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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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£2000 Damage Three Soldiers Arrested Later

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 1

Over 2000 sterling damage was caused by riots of soldiers at Aldershot. Three have been arrested…

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Education. of Deceased Soldiers' Children. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 3

Over 400 applications have been received by the Department of Repatriation in respect of the new scheme for the education of deceased soldiers'…

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One Flag for Diggers Soldiers' Day in Sydney Domain the Union Jack Waves Over Enormous Crowd Socialists and Red Flaggers Driven From the Ground

The Daily Express · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 1

To-day in Sydney Domain was reminiscent of the great strike in 1917,' but it can be stated without any hesitation that crowds by many thousands…

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Anzac

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 4

To the rocky shores of an ancient land. These sunburnt warriors came. Where ages ago great nations fought. For the sake of a lightsome dame…

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Gigantic Task. Agent-general’s Achievements the War and Meat Markets. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

Sir Thomas Robinson, Agent General for Queensland from 1910 to 1919, was entertained at luncheon by Mr. T.J. Ryan, M.H.R., to-day…

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War Photographs

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 2

The exhibition of 'war photographs at St. John's Hall has become very popular, and fair numbers have attended during the afternoons and nights. The school…

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The War Pictures

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 2

The exhibition of coloured uncensored war photopraphs in St. John’s Hall continue to attract a large number of people each day, in fact the…

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Situation Becoming Worst. Bloody War Probable. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 2

The Beuthen situation in Silesia is hourly becoming worse, and only a miracle can save a bloody war with the probability of the added horror of…

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India. Declaration of War. by Notorious Rebel. Simla

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 2

News has come from Peshawar stating that Haji Abdurrazaq, the notorious firebrand rebel, to whose influence the prolongation of the resistance of…

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From Sentiment. an Englishwoman's Australian Toru. Reviving War Memories

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 1

Journeying across the world in peace time to see the country of the wounded men she befriended in war time—such is the story of Mrs. Helen Cunliffe's visit…

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War Memorial Big Melbourne Scheme £100,000 to Be Spent. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 2

The P[?]ier promised to-day to recommend [?] to contribu[?] £50,000 at the rate of £[?] a wear towards the erection of a war memorial on…

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War Photographs

The Daily Express · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 2

Last evening, at St. John’s Hall, there was a fairly large attendance who were deeply interested in Lient. Crowe'son [?]cluretie the Austra[?]…

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War Pictures

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2

A slightly bigger crowd entered St. John's Hall last night in order to view the exhibit of uncensored war photographs. This evening Lieutenant…

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War Service Homes

The Daily Express · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2

Wagga and Junee are not the only places to experience troublesume delays in the carrying out of the scheme for the erection of homes for soldiers…

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After-war Exchange Guns Instead of Blankets

The Daily Express · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2

Australians can make blankets in plenty, and also harness and hospital equipment, end for that reason the Commonwealth Government has just…

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The Soil. World's Wheat. Post-war Production

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 5

In a review of the wheat supplies of the world, Sir James Wilson, the Scottish expert, who is a recognised authority on the subject, predicts that…

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War Service Homes Contracts to Be Completed Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2

The Minister for Repatriation, replying to a question in Parliament this afternoon, said the War Service Homes Department, would, complete…

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The Red Flag Soldiers' Emphatic Demand Letter to Mr Dooley. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League has written to Mr. Dooley conveying, the loyal resolution carried in the Domain on…

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Ireland Court Martial Two Soldiers Sentenced. London, May 11

The Daily Express · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 3

A court martial has sentenced two privates to 8 years' penal servitude for allowing Teeling to escape from Kilmainham…

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Last Day of War Pictures

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 4

To-day is positively the last chance people of Wagga will have of seeing the exhibition of unceasored war pictures in St. John's Hall. Since Lieut…

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