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The wars & local soldiers, 1917

5,271 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 250

Kurri Soldier Invalided Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 4

Mrs. M. A. Senior, of Coronation-street, Kurri Kurri, has been advised by the Military authorities that her son. Clyde, who was severely wounded at Pozieres, on 22nd July,…

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In the West Manners and Morals of Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 10

It is only natural that when the manhood of a nation is taken from its peace-time avocations and mustered to arms something in the upheaval is bound to reflect upon the…

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Maimed Soldiers. Scheme for Training. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 6

The pressing question of training for useful citizenship those Australians who have been blinded or maimed by the war, and who are temporarily detained, in England…

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Combing Out Soldiers. an Extensive Scheme. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 13

Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain's scheme takes the bulk of the men required for the army, from the munition works, coal mines, shipbuilding, transport and agriculture, and…

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Farms for Soldiers. Terms of Settlement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) and chairman of the Irrigation Commission considers that one of the most important matters dealt with by the…

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Hilldale Soldiers Letter. Farley, N.s.w., to Salisbury, England

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 9

Under date November 24, 1916, from Salisbury Plains' England, Corporal Herb. Man hall, of Hilldale, wrote to Mr. and Mrs. P. G. English, of Hilldale, a most interesting…

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Three Soldier Brothers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 4

Mr Alex. M'Cannon, of Cainbridgostrect, has just Received a cable messago annouineing the safe arrival of his two sons, Privates Alex, and…

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Austria's Food Short Age. Women's Piteous Letters. Soldiers' Imprecations. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 6

Rome, Wednesday.—Letters to Austrian officers and soldiers at the front, Interpreted by the Italian Intelligence Office, show that anti-war…

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Does Not Mean War. Washington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 5

It is officially declared that the breaking of relations does not mean war, but it may easily lead to war. It is an act of protest characterised as a measure short of war…

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Hundred Million War Hill. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 5

Spain, will attend to American diplomatic interests in Berlin. Germany will be represented in Washington by a Swiss…

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Germans Suffering Grimly. War-time Food Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 5

Dr. Bury, the Anglican, bishop who has just returned from Ruhlebon, is the only Englishman officially allowed to enter Germany during the war. He is anxious to…

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Empire War Council. Dominion Representation. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 6

A message from Ottawa says that the Premier (Sir Robert Borden), who will probably be accompanied by Messrs. Rogers and Hazen, Cabinet Ministers is expected to…

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Commonwealth War Loan. Subscription List Closes Thursday February 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 2

Thursday next is the last opportunity for the public to take their full part in subscribing, to the present issue of the Commonwealth War Loan, and every patriotic Australian…

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Submarine War. Sinking Without Warning. New Campaign Begun. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 6

A despatch from Washington states that after a prolonged Cabinet meeting yesterday, a member of the Ministry remarked, "The near future will develop something…

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What We Need to Shorten the War. an Allied General Staff

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 6

I make no excuse for returning to the subject of the Allied High Command. It is a subject of the Gravest importance and interest to us and to all the world…

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Recruiting Campaign. Local Enlistments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 4

During last week there were 22 recruits, of whom nine were rejected. Two recruits presented themselves yesterday, namely Henry McGurk and Lewis Grant, of Catherine Hill…

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Anzac

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 3

"Anzac is a word that bids fair to be reckoned among the immortals, for it is a name that will serve to bind the Dominions to the Motherland more than…

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War Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 7

The Reuter's report, published in our rabies in Friday's issue, regarding the reported severance of relations between the United States and Germany, was…

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Enemy War Debt

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 3

"If the war ends in June it will cost six thousand millions sterling. The highest incometax and succession duties an the most productive monopolies would…

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War Service Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

Lieut. Grayston, the local organiser in con-nection with the new recruiting campaign, has just returned from a war service tour ex-tending from Murrurundi to Gosford. He…

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