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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Soldiers Fired On. Outrage in India. Bombay

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Allahabad correspondent reports that two artillerymen from Peshawar were in the Zoological Gardens 011 July 20, when they were suddenly…

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Unrest in India. Soldiers Fired On. Bombay, July 22

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 1

The Allahabad "Pioneer" reports that two artilleryman, while in Pe[?]hawar Zoological Gardens on Sunday, were suddenly fired on from behind…

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Soldiers Settled No Bananas To-day. Last Plantation Abandoned. Mullumbimby

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 1

The last of the soldier settlers ca the banana- plantations Bt Mullumbimby walked off yesterday owing to the ravages of bunchy top whine has…

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Soldier Settlers Brisbane

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 2

Horses, cattle, carts, and ploughs were sold to-day at Beenburrun (Q.), where soldier settlers had abandoned their blocks of land…

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Soldier Settlement

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 2

Queensland has settled 4472 soldiers on the land at an average cost of £745. New South Wales has settled 7081 at an average cost of…

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Soldiers' Holding. Mr. Kilpatrick and Reappraisement

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1924 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. [?] Kilpatrick (Murray) asked the Minister for lands, Mr. W.E. Wearne, if he would refer the reappraisement [?]…

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Soldiers Memorial

The Daily Express · Monday 28 July 1924 · page 4

Albury Municipal council proposes making a road from Dean Street to the Soldiers Memorial on Western Hill. It is hoped to have the…

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Enquiry Into Soldier Settlement. on Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 2

A meeting of the M.I.A. Defence Committee's Combined Executive was held at the Leeton School of Arts on Sunday last Mr. W. J. Adams…

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Soldiers' Executive

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 1

At a meeting of the central executive at Yenda on Sunday, 20th., all soldiers' organisations on the M.L.A. were represented. Mr. Bellby…

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Yanco Soldier Settlers' Association

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 3

A big roll up is hoped for at the monthly meeting of the Yanco Soldier Settlers' Association on Saturday afternoon [?]ox., [?]ff speakers will…

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New War Weapon. Invisible Poison Gas

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 3

Scientists have discovered a deadly new poison gas. It can easily be distributed by aeroplanes. It is invisible and has no smell. No one who breathes…

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Soldier Settlers Re-appraisement Trouble. New Method of Appeal. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Wearne, in reply to questions by (Mr. Kilpatrick regarding soldier settlers burdens outlined a method of…

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Dominion Status Participation in Imperial Foreign Policy Conference Convened to Meet in October Departments of State Fail to Appreciate Changes Brought About by War

The Daily Express · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 1

In the House of Commons, Mr. Thomas announced that he had convened a Dominions Conference to be held in October to explore the…

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Yanco Soldier Settlers' Association. Meeting on Sunday Next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the above association will be held on Sunday afternoon next, Aug 3, not Saturday as advertised in our last issue…

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Enquiry Into Soldier Settlement. Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W. on Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas. Southern Districts Conference to Be Held at Leeton 30th SEPTEMBER to 3rd OCTOBER

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 2

There are very dividend opinions being expressed at the altitude of the senders' executive in endeavoring to take the appointing of the soldiers' As decided at the Albury Conference, the next South District Conference is to be held at Loston, subject to the following arrangements which…

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War Memorials

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 7

Reuter's Brussels correspondent reports that King Albert of Belgium will unveil a New Zealand monument at Messiues on August 1. Sir James…

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Spoils of War. Sunken German Warships. London, August 1

The Daily Express · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 3

After long prepartions and several setbacks, the first of the sunken Germen destroyers at Scapa Flow has been [?]lved…

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Burial of Poor Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 2

On Saturday night, at a well attended meeting of the Wagga brunch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. it was decided to write to the league executive asking that…

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Wires and Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Any Other Paper Till To-morrow the Returned Soldiers Have the Australian People Done Their Duty? President's Remarks. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 1

Mr. L. C. Elliott, president of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League, in an interview to-day said: "The tenth anniversary of the…

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Returned' Soldiers' League

The Daily Express · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 2

The Wagga sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. is a live Institution and doing good Work for the returned soldiers of the district, in addition…

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