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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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Soldiers and Sailors. Next Tuesday's Conference. Important Discussion Forecasted. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 1

A conference of the Grand Council of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League will assemble on Tuesday, when proposals affecting land…

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Coonamble Land Ballot. Denial by Returned Soldier. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 4

Mr. G. F. Davis, a returned soldier, commenting on the statement made by a Bathurst resident that land in the Coonamble district had been allotted to…

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Soldier Settlement. Hon. W. G. Ashford's Aims. Visit to Junee

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 4

With a view to inspecting the available lands of New South Wales which might be considered suitable for soldier settlers, Hon. W. G. Ashford,…

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Skull Fractured. Soldier Found Unconscious. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 1

A returned soldier named Arthur Roberts was found lying in an unconscious condition on a road at Randwick. He was conveyed to the…

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Honoring a Hero. Welcome Home at Bongongolong

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 2

NEVER before in the history of Bongongolong was a function so enthusiastically taken up in the village as was the banquet and…

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War Service Leave Gratuities

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 2

It was approved by the Government in December last that war Service Leave Gratuities based on 7 days pay for each six months…

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Shot Dead. Plucky American Ends Episode. Two Men Wounded. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 4

The Chinese who ran amok met his Waterloo this morning. During the night all sorts of suggestions were made as to the best means…

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The After-War Troubles. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 1

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says the Entente ultimatumed that the German troops at Lettland and Lithuania must be withdrawn to a…

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Cost of the War. Incomprehensible Figures. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 2

In the House of Commons at question time Mr. Chamberlain stated that the net cost of the war to the United Kingdom to March 31 was…

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The Judd Case. Accused Up for Sentence. Wished to Stop the War. Fined £25. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 4

E. E. Judd appeared before Mr. Justice Ferguson to-day to receive sentence in connection with his conviction on charges of having made…

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Soldiers' Education

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 4

The military authorities recognise that the long homeward journey on the troopship from France or Egypt to Australian will…

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An Appeal. Soldiers' of the District

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1919 · page 2

Josephine J. Mayne Anderson, a member of the Jugiong Repatriation Committee, writes to the "Harden Express" as follows:—…

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Details Wanted of a Soldier's Death

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 2

Mr. E. J. Forsyth, Cootamundra, is anxious to learn details of the death of his soldier son, Pte. Allen James Forsyth, who was wounded at Peronne,…

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Assistance for Farmer Soldier

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1919 · page 2

Mr. A. W. Hunter, who owned a property at Walbundrie, in Culcairn Shire, enlisted for active service three and a half years ago, and, on being…

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Villages for the Wounded

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 5

A new village, one of the by-products of the war, is about to arise in Hampshire. It is the first of the villages which the Minister of Pensions…

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Distributing War Trophies

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 5

One thousand German machine-guns have been distributed to various towns in England as war trophies. Twenty towns have refused machine guns as…

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More Human Than Huns The Monkey Soldier

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 4

Though not included on the crew list, Dick, the large monkey on board the wheat steamer War Trefoil, at present in Melbourne, is…

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Returned Soldiers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 2

Pte, Mac. Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Ryan, and brother to the hero who gained the V.C. distinction, arrived home on Wednesday last, and…

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Quay Disturbance. Returned Soldier Fined

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1919 · page 2

At the outcome of last night's disturbance, Alexander Ferguson, a returned soldier, was charged at the Police Court to-day with behaving in a…

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Fraudulent War Charities

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 3

Assistant District Attorney Kilroo, of New York, at the instigation of the New York "World," has for the past fifteen months been investigating certain war charities. As…

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