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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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War Wires

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

Reuter's Vienna correspondent reports, from Budapest, that a peasant revolution has broken out throughout Roumania. A sympathetic rising…

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Stealing Clothes. Returned Soldier Convicted

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 3

At the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., a young man named Michael Gillett pleaded guilty to stealing a suit of clothes and…

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Our Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 1

Mr. Bert Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Palmer, of Dubbo, after six months at Salisbury Plains, England, drilling recruits from overseas, returned to his…

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The Armistice. German Colonies to Be Internationalised. Presidet Wilson's Propoeal Accepted. Dominions' Deputations Vainly Protest. Germany Not to Be Asked to Pay Cost of War. Only Reparation for Wanton Damage London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

A Reuter communique from Paris says that the representatives of the five Great Powers met twice to-day. The Polish delegates in the morning made general…

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WAR! Army of Occupation The Portuguese Rebellion London, Jan. 29

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 2

Reuter states it is officially announced regarding the armies of occupation, that 30,000 men are demoblising daily and this will shortly…

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War Wires

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 2

A British North Russian communique states: Strong Bolshovik attacks on Taraseno compelled the Allies to retire 20 miles northward. The Bolshoviks…

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Memorial to Soldiers

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. Kenyon) has received a requisition bearing 58 signatures, requesting him to call a public meeting to consider the question of erecting a…

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Our Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 1
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

Young Tom Doyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle, of "Kiama," Church st., Dubbo, who lost both feet and part of the lower legs at the front, Is getting…

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WAR! The German Colonies. London, Jan. 31

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 2

The German Colonies question was further discussed at the Peace Conference. It is intimated that America's…

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War Wires (From our own Correspondents)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

The Minister for Labor will intervene in the strike if the union loaders continue to be unable to control the rebels in their own ranks…

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War Marriages in Britain. the Furniture Trouble

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 6

During the four years of war the number of marriages in Great Britain was nearly 200,000 more than the total of the four years before the war…

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Montavella Soldiers' Settlement. Committee of Inquiry Blocked

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 3

"The Minister for Lands has instructed me to refuse you permission to inspect, unless you have his special permission," was the greeting of Mr…

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Proposed Soldiers' Memorial. Public Meeting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 5

A public meeting, convened by the Mayor in response to a requisition bearing 58 signatures, was held in the Council Chambers last evening, to…

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Soldiers and Sick Pay P.m. Holds He Has No Jurisdiction

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

In the Small Debts Court on Tuesday morning Mr. A. R. Perry, P.M., gave his reserved decision in the case of Sydney. Horace Pettett (M.M.),…

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Soldiers in Politics

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2

Mr. J. R. Lee, at one time a .Methodist clergyman, later a farmer, and Inter of the Recruiting Association, and later still of the A.I.F., is now…

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Our Soldiers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

Writing from France to Mr. and Mrs. S. Lihon, of Wongarbon, A. S. Allen, commanding officer of the division to which Sergt. James Lihou,…

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Ballimore Soldiers' Blocks

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 1

In the Ballimore district eight blocks of land were some time ago set apart for soldiers' settlement. Three of these are now occupied, and on the other five…

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War Memorials

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

The regulations and ruling of the Repatriation Department governing the collection and disbursement of funds for war memorials have now all…

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