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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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The War of the Future

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 2

No great aerial conflict in warfare is anticipated by military experts, according to Brgadier-General Lord Thomson, Secretary of State for Air in…

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Election Move. Soldier Settlement Matters

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Cabinet to-day discussed soldier settlements, after which the Premier stated that Mr. Wearne, Minister for Lands, would…

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Soldier Settlers

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 4

DYRAABA, Tuesday.—Mr. J. W. Pollock, organising the newly formed Dyraaba Soldier Settlers' Association, says that at the present, time about 90 per cent. of the settlers…

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Anzac Day Committee Prepares Programme Unique Displays

Northern Star · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 3

An enthusiastic meeting of the Anzae Day committee, appointed from the Soldiers' Club, was held in the School of Arts, Lismore, with a view to making suitable…

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The War Memor[?]

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 2

The heavy rains hav[?] completion of the town[?] to its roof height, but[?] turreted parapet. It is [?]…

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Benefactor to Returned Men

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 7

Casino "Express" mentions that Mr. John T. Cowan, of " Jerseydale," Greenridge, has for some time been carrying on good work in a quiet…

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Painted Music Delineating Nature in Sound War Among Critics

Northern Star · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 13

"It is not easy," remarks Dr. Johnson in his "Life of Addison," "to paint the song, or to sing in colours;" and this sentiment represents to some extent the 18th…

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The Waterside War Still Arguing on Picking Up Places. Hearing Adjourned Till

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--In the Arbitration Court to-day, further argument was heard regarding the picking lip places for seamen…

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Anzac Day Speeches

Northern Star · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 5

PERTH, Sunday—The Colonial Secretary has decided to prohibit speeches in schools on Anzac Day in order, as he put it, to prevent the glorification of war…

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Anzac Day Completing Sports Programme Important Woodchdp

Northern Star · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

At a further meeting of the Anzae Day committee presided over by the president (Mr. C. B. Popkin), arrangements for the sports programme for April 25 were brought…

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Anzac Day Speeches. Not Permitted in the West

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 5

PERTH, Monday.—The Solonial Secretary has decided to prohibit speeches in schools on Anzac Day in order, as [?]…

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The War of the Future

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 6

No great [?] conflict in warfare is anticipated by military experts, according to Brigadier-General Lord Thomson, Secretary of State for Air in the recent…

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Shot by Snipers Nurse Hero of Great War

Northern Star · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 7

Nurse Edith Helen Clutsom lies in a small revolving shelter in the grounds of the Aylsham poor law institution, 10 miles from Norwich. She is a victim of those two dread…

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Returned Soldiers' Union. City Council Administration

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—According to the secretary of the Returned Soldiers Union that union is to appear before the Registrat-General on Wednesday SYDNEY, Monday.—The Government, says the chief Secretary, Mr. Oakes, has full Power to place the City Council under a commission of con-…

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Soldiers' Holdings. Reappraisement of Liabiijties. a Sympathetic Minister

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A most important statement was made by the Minister for La[?] (Mr. W. E. [?] a conference with soldier [?] at…

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Soldier Seitlers Holdings Revaluation Decision £250,000 for Reappraisement

Northern Star · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, Sunday.—A most important statement was made by the Minister for Lands (Mr. W. E. Wearne) last night at a conference with local…

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Anzac Day Speeches

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 4

The prohibition placed upon Anzac Day speeches at public schools by the West Australian Colonial Secretary will undoubtedly stir up a storm of…

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Waterside War Serious Position in New Zealand Threatened Extension to Australia

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.-- At New Plymouth the waterside dead lock has reached a serious stage. Mr. Roberts, Dominion secretary of the…

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Soldiers' Farms The Revaluation Board Power to Increase and Decrease Values

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--At a conference with the soldier settlers at Gunnedah last night, the Minister for Lands (Mr. W. E. Wearne), made an important…

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Diggers' Fight Hand Weaving by Soldiers Valuable Secondary Industry

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 3

When the work of repatriation was begun by the Victorian Stats War Council in 1915, returned disabled soldiers were instructed in the art of hand weaving. Looms…

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