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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

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The German Soldier

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 5

A German remarked the other day that If the British Army wanted recruits fours million trained German soldiers would gladly enlist under the…

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Bulgarian Revolt. Government Declares State of War. Soviet Republic Proclaimed. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 2

A Sofia message states that in consequence of the Communistic riots the Bulgarian Government has declared a state of war…

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The Same Old Story French Premier Unvehs More War Monuments and Again Discusses the Reparations Question Recent German Attitude of Conciliation Has Not Impressed M. Poincare

The Daily Express · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 1

When unveiling a war monument at Champenoux, M. Poincare expressed astonishment that Germany should have forgotten the generosity of the…

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Will It Be Civil War? (Published by Arrangement) Prohibition in U.S.A.

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 3

[?]ing to the frenzied (and futile) efforts to enforce Prohibition in America, the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," cables that a new and…

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Returned Soldier Settlers. the Question of Further Assistance

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 4

About 70 returned soldiers met to reform the Griffith branch of the R.S. and S.I.L. of Australia. Mr S. Broome presided…

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Motor Omnibuses in War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 5

[?] military manoeuvres, as usual, possessed many interesting features affecting modern warfare. Motor omnibuses played a very great…

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Well It Be Civil War? Prohibition in U.S.A. (Pubished by arrangement)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 3

Referring to the frenzied (and futile) efforts to enforce Prohibition in U.S.A., the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph,"…

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Will It Be Civil War? Prohibition in U.S.A. (Published by Arrangement.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 3

Referring to the frenzied (and futile) efforts to enforce Prohibition in America the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph"…

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Cotway Soldier Blocks

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 3

At the Land Board sitting on Tuesday there were 10 conflicting applications for the Cotway soldier blocks of ¼ acres, parish…

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Republican Germany Bavarian Monarchists Attract Much Notice Civil War Thought to Be Early Possibility Revolutionaries Command Large Forces, Arms and Leadership London, September 28

The Daily Express · Saturday 29 September 1923 · page 1

The “Pall Mall Gazette’s” diplomatic correspondent says that for all practical purposes civil war has been declared in Germany, and at any…

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Girl Badly Wounded Mysterious Reticence Melbourne

The Daily Express · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 1

Jean Anderson, 18, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday afternoon in a critical condition, and bleeding freely from a…

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Long Delayed Letters, Relics of the War Berlin, September 30

The Daily Express · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 1

Letters written by officers and men of you Spec’s sq[?] on the eve of the battle of Falkland Islands have reached relatives In Germany…

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War Time Tragedy. 350 Soldiers Trapped in Burning Train Race to Death

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 8

One of the most frightful tragedies of the war (writes the "Morning Post" Paris correspondent) has now been revealed in connection with the…

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The New Regime Alternative to Civil War London, October 4

The Daily Express · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 1

The “Daily Chronicle’s Berlin correspondent says Dr. Stresemann’s new rule must be in the nature of a dictatorship, and it is possible for…

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Serbia in the War. Dr. Rosalie Morton Tells a Great Human Story

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 8

Recently at the Lyceum Club, Melbourne, Dr. Rosalie Morton, an American visitor and the sole woman delegate to the Pan-Pacific Congress…

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Dictatorship Emergency Government Rules in Germany Herr Stresseman Seeks to Prevent Civil War the Hohenzollerns, in Family Conference, Plan Monarchist Manoeuvres . BERLIN, October 4

The Daily Express · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 1

It was the Social Democrats’ refusal to give the Government authority to provide an emergency law for the abolition of the…

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Alleged Shooting. a Half-brother Wounded. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 2

A message from Woodvale in the Bendigo district, stated that Edmund Belz[?] a laborer, has been arrested on a charge of shooting at Andrew…

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War Debts Agreement with America Mr. Baldwin Attacked London October 7

The Daily Express · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 2

The “Sunday Express” has featured a hitherto unpublished letter dated August 5, 1920, from Mr. Lllyod Goerge to president Wilson…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 2

The returned soldiers of Wagga are determined to keep the subject of the war memorial alive. It came up for discussion at the meeting held…

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Soldiers’ Memorial

The Daily Express · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 2

The Soldiers Memorial proposal, is not dead yet, and a very, animated discussion on the subject took place at the monthly meeting of the…

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