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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

386 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 20

Miscellaneous Making the Army's Eyes. a New Industry War has Created for Us

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

When the war broke out the manufacture of optical glasses was, to all intents and purposes, the monopoly of we have organised the industry on a…

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Soldiers' Settlements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

It has been, the practice of the Government to advance £625 to each soldier holder of a home maintenance area for the purpose…

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Soldiers' Treatment

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 3

Complaining that they were not receiving fair treatment at the hands of the Government, returned soldiers employed in various…

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Last Night's Welcome to Returned Soldiers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 2

Of course, in face of the snub given recently to the local Press, in effect that its representatives were not to be recognised by those,…

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Correspondence. It is to be always understood that newspapers do not necessarily endorse the views expressed by correspondents, who are fairly entitled to criticism in all public matters.—Editor]. Soldiers' Welcome Home. (To the Editor.)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 2

Sir,—That part of the public who cannot attend those functions but have to rely on the local press accounts of same are about fed up with…

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The War's Aftermath

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 4

An important incident brought the secret Allied plenary session to b sudden finish. Marshal Foch rose, and speaking calmly and…

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Welcome Home

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 2
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A welcome home is to be given to a couple of returned soldiers on Friday night…

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The War's Aftermath

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 4

Herr Schiedemann, addressing the German National Assembly described the Trea[?]y as unacceptable. He protested against the…

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The War's Aftermath

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 1

A correspondent in Berlin states that all classes of people resent any suggestion that the Treaty should be signed. Everyone is…

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Trip in a War Aeroplane. Above the Enemy Lines

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 3

Life has scarcely anything more thrilling to offer than a trip in an [?]eroplane above enemy’s lines. The most blase mortal is whirled in an…

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The Grant for Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 1

The decision of the Braidwood Municipal Council to devote its share of the special grant of £500, 000 given by the Federal…

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Welcome Home. to Lieut. R. T. HASSALL. Great Demonstration

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 4

Jembaicumbene was en fete on Friday night last ,the occasion being a welcome home to this young officer, ostensibly by the residents…

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The War's Aftermath

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 5

Our advanced troops at Landi Kotal having been reinforced, we developed an attack on Sunday morning against the Afghans…

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Treatment of a Returned Soldier

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 2

The Hon. Austin Chapman has received the following letter from the Deputy Comptroller of Repatriation, Sydney, dated 13th May,…

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Welcome Home. to Returned Soldiers. Fine Reception in Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 4

Although the weather throughout Wednesday was showery and heavy rain began to fall after the tea hour, there was a large…

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The War's Aftermath

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 5

Count Brockdorff Rantzau (head of the German Peace Delegation) returned to Versailles on Monday. There is much speculation…

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War and Peace

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 4

A well known dramatist, calling a friend's attention to the thinness of the "house" at one of his own plays added that he supposed it was "owing…

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The War's Aftermath

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 1

A Bolshevik squadron emerged from Kronstadt on May 18, but British warships, in a half-hour battla forced them to return…

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War Extravagance. Millions Wasted

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 5

The Auditor-General's report of the British Ministry of Munitions expenditure for 1917-18 shows that heavy expenditure was often…

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