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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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War Heros Welcomed. Mount Adrah's Last Batch

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 2

THERE is an end to all thing, so they say, well we welcomed home our last batch of returned lads at Mount Adrah on the 14th inst., and…

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Crime in England. Results of the War. Dublin Papers' Revenge. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 2

A whirl of violent crime, the worst on record, is sweeping through the country. It is ascribed to the dehumnaising…

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Culcairn Shire. Soldiers Organising. Will Prevent Council Sitting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 6

No means are too drastic to receive consideration from the returned soldiers of the Riverina to prevent Messrs Wenke and Paech, the two nominees…

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Love-making Proclaimed Sinn Fein Warning to Girls and Soldiers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 2

Love-making has ben proclaimed by the "Irish Republican Array"—that is to say, an Irish girl must not fall in love with a soldier or policeman…

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A Soldiers’ Memorial. (To the Editor of the “Review”.)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

Sir,—to advocating the establishment is such town in the state of a soldiers’ memorial in the form of a co-operative trading and manufacturing [?] I do…

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Soldier on Politics. Parliament Defended

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 2

"Are we not in Australia just a little too much concerned with polities?" asks Lieutenant-General Sir C. B. B. White, in the current issue…

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Scientific Farming. Training for Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 2

The vocational training work of the Department of Repatriation is not confined to Australia. Special facilities have lately been provided for parties…

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Masquerading As a Lord. Soldier's Escapade

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 7

A remarkable story of an ex-soldier's masquerade was otdl in the Adelaide Criminal Court, when William Nowbray was arraigned for…

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Returned Soldiers Meet. Culcairn Question Discussed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 6

At an informal meeting of the Wagga branch, of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League in the Wagga School of Arts last…

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Soldier Settlers. Conference of Ministers. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 6

Senator Millen announced to-day that he will convene a conference of various Ministers for Lands with a view to expedition the settlement of…

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War in Russia Bolshevik Armies Driven Back. Peace Said to Be in Sight. Trade Relations Already Resumed. Allies' Peace Terms. Must Stay in Russia. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

The Allies do not contemplate further aggressive action of any kind against Russia. If the Bolsheviks desire peace, and…

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Landowners Suffer. Hard Hit by the War. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 2

Landowners are among the classes that have been hit hardest by the war. Many estates are changing hands. The newly-rich are taking…

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Fierce Encounters. Police and Soldiers Bomb Houses. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 2

Reports of outrages in Ireland are coming to hand daily. Following on the fierce encounter at Clare, in which one of the attackers…

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Municipal Elections. Returned Soldiers' Executive. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 2

At to-day's meeting of the Federal Executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, it was decided to inform the…

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Fame of Anzac Tweeds. American Seeks Suitings

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

Anzac tweeds, manufactured in Melbourne by returned soldiers, have, proved their quality and are much in demand for suitings both for men and…

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A Terrible Tragedy. a Returned Soldier Sheets His Wife Dead Then Attempts to Commit Suicide

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

The residents of Narandera were horrified on Sunday when the new spread that a young man had shot his wife dead. As the report gained…

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Presentation to Blind Soldier

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

On January 30 the residents of Ladysmith intend presenting to Private V. Watson, a blind returned soldier, a sum of money subscribed in…

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Tragedy at Narandera Returned Soldiers Wife Shot

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

The down of Narandera was considerably shocked on Sunday afternoon by the news that Gertrude Wright, aged 23. the wife of Frederick…

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Surfing Mishaps. Soldier Drowned. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

A number of bathers were washed out in the surf at Stairwell Park yesterday. One, a returned soldier, named Charles Dobbie, was drowned…

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Allied Missioners Wounded. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 2

"The correspondent of the Times" at Harbin says that while the Allied Mission's trains were lying at the Irkutsk station, and negotiations were…

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