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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

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War Debts. Demand by Britain Allies Must Pay. Paris, April 5

The Daily Express · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 1

It is announced that Britain has notified the Allies that as she is called upon to pay interest on her debts to America, she in turn…

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Soldiers' Sports. Adelong Sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A.'s Annual Reunion

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 1

Rain overnight and threatening weather on Wednesday morning deterred many intending patrons from giving support in person to the sports…

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Soldier Settlers (To the Editor Hillston "Spectator.")

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

Dear Sir,—In regard to soldier settlers about Hillston on Homestead Farm area No 1030 I read your report of the re-appraisements in a…

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Returned Soldiers’ League

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held in Swana’s Coffee Palace en Tuesday of last week, The attendance was [?] the following being pressed:—Messrs A. B…

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Celebrating Anzac Day

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 4

At the meeting of the Wagga branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. last night, Mr. F. Middlemiss (president) said he thought they should make some…

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Gored by a Cow. Butcher Severely Wounded. Yass

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 3

H. James, a butcher employed in the Yass Butchery, was killing at the abattoirs near that town when a cow on being cornered rushed and gored him,…

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Wagga Soldiers' Memorial

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 4

"That this branch of the Returned Soldiers' League expresses strong disapproval fo the action of the memorial committee in making arrangements to…

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Soldiers’ Graves Erection of Headstones Information Sought. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 1

The Commonwealth Government having decided to undertake the erection of headstones over the graves of members of the naval and military…

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Returned Soldiers Monthly Meeting

The Daily Express · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Wagga [?] of the Returned Soldiers League was held in the Empire Hall last night, the President (Mr. F. M…

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French Dogs of War

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1922 · page 4

The work done by French dogs during the war was remarkable and valuable, and canine poilus abound. It is now proposed (sys the Paris…

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Collins Speaks at Wexford Plot to Wreck Him Fears of Civil War Appeals to Valera to Pause LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 April 1922 · page 1

Collins addressed an audience of several thousand at Wexford. He journeyed to Wexford overnight, thereby foiling his opponents, who…

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Soldiers' Pay. a Deserter Imprisoned. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1922 · page 1

Breaches of the Commonwealth Crimes Act committed seven years ago, were preferred against Henry Thomas, aged 39, at the Central Police Court…

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The Soldiers' Memorial

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1922 · page 2

On Monday, March 27th, a meeting of the Wagga Soldiers' Memorial Appeal Committee arrived at a grotesque decision when it passed a motion that…

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Anzac Ball

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 2

As It has been claimed that Anzac Day, the 25th April. should be observed as a sacred day, the Soldiers' League have decided to hold the…

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Soldiers and Sailors' Fathers' Association

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 4

"The Critic," a journal which officially represents the Sailors and Soldiers' Fathers' Association, gives the following report concerning…

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Military Disaster Pre-arranged Explosion French Soldiers Killed v PARIS, April 10

The Daily Express · Tuesday 11 April 1922 · page 1

Twenty-three French soldiers were killed and. 10 wounded by a violent explosion near Glelwits in Upper Silesia during a search for concealed…

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A German Legacy. Soldiers Killed in Mined Tunnel. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1922 · page 2

A message from Kattowitz alines a diabolical outrage involving a casualty roll at present estimated at 23 deaths and six injured, occurred in the course…

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Soldiers’ Monument

The Daily Express · Wednesday 12 April 1922 · page 2

The recent declelon of the Wagga Memorial Committee acting in conjunction with the local branch of the Returned Soldier and Sailors…

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War Service Homes Order out of Chaos Soldiers Satisfied Now SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 1

Mr. Lamond, Assistant Minister for Repatriation, says that choas which existed in the War Service Home Department has not been reduced to…

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After the War a Shipping Record. London April 10

The Daily Express · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 1

The White Star liner Majestic which was formerly kown as the Bismarck, has arrived at Southampton from Hamburg and will after…

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