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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Russia and China Serious Situation Demand on China Preparations for War (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Peking correspondent states that M. Karakhan yesterday received a telegram from M. Chicherin in connection with the Ivanov affair, stating that the…

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Returned Soldiers Ballina Sub-branch Annual Meeting Ballina

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Ballina subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League was held in the Manchester Unity Hall on Saturday night with the president of the…

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Villers Bretonneux Great Work Done by Melbourne to Restore Village. War Graves Commission Activities

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. Major Phillips (superintendent of 400 Australian cemeteries on the Somme under the War Graves Commission) is visiting…

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The King and His Soldiers

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 12

There was once a king who went in fear of his life. So much so that he had his bedroom built in such a manner that it was surrounded upon every side by three rooms…

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Transport of Soldiers. Russo-Chinese Agreement

Tweed Daily · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

PEKING, Tuesday. The Russian Embassey states that M. Ivanov (the Soviet manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway), is pleased with the…

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Italian War Debt (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

The Italian war debt agreement provides fors the payment for the first year of £2,000,000 sterling, the next two years £4.000,000 annually, the next four years £4,250,000…

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£598,000,000 British War Pensions. 1000 Claims a Week

Tweed Daily · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 4

The British Ministry of Pensions announces that since its inception, it has paid £598,000,000 to 4,500,000 pensioners. In 1924 the expenditure…

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Soldiers' League. Casino Branch Meeting. Assisting a Comrade

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the Casino branch of the R.S. and S.T. League was held in the Oddfellows' Hall last night, Major Cork (president)…

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Bishop Carroll. Arrangements for his Welcome Home

Tweed Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 7

Arrangements are being made to tender a fitting welcome to Bishop Carroll, of Lismore, on his return from Europe. It is the wish of the…

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Butter Stabilisation. War with Proprietary Milk Product Companies

Tweed Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 3

The Victorian advisory board of the State Stabilisation Committee states that it has arranged to confer with representatives of Victorian milk condensers…

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Italian War Debt France Asks a Question (Reuter) LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

The Paris "Le Temps" asks, "Why did Mr. Churchill request France to pay three times more than Italy when the respective debts were 620 millions find 610 millions?"…

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Wives Deserted By Soldier Husbands

Tweed Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

SYDNEY. Friday. A number of women have petitioned the Minister for Health (Mr. Cann), requesting assistance from patriotic funds. They…

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Murder Charge Another Case from Melbourne. Young Returned Soldier Remanded

Tweed Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. Martin Rupert Knopp (28), a returned soldier, was charged at the City Police Court to-day with the murder of Walter…

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Farm Shooting Affair Melbourne, Monday. Man Badly Wounded

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

A serious shooting incident occurred at Sheringhap, near Ballarat, yesterday morning, as a result of which Jeremiah, Joseph Darey (63) was arrested on a charge of…

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War Windows. State Pension Sought

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--The Returned Soldiers' League has decided to ask the State Government to grant war windows a pension of £78 a year,…

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Moroccan War. Further Tribal Surrenders

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 4

MADRID, Friday.--An official despatch from Morocco announces that, as the result of further tribal surrenders, the communications between Ceuta,…

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French War Debt Milder Terms Wanted (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

The correspondent of the "Daily Express" in Paris states that the Franco-British debt negotiations will be revived. There will probably be a close debate on the French…

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The War Is Over No Use for the Digger Now. How They do Things in the Postal Department

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Mr. Stagg (secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League) stated to-day that Diggers in temporary employment at the G.P.O…

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Soldier Knight-errant Tribute to Despatch Rider

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 6

Sir Charles Harington, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Division, in a letter to the vicar of St. Cuthbert's York, paid a warm tribute to the memory…

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Returned Soldiers Position in the Post Office Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

The secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League stated to-day that diggers in temporary employment at the G.I.O. have formed the opinion that the department was…

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