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The wars & local soldiers, 1916

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Remarkable Incident. Injured Soldier's Stolcism

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 7

[?]accident of a peculiar king occurred [?]day afternoon, when a young soldier Norman L. M'Kenzie, living at Addi[?]eet, Marrickville, and attached to the…

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No Criminals As Soldiers Judge Docker's Views

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 10

"You ask me," said Judge Docker at the Darlinghurst Sessions, to Raymund Dunleavy. "to deal [?] with, you in order to allow you to enlist…

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Train Accident. Returned Soldier Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 10

As the Sydney, mail train was about to leave the June station, a returned soldier, wounded at Gallipoli, named James McDonald, was saying good-bye to some friends…

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Australian Soldiers. a Helpful Organisation. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. A. Fisher, this new High Commissioner for Australia, succeeds Sir George Reid in the presidency of the War Contingent Association…

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Riotous Soldiers. Action by Military Authorities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 3

The Premier (Mr. Holman) recently sent to Mr, Hughes, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, a copy of the police report respecting a riot in Sydney on January…

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Recruiting. Local Enlistments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 5

The following were accepted on Thursday. 20th instant:—Herbert Francis Dickinson. Bulga near Singleton; Oliver Hector Russel, Rothbury;…

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Age of Enlistment

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 3

For same time past the feeling has existed at Wagga that the age of enlistment should be raised from 18 to 19 years, and at a meeting of the War…

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Singleton Soldier's Death

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 6

The following telegram from Colonel Luscomibo, Victoria Barracks, -was received by the Right Rev. Dr, Meagher on Monday last iW Officially reported…

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Returned Soldiers. Land Settlement Scheme. Committee's Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 8

The sub-committee, consisting or Senator Milien, Mr Poynton, M.P. Mr Watt, M.P., and Mr J. C. Watson (hon. organiser of the Federal Parliamentary…

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Riding on the Engine. Soldier Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 5

When Private Milton George Todd, of the 7th Battalion of the Light Horse, in camp near Liverpool, fell off a train at Auburn late on Wednesday night, he…

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How the Horse Is Cared for at the Front. The Magnificent Work Being Done in France for Britain's War-Horses. (By Colonel the Right Hon. Mark Lockwood, C.V.O., M.P.

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 8

Since the beginning of the age of chivalry, when first knights spurred into battle, the horse has been always associated with the romantic pageantry…

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Artificial Limb for Wounded Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 4

Many Australians who were wounded at Gallipoli have lost limbs, but the Red Cross Society is making every effort to supply those so afflicted with the best artificial…

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Filming the War. First Pictures Ready

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 7

General Headquarters, France, Nov. 30. A private exhibition was given to-day, before a number of officers of the General Staff, of some cinema films illustrating the…

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Purpose in the War. Admirae Beatty's Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 6

Rear-Admiral Sir David Beatty. in a letter to the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge says:—Surely God does not intend this war to be a blood-drunken orgy…

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War Loan. A.m.p. Invests a Million

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 5

The Commonwealth Treasurer (Mr. Higgs) stated on Saturday that he had been very pleased to receive a telegram from Mr. A. W. Meeks, M.L.C., chairman of diectors…

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The War United States Note. to Belligerent Powers. Washington, Jan. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 6

Mr. R. Lansing (Secretary of State for America), in a Note to the belligerents, notifies the Powers that unless they subscribe to the following principle armed…

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German Allegation. Against, British Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 6

The Press Burean has issued, with the British reply Germany's Communication through Mr. J.W. Gerard (American Ambassador in Berlin) complaining of alleged…

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Local and General News. Entertainment of Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 4

All citizens interested in the entertainment of the soldiers in the West Maitland camp are invited to attend a meeting to be held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall…

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Railway Sensation. Soldier's Death London, Jan, 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 6

A Strange affair is reported at the Great Central Railway. A girl named Vicoiet Reyn[?] 18 years of age, was returning home by the midnight train form Maryrebone,…

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Military Encampment. the Catholic Soldiers Hall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 6

A largely-attended meeting of the prishtoners of St. John's Cathedral was held in St/ John's school on Sunday evening for the purpose of providing a structure for…

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