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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

712 stories in Riverina's papers · page 25 of 36

The Storyteller a War Wooing Chapter I.

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

Petronella, pushing her sister's bath chair across the smooth lawn rather wearily, was consclous of the fixed stare of pair of strange eyes…

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War Pensions Britain's Big List London, July 31

The Daily Express · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 2

The International Labor Bureau at Geneva reported' that the number of wounded men now drawing pensions Germany is [?] in, France,…

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A.L.P. and Soldiers Monument (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 7

Sir,—I was sorry to read in your last issue of the [?]ttitude adopted y the members of the Leeton branch A.L.P. towards the efforts of practically all…

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Soldiers Ho[?] Terms of Payment

The Daily Express · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 2

A deputation representing returned soldlers interests welted on the federal Ministers for Working and railways to-day with several [?]…

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War Service Homes. Breach of Contract Claim, SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 2

In the High Court before Mr Juetice Gavan Duffy, A. and Ellis, Ltd., timber and joinery merchants, of Prymont, commenced an action in…

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The Storyteller a War Wooing Chapter I. (Continued from our Last Issue)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 1

Petronella opened a door on the right, and a tall, stooping old man, dressed shabbily, rose to meet them with a look of bewilderment. The…

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A.L.P. & Soldiers Monument. (To the Editor.)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 2

Sir,—In a letter under the above heading, appearing in your columns on 3rd instant, the secretary, of the Y.A.S.S.M. Fund, Mr. T. Hughes,…

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Sir Edward Hutton First G.o.c. Commonwealth Military Forces a Man Who Made Soldiers Amd History. (I.)

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 2

LONDON, Aug. 5—The death is announced of Lieut. General Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton, K.C.B., K.C M.G., formerly Commanding the Military Forces of New South Wales, and later G.O.C the Military Forces of the Commonwealth…

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Soldiers’ Pensions. a League Movement. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 1

The Returned Soldiers’ League is urging all sub-branches to make strong representations to their Federal members for a special rate of…

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Continuation of War Loan

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1923 · page 2

Dr. Earle Page is making commendable efforts to secure of the continuation of the Commonwealth's war loan of £38,000,000, due to mature next month…

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"Settling" Soldiers. French's Forest Fiasco. "Land No Good." SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 2

The State Treasurer (Sir Arthur Cocks), referring to the soldiers' settlement at French's Forest, said. "For able-bodied men, with family…

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The Storyteller a War Wooing Chapter Ii. (Continued from Our Last issue)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 1

Miss Pippin was too old and valued a friend of Petronella to resent what in anyone else udght have been deemed impertinnce. For a moment she…

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New Federal Loan Returned Soldier's View

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 1

It is being stated in many quarters that there is no question of sentiment in the new Commonwealth Loan, and that it is purely a financial…

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Disarmament the Draft Treaty Aggressive War Is a Crime Paris, August 9

The Daily Express · Saturday 11 August 1923 · page 1

The Disarmament Commission has approved of the draft treaty for submission to the Council of the League of Nations…

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Soldiers' Preference Act. a Council Fined. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1923 · page 4

The Central Illawarra Council was fined £2 with costs in the Wollongong Police Court for breaches of the Preference to Returned Soldiers…

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Club Room for Soldiers

The Daily Express · Saturday 11 August 1923 · page 7

Recently residents of Walbundrie asked the Department of Education to hand over the old school building at Walbundrie to the Returned…

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British War Debts. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 August 1923 · page 2

It is understood that, the British Note to the Allies, inter alis, stresses the necessity for obtaining either from reparations or from Britain's…

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Matches for Soldier Jones. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 August 1923 · page 4

Soldier Jones, the Canadian heavyweight, is returning to England, where his backers are plaining bouts with Siki, Nilles and Frank Moody…

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Official History of War. The Australian Flying Corps

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 2

WE have received another valuable volume of the Official History of Australia in the War, vol. 8, by F. M. Cutlack, which contains,…

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Our Storyteller. a War Wooing Chapter Ii. (Continued from Our Last issue)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 4

She glanced out of the window, feeling rather as Sister Anne must have felt on Bluebeard's turret, but there was on one in sight. After a moment…

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