. Missingham, M's.L.A., have received the following communication from the Minister for Lands Mr. W. E. Wearne,…

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Dyraaba Soldier Settlers

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 6

On the 17th of last month Mr. J. W. Pollack, President of the Dyraaba Soldiers' Settlement League, accompanied by Messrs. Geo…

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Research Prize Awarded to Returned Soldier Valuable Geological Thesis

Northern Star · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Dr. Loftus Hills, M.B.E., formerly of the Geological Survey of Tasmania, has been awarded the David Syme research prize for 1924 for a thesis on the…

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Spanish War in Morocco (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 5

A message from Paris states that the Spraiards have launched their much heralded offensive against the Riffs. The battle raged for a whole day…

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A Deadly Gas Horrors for Next War. New Gas Which Spreads a Terrible Death

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 3

LONDON. Sunday.--A report from London University states that a poisonous gas has ben discovered, which is easily distributed from aeroplanes. It is…

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Cheaper Books. Back to Pre-war Prices

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Cheaper boots and books at English published prior a may be expected at the result of the Australia Booksellers' Convention,…

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Ex-soldier Patients Concessions at Tweed District Hospital to Be Discontinued, Except in Special Cases

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 2

"That the practice, hitherto in existence, of making no charge to ex-soldiers for maintenance in the hospital be discontinued, and…

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Licensing Inspectors Two Returned Soldiers Appointed

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Messrs. R. M. Sadler and W. B. Fairthorn were to-day appointed civilian licensing inspectors by the Minister for Justice (Mr. Ley)…

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