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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Tumut District Fund in Aid of Local Soldiers and Their Dependants

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the above trust was held on Thursday evening at the Literary Institute, there being present Aids Jas…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 2

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Act of 1919 is now in force. Under this Act it is compulsory for employers to give preference to…

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Wagga Returned Soldiers. Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 1

The first annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the R.S. and S.L. League of Australia was held in the Empire Hall, Wagga, on Friday night…

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War Decoration. Medals and Clasps. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 2

Mr. Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, styled in the House of Commons, in answer to a question that the matter of battle clasps was being…

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Federal Parliament. the War Gratuity. Mr. Tudor's View. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 2

In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. T. Tudor, leader of the Labor party, presuming the debate on the War Gratuity Bill, claimed that the…

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Welcome to Returned Soldier

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 2

On Wednesday night last a welcome home was extended to Pte R (Bob) Perfect, in the Oddfellows' Hall…

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Empire Land Settlement for Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 1

A report by Messrs Christopher Turnor and Edmund Jowett, both of whom are special representatives of the Royal Colonial Institute, London…

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Preferences for Soldiers and Sailors. Labor Engagements

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 2

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Employment Act, 1919, which received the Royal Assent in December provides that the Department of…

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Anzac Committee

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 2

A MEETING of the above was held on Tuesday, there being present:—Mayor Stribley (chair), Worner, Sullivan, Browning, Hogan,…

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War Gratuities. What the Bill Provides

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 1

The War Gratuities Bill, moved by the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives last week, provides that the gratuity shall be paid…

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REPATRIATION. Few Soldiers Abroad. Back of Problem Broken

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 5

Senator Millen (Minister for Repatriation, in moving the second reading of the Repatriation Bill in the Senato on Wednesday, said that while much…

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British Empire Land Settlement. for Soldiers. (Report by Messrs. Christopher Turnor and Edmund Jowett.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 2

The following report by Messrs Christopher Turnor and Edmund Jowett has been issued. Both are special representatives of the Royal Colonial…

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The Next Soldiers, Welcome. After Easter

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 8

The Reception Committee met on Monday night and discussed a proposition to hold a civic welcome this Friday night, but, owing to…

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Coolamon Soldiers' Memorial Fund

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 2

A well attended meeting of subscribers of the Coolamon and District Soldiers' Memorial Fund was held last Tuesday in the Literary Institute at…

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High Cost of Living. Soldiers Taking Action. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

All members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League throughout the Commonwealth are being asked to form a co-operative…

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Returned Soldiers’ Meeting

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

A committee meeting of the Ganmain branch of the R.S. & S.I.L. of Australia was held in the I.O.O.F. on the 16th inst. Present Messrs Simpson (president), C…

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Coolamon Soldiers’ Memorial

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 2

There was an attendance of about twenty at the meeting of subscribers to the above convened by advertisement in the “Review,” which took…

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Soldier Stabbed. Attacked in a Park

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 6

A returned soldier named Frederick Wilson was stabbed in the hip and back by a man in Prince Alfred Paris to night [?] was admitted to the…

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Riots in Dublin. Soldiers and Civilians Stones and Revolvers. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1920 · page 4

An official account of the riot a which occurred in Dublin on March ,23, says that 120 men of the Berkshire regiment were returning to the barracks…

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"Bertha" Unveiled. Trophy of the War. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 2

The great German gun, "Bertha," which was captured at Harbonnieres on August 8, 1918, by Australian troops, was unveiled by Major-General Lee…

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