The Provost at Thurso, Scotland, in welcoming Mr. H. G. Hawker and Lieutenant-Commander Mackenzie Grieve, R.N., said: "Throughout Britain and every other land ...
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Article : 203 wordsA report submitted by the mayor (Alderman F. Watts) at the meeting of the Toowong Town Council last night, stated that a good deal of expense had ...
Article : 101 wordsThe steamer Marama will sail in June with 500 New Zealand convalescent soldiers, thus clearing out the New Zealand hospital at Walton. ...
Article : 31 wordsSeveral thousand discharged soldiers marched in procession to Westminster, but foot and mounted police blocked the approaches to the Houses of Parliament. ...
Article : 63 wordsA Sopwith Dove aeroplane, with 80 h.p. Lerhone engine, has entered for the Australian flight. Bert Binkler, an Australian pilot, hopes to make his final ...
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Article : 135 wordsThe returned Australian sailors spent to-day with their friends. The Victorians were happy and contented, but the West Australians and Tasmanians were far from ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 28 May 1919, Page 7
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