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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

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Ireland. Further Outrages. Guerilla War Planned. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 1

A large party of Irregulars, preseumably from Dundalk, endtered greenore, Country Louth, without opposition. it is reported Irregulars mined the labor…

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Batlow Soldiers

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 2

Still the Batlow farce goes on. The story of the soldiers’ grievances and the actions of the Government in regard to them would be a splendid…

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Batlow Soldiers a Small Step Forward Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 1

As a result of complaints made today by the soldier settlers at Batlow, the Minister for Lands, Mr. Wearne, has decided that an officer of the…

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De Valera. Reported Wounded Mr. Collins’ Car Bombed London, August 20

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 1

A bomb was thrown and thirty shots were lred at Mr. Collins’ unoccupied motor car as it was entering Dublin to-day and the driver was…

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Greece and Turkey. War Can be Ended. A General's View. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 1

General Townsend says he believes that without too much sacrifice of the armor propre, or of the tangible interests of either of he belligerants,…

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"Settling" Soldiers (Continued)

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 4

An orchardist in the Batlow district, whose word I have no occasion to doubt, told me that when the settlement was started a man offered…

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'Settling' Soldiers. Sir George Fuller's Promise. "Kewpies" in Potato Crops. Departmental Roguery. Crumbling Houses of Kunama. Article 2

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 1

Sir George Fuller has given his word to the Diggers. When the last election campaign was in progress the soldier settlers…

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Local and General. Soldiers' Memorial

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 2

There will be a, memorial committee meeting to-night to consider the Advisory Board's report…

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Soldier Settlers' Grievances

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 2

It will be seen by a news item else where that the soldier settlers out Muttama way met on Sunday last and decided unanimously not to sign that…

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Batlow Soldiers the Promised Inquiry Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 1

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Wearne, his instructed the District Surveyor at Wagga, Mr. Matthews, to Innquire on the spot into the…

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Local and General. Soldiers' Memorial Committee

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 August 1922 · page 2

At last night's meeting (the Mayor presiding), A letter was read from the Jindalee Shire Council, offering to co-operate in…

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Batlow Soldiers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 4

As a result of complaints made by soldier settlers at Batlow, the Minister for Lands (Mr Wearne) has decided that an officer shall…

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Special Allowances. for Soldiers' Dependents. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 4

The Federal Government, according to the secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League, Melbourne, has decided to pay a special allowance in…

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Barmedman Station, Soldier Setters Dissatisfied. Action by Progress Association

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 2

At a special meeting of the Bamedman Progress Association. The chairman (Rev. J. D. Nicholson) explained that the object of the special…

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Soldier Settlers an Inquiry Moved For. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 2

The Legislative Assembly to-day [?]lebated on Mr. Rutledge’s motion “that Select Committee be appointed to inquire into and report on all…

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CHINA. War is Ended. Statement to Legislators. SHANGAI

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 8

Sun Y[?]Sen, in a statement to the Members of Parliament, declared that the war between the North and south, which had been dividing China…

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Settling" Soldiers Departmental Extortion. Perpendicular Orchard Blocks Robbing the Diggers. Miniature Canyons at Kunama. Article 5

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 4

The Returned Soldiers' Settlement Department, not content with the muddle in which it placed tho Diggers at Kunama, near Batlow…

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Soldier Settlements. Mr. Wearne's Statement. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 2

Mr. Wearne made a lengthy statement in regard to the position of soldier settlements in the State. This disclosed in many respects a…

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Soldier Settlement. the Batlow Area. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 2

Speaking in the Assembly on Colonel Rutledge's motion for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into soldier settlement, Mr. Loughlin said…

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Returned Soldiers' Residence

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 2

Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Lands:—In response to your inquiry as to whether residence…

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