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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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Batlow Soldiers' Settlement. Anniversary Day Sports

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

The full programme for the Batlow R.S. and S. Sports, to be held on Anniversary Day (January 26), is published in another column in this issue…

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"Recognising" the Soldier

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

There are still sonic country newspapers, particularly in the South, who are apparently blind to the A.I.F. medal except when the wearer is brought…

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Set for Life. Farms for Soldier Students. Casino

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

Nineteen returned soldiers, agricultural students, have been guaranteed farms on the Dyraaba estate, which has been cut up for soldier settlement…

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Returned Soldiers' Conference. Cashing Gratuity Bonds. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

Among the matter to be considers by the Returned Solders' Conference of that of the cashing of gratuity bonds. The Queensland branch proposes that…

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War [?] a Report [?]

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 3

Major Le[?] said [?] that 50,000 men [?] were waiting [?]…

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War Service Homes Painfully Slow Progress

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

The Building Inspector reported to the Wagga Municipal Council on Thursday night that work on the War Service Homes was painfully…

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War Service Homes. Grave Hardship Caused

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 8

Major Marr, M.H.R., says that "the eternal want of a million, sterling is at the root of the War Service Homes Commissioner's decision to buy no more…

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Missing War Bond. Found in Letter. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 8

The £400 war bond which, earlier in the week, was reported as having mysteriously disappeared from the office of the Master in Lunacy, has turned up…

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The War on Phagocytes Man May Live to Be a Thousand

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

There are sixteen living reasons why longevity may be extended to the ripe old age that Methusaleh enjoyed, writes J. H. Appelgate in the Son…

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"Unforgettable Girl." an Anzac's Romance. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

Birmingham's "unforgettable girl," with whom an Anzac who was formerly a sergeant struck up a chance acquaintance on the Birmingham…

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SPORTING War[?] [?] [?]

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 4

On Saturday [?] went [?] [?] the programme for Warwick Farm [?] There were Earn scents and five winners…

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British War Pensions. a Big Bill. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

Mr. Ian Macpherson, Minister of Pensions, writing in "The Comrades' Journal," says that war pensions are still being awarded at the rate of…

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Germany and Ireland. Secret Documents Published. Some War Time History

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

Documents to which Mr. Lloyd George frequently referred in the House of Commons as proving the active connection of the Sinn Fein…

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Ireland and Germany Papers Se[?]nzed During War. London, Jan. 8

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

The Government has published a whilte Paper of sixty pages consisting of captured documents intercepted obowing the close relations between…

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Soldiers Dependen Passages From England New Conditions

The Daily Express · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

The Repatriation Commission decided to grant free passages for wives and children of solders [?] overseas, and has instructed that…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Gun Explodes. Two Boys Wounded. Toowoomba

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

Two cousins, Stanley Buckley and Victor Buckley, aged 13 and seven respectively, were out shooting with some men near Toowoomba, when in…

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War Service Homes Private Purchase Trouble

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

It was stated on Wednesday by the Federal Treasurer. Sir Joseph Cook, that although £6,000,000 has been [?] for housing this year by the Federal…

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Soldier Settlement Inquiry Mr. Justice Street's Repart Net Yet Ready SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 1

Mr. Justice Street is still engaged formulating his report in respect to the Soldier Settlement Inquiry. It is understood that the report will…

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War Service Homes Restricted Advances. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 1

Mr. Mahobey, M.P., said to-day that the War Service Homes Commission had apparently decided not to advance any mere money for the purchase of…

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War Memorials Question of Sites. Young, .Tuesday

The Daily Express · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 2

Some villages under the administration of the Burrangong Shire Council are experiencing difficulty in having war. memorials erected because…

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