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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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War Against Mosquitoes

Northern Star · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 9

The ditches of Plumstead Marsh have long been the breeding ground of the mosquito, which can be just as dangerous in England as in the tropics. And now the…

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War Memorial in France

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday.--At Rouen today General Sir Nevil Macready unveiled a tablet erected in the Rouen Cathedra by the Imperial War Graves…

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Germany's War Casualties (Reuter.) BERLIN

Northern Star · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 5

The publishing the exact figures of Germany's war casualties, states that 2,055,000 were killed and 4,249,000 wounded…

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War Service Homes. Expenditure of £29,000,000

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 2

The total capital expenditure neurred by the War Service Homes Commission throughout the Commonwealth to January 31 last, on the provision of…

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Madam Kassovakaia. a Soldier and a Woman

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 2

At 14, the stage; at 1.5, marriage. Then, three years of active service in the Russian White Army, side by side with her husband; death of her…

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Lectures on the Rhine Time Expired British Soldiers Urged to Emigrate to Dominions

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Hunder the auspices of the War Office, Maior [?] Bavin (general secretary of the Nat [?] Council of the Y.M.C.A.) has…

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Grim Tragedy Jealousy the Cause. British Soldiers and German Girl

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

A poignant tragedy, involving the shooting of a pretty German girl murder of her lover, a British sold [?] and the arrest of a comrade, caused a…

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Preference Act Returned Soldier's .Action Fails, Case Dismissed

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 4

SYDNEY. Friday.-- Last week Arthur [?] Mason proceeded against the Austral Stevedoring and Lighter age Co., Ltd., for an alleged breach of…

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Soldiers Advised to Emigrate (Reuter.) COLOGNE

Northern Star · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 5

Under the suspices of the War Office, Major Cyril Bavin, general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. National Council, lectured to the entire British army on the Rhine, which…

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German Dupugiity Well Known Military Writer Declares Treaty is Being Broken Groundwork for War

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.-- Writing in the "Daily Telegraph," Colonel Repington says that the contents of the inter Allied report on German disarmament…

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Peace on Waterfront. Soldiers Join Federation

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Most of the executive of the Returned Soldiers' Waterside Workers Bureau joined the Watersiders' Federation on Saturday…

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Ex-soldiers Join Federation

Northern Star · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Over 200 members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Waterside Workers' Union were admitted to the federation to-day…

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Soldiers Memorial at Uralla. Colonel Bruxner on the War

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 1

At Uralla on Sunday week "Back to Uralla," week has ushered in by a combined religious service in Hampden Park, and the formal opening—of the…

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WAR! Many New Horrors Promised

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5

Speaking in London on Monday Amman, Labor member for High [?]said:--"When a member of the Labour Government,I learnt that the…

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The War Debts. Statement by French Premier

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5

M. Herriot (Premier), in the course of a statement before the Senate and Foreign Affairs Committee on the subject of the interallied debts, said the…

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Time for Pride Unveiling a War Memorial. Australia's Great Part

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--The Prime Minister' (Mr. Bruce) unveiled the war memorial at Wahroonga on Saturday. Responding to a welcome from the…

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Waterside War Men Declare Volumnia Black. Threats Against Common- wealth Line

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. Hollo way (secretary of the Melbourne Trades Hall) stated to-day that no more oversea a vessels would be…

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Kyogle-brisbane Work on Queensland Section Preference to Soldiers

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.—Over 100 men are now engaged on the South Brisbane-Kyogle railway oh the Rocklea-Salisbury section…

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Lismore Soldiers' Club

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

At tile annual meeting of the Lismore Soldiers' Club the following officers were elected: —Patron, Col. F. J. Board; president, Mr. C. B. Popkin; vice-presidents, Messrs. A. C…

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War on Commonwealth Line

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—War on the Commonwealth shipping line is to be renewed. The sea transport unions have been split, however, and the…

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