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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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War Love Romances of French Girls

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 4

Over 5000 French girls have been married to American officers and men belonging to the American expeditionary force in France. Many of them are…

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The Completed Epic of the War

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 4

The London "Times" announces that its famous "History and Encyclopaedia of the War" will be completed in London early next year, and sets reach…

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Women War Workers Fight for Privileges, Including Smoking

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 3

There are a couple of storms brewing in the Government dermitories erected for women war-workers in Washington, writes C.C. Brainerd, Washington correspondent in the…

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War in Russia. Bolsheviks' Counter Move. Denekin Threatened. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

A Bolshevik wireless says that the Bolsheviks are advancing on both flanks south towards Kieff and Tsaritson…

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Railway and Tramwaymen. Annual Conference Their War Efforts. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 1

Delegates from railway centres all over the State attended the annual conference of the Railway and Tramway Association, which…

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Returned Soldiers' Club

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 1

A meeting of the Committee of the [?] Soldiers' Club was held at the club on Wednesday evening last there being present Messrs. H. L…

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Our Soldier Boys

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

Gunner Frank Back arrived in Sydney on Sunday last and was met by his brother Arthur and sister. Gunner Back returned to Gilmore yesterday…

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Soldiers Welcomed

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

A welcome-home, in the Oddfellows' Hall, Adelong, on Saturday night last, was largely attended. The soldiers welcomed were:—Corpl T. Tonkin, Ptes W…

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Farms for Soldiers 418 New Ones Announced

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

Mr. Ashford's announcement that 418 farms will be made available and gazetted almost immediately for soldiers will be received…

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Soldiers' Memorial Day

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

A meeting, of the W.S.C. Fund was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Mrs. E. E. Collin, president, was in the chair, and there was…

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A Soldier's Job

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 4

Gundagai's combined Repatriation Show and Hospital sub-committees considered the applications of 41 returned soldiers for the combined positions…

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Incapacitated and Convalescent Soldiers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 4

Medical treatment of returned soldiers after their discharge says Dr. V. Benjafield, of the Repatriation Department, may be divided into three…

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Soldiers Settlement at Griffith. Good Progress Made

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

Great strides are being made in the preparation of soldiers farms at Griffith; and what were hundreds or acres of bush country are now open,…

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Leeton Police Court. a Returned Soldier in Sydney. Lost in the Crowd and the Consequences

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 2

At the Leeton Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. A. Stewart, J.P., a young man, named Samuel Blows was charged on warrant with…

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Welcome Horse. Local Soldiers Honored

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 3

The most successful welcome to [?] soldiers, from the point of view of the attendance of the public, took [?] on Monday night last, when [?] local…

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Welcome Home

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 4

A welcome home, organised by the local Soldiers' Reception Committee, was held in the Club Home, Hall on Saturday evening last…

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Our Products. How They Helped in the War

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 4

"I have always preached that the whole question of land settlement was the only sure and safe foundation for the prosperity and safety of this…

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Our Returning Soldiers. Their Wives, Children and Sweethearts. the Digger's Splendid Record

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 1

The subject of returning soldiers and their wives has occupied the minds of the imaginative for some mouths past Vague stories are told…

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Soldier Settlers. Ashford Policy Under Discussion by F.S.A. MEMBERS

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 8

The soldier settlement policy of the N.S W. Lands Department was criticised severely at the annual conference of the…

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Soldier's Intestate Estate

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 4

The Curator of Intestate Estates, at an early date, will offer two fine building allotments of land at the corner of Hill aud Stewart-streets…

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