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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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Soldiers Fined. Unwarranted Decorations. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 6

Ernest Walsh, a returned soldier in uniform, was charged at the Police Court with having worn, without authority, the ribbon of the…

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Local and General. When Soldiers' Wives Leave London

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 6

So many Australian soldiers are bringing back English wives to the Commonwealth, that the departure from London of these wives has…

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North Coast Lands. Development by Soldiers. Railway Necessary. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1919 · page 3

The Minister for Land's said to-day that, during this year 150 soldiers had already been settled on areas on the North Coast suitable for vegetable…

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Slur on Soldiers. "Career Is Murderous." School Committees Motion

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1919 · page 3

The school committee at Wesleydale, near Geelong, in response to the proposal that a memorial to soldiers of the district should take the form…

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Resented by Soldiers' League. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1919 · page 3

Mr. Peisley, secretary of the Victorian branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, declared to-day that the action of the Wenley Dale…

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Harefield Solder Welcome Home

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 4

A very pleasant afternoon was spent at the Halll on Friday last, when the residents of Harefield gave a welcome home to Sgt. H. L. Eastick on his…

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Employment of Returned Men. "Soldiers Not Anxious for Work"

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 4

THE Returned Soldiers' Settlement Branch, LG, wrote the Gadara Shire Council that, if returned men could not be employed to deliver…

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£2000 Road Grant. for Batlow Soldiers' Settlement

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 4

AT the Gadara Shire Council meetlog on Wednesday, the Local Government Department wrote, intimating that the Chief Engineer for…

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Returning Soldiers. Monthly Quota. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 2

General Monash estimates that of the 69,290 soldiers who have not yet been repatriated 48,000 will leave for Australia before July 31. These include…

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Soldier Robbed. Accused Committed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 3

Arthur Wm. Collins, a laborer, was charged at the Police Court with having assaulted James Atkinson, a returned soldier, and robbed him of two…

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War May Solve Bible Mystery. Truth About Deluge Promised

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 4

The great world-war is going to build as well as destroy. It promises to solve more than one new problem of modern life, and is quite as sure…

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Famous Epidemics. How Pestilence Follows War. Three Great Scourges

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 3

"War pestilence and famine"—these are the three great scourges which have afflicted the human race since the earliest dawn of history…

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Soldiers' Settlement Concert

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 2

THE Batlow Soldiers' Settlement "Magpies" opened to a crowded house at Batlow on Friday last. The company presented a variety programme of no mean order, and…

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The Appeal to Soldiers. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 2

SIR,—My letter of the 28th ultimo was addressed the SOLDIERS of the district. Your correspondent A. C. Quarmby, however, ignores them…

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District News. Welcome to Soldiers

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 2

On Wednesday night, Cooney’s Hall to Ganmain, was crowded to overflowing welcome borne and do honour to another batch of returned soldiers who bad…

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Items of News. Soldiers' Letters

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

Mrs. G. H. Kelsey, "Noitgedacht." Coolong-road, Vaucluse Bay, Sydney acknowledges the receipt of the following letters for soldiers on board…

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Returned Soldiers. Shire Councils Interest. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

The secretary to the Local Government Association, interviewed to-day said that the municipal and shire councils were just as anxious as the…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Slander of Soldiers. Union of Churches. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

During a debate at the Presbyterian Assembly on the question of the union of churches, Rev. R. Scott-West declared that they were putting in men who…

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Repatriation Queen Competition. Soldiers' Candidate

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 3

In connection with the big Queen Competition to raise funds towards the repatriation of local soldiers, already a good deal of interest is being…

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Wouldn't Take It. Returned Soldier Refuses a Presentation. Asks Money Be Given the Hospital

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 2

Hospital President Worner on Saturday got a surprise, when Mr J. T. Cole chairman of the Darbalara "Welcome Home"…

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