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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Employment for Soldiers Partially Incapacitated Men

The Daily Express · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 2

The following letter has been received from the Secretary of the Returned Soldiers League (Mr. W. J. Stagg) :—…

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Returned Men Dismissed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 4

A stir[?] was caused in the Federal Taxation Office yesterday when eight of the remaining 11 temporary employees, all returned soldiers, received notice of…

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Toll of the War. Many Soldiers Still Under Treatment. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 4

The chairman of the Repatriation Commission, Colonel Semmens, to-day made available figures showing the number of soldiers under medical treatment…

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Many Sick [?] After-war [?] Melbourne [?]

The Daily Express · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 1

Figures relating to [?] returned soldiers still [?] treatment show that [?] was the i[?]…

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Page’s Promises. Soldiers’ Want Performance. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 2

A stir was caused in the Federal Taxation Office to-day when eight of the remaining 11 temporary returned soldiers had received notice of…

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Returned Soldiers

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 August 1924 · page 2

The following letter is being published by the Secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. W. J. Stagg). It is thought that by…

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Battleships in War Still Supreme London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 1

That battleships are till supreme, is the opinion of Admi[?]de Roebuck. He says that noth[?] in the war modified his faith in then to the…

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Employment of Partially Incapacitated Soldiers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 2

The Publicity Officer of the Returned Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia writes:— "The question of the employment…

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Disabled Soldiers' Pottery

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 2

At the Disabled Soldiers' Pottery at Redfern glazed ware of fine materials and workmanship are made. Jardinieres, vases, jugs and ornaments of many…

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Loyalist Workers. Preference to Soldiers. Controversy in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 2

A conference took place to-day between the Attorney-General, Mr T. R. Bavin, and the Minister for Labor, Mr E. H. Farrar, regarding the position…

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Soldiers' Executive and M.i.a. Defence Executive

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 2

At the meeting of the Griffith Soldiers' League on Wednesday Mr. C. E. Bellby, in making his report of the activities, traced the…

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Soldiers Central Executive Meets

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 1

Mr. Beilby (Griffith) occupied the chair at the meeting of the Soldiers' Central Executive. There were present—Messrs Wynn and Gage…

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In Agreement Defence Executive and Soldiers. Big Meeting at Gogeldrie

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 August 1924 · page 1

With three separate groups of meetings being conducted simultaneously on the grass slope under the shade of the pine trees, the Wagram Sandhills on Sunday last presented somewhat the scene regularly witnessed of a week-end in the Sydney Domain. There was the calm meeting, the…

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A Sharp Encounter. Caretaker Wounded. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 20 August 1924 · page 2

Bullets flew freely in an encounter between William Grover, caretaker for George Russell Limited, hardware merchants, in Flinders Street, and…

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Victorian War Memorial Premier Refuses Contribution. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1924 · page 3

As an excuse for refusing to ratify the promise of the Lawson Government of £50,000 towards the cost of a war memorial the Premier, Mr G. H…

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War's Aftermath

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 2

The war took an awful time to end, end the tame may be said of the aftermath. Once the fighting is over it is a tradition with Britain to patch…

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To Save His Wife. Officer's Gallantry in Peace and War. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 2

A famous case, with all the essentials for a novel or a melodrama, is recalled by the death from revolver wounds, at Sheffield barracks, of…

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Real Romance a Soldier's Silence Famous Care Called. London, August 19

The Daily Express · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 1

A farmers case is re-called by the death from a revolver wound at Sheffield Barracks of Major Cecil Aylmer Cameron C.B.M. D.S.O. late of the…

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Coolamon War Memorial

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 7

At the shire meeting a request [?] [?] from the Coolamon Progress Association asking that the [?] should effect the improvements…

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State Assembly. Mr. Brunskill Abroad. Anzac Day Holiday Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1924 · page 2

In reply to Mr. E. A. M'Tiernan, who asked a question in relation to Mr. Anthony Brunskill's activities in London regarding new settlers, the Premier, Sir…

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