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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

1,279 stories in Riverina's papers · page 27 of 64

War Service Homes. Progress of the Scheme

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 1

Speaking at the official opening of a group of houses constructed by the War Service Home Commission in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon…

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War Gratuity. Proposal in America. Official Objection's. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. T. H. Houston, Secretary to the Treasury, has publicly declared his hostility to the proposal to issue a bonus to soldiers, no matter how…

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Co-operation. the War's Worst Effect. The Community Spirit and Reconstruction

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 4

There are fashions to words as well as clothes, but there are, too, words and phrases that are bigger than the were exigencies of fashion, which…

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Agricultural. CO-OPERATION, The War's Worst Effect. The Community Spirit and Reconstruction

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 2

There are fashions in words as well as in clothes, bat there are, too, words and phrases that are bigger than the mere exigencies of fashion…

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Soldier Settlement Purchases Inquiry Authorised

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 2

The Minister for Lands has been empowered by Cabinet to inquire into the purchase of Kentucky and other soldier settlements…

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Cathedral War Memorial

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 2

A full meeting of the diocesan war memorial committee was held at Goulburn on May 20, the Vicar-General presiding. Canon M'Donnell reported…

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Wagga's War Trophy

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. William T. Trahair, secretary to the New South Wales State Trophy Committee, has written to the Wagga Municipal Council, explaining the…

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German War Material. Thousands of Guns Held. French General's Views. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 2

General Nollet, leader of the French Mission in Germany, in on interview, said that Germany still possessed incredible quantities of war material…

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Our Soldier Boys

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 2

The first annual meeting of Gundagai sub-branch of the R.S. and S. Association, held on Saturday evening last, was attended…

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Tarcutta Soldier Settlers. Assistance Guaranteed. Bonds As Security

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 3

The returned soldiers on the Tarawa settlement have succeeded in their request for assistance from the Government, to tide them over the…

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Mysterious Shooting. Wounded in the Nose, Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 3

Ernest Robinson informed the police to-day that while he was in a hotel at Annandale on Saturday night he heard a shot and felt himself hit in the face…

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War Gratuity. May Be Ready This Week

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 1

It is probable the first batch of war gratuity bonds will be available for distribution early this week. Regulations under the War Gratuity…

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Soldiers' Federation Proposed Co-operation with Labor Negatived LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 1

The annual conference of the Discharged Soldiers Federation negatived a co-operation with the Labour Party by a three-fourths…

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War Gratuity

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 2

Many men are claiming cash because they married while on leave, prior to discharge. Such eases are ineligible for cash payments. The act says cash…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Committee Meeting. Building the Monument

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 4

A meeting of the Soldiers' Memorial Committee was held in the Town Hall, Wagga, last night, to consider what steps should be taken to meet the…

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Soldiers' Settlements

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 2

The decision of the Government that the Minister for Lands should make a departmental inquiry into the purchase of Kentucky soldier settlement…

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Anzac Tweed. Supplies for Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 3

Legal objections which barred the sale of Anzac tweed lengths having been cleared away, the phenomenon of cheap suits has now come the way of…

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Soldiers' Settlement. Inquiry to Be Held. Minister's Announcement. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. P. F. Loughlin, Minister for Lands has appointed a board to make a full department inquiry into the Soldiers' Settlement branch of the…

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War Gratuity

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 2

Widows of deceased soldiers, or the next of kin of men who died on service or since their return, are entitled to the War Gratuity. A…

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The Erection of a Memorial Hall at Hillston to Fallen Soldiers

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 5

Five years ago, when the war clouds of the arrogant Hun loomed on the horizon of a peaceful and prosperous world, trampling down the weaker…

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