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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

3,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 167

Germany. Civil War at Bremen. Copenhagen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

A message from Bremen states that the Government troops entered the town after heavy fighting and occupied the public buildings…

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International Socialists. Berne Conference. Responsibility for War. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Berne says that the feature of the conference up to the present is the decision to inquire into who was responsible for the war…

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Letters to the Editor. Promises to Returned Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2

Sir,-When the war was on, circulars were sent to all shires and municipal councils, requesting that preference be given to returned soldiers, in search of work, In all…

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Military Appointments. Position of Returned Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2

At a meeting of the central excentive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, held in Melbourne, a letter was read from Mr. Trumble, Secretary of Defence…

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Soldiers Drugged. Melbourne Confidence Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 7

Case have recently come under the notice of the Defene Department which indicate that a drug is being used by certain confidence men and women in Melbourne for the…

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The Songs the Soldiers Sing

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

Although the actual fighting is over and the Great War is now merely a triumphal procession of Allied soldiers to occupy evacuated territories, it does not lesson the interest…

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Welcomes to Returned Soldiers

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 3

The sub-committee appointed to arrange details for the presentations and welcomes to returned soldiers decided that in view of the invasion of influenza in Sydney, aud its…

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Welcome Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 6

The Horseshoe Bend Welcome Home Committee invite the residents of that area to a welcome home to be given to Privates R. Guinane, C. Jones, and Seaman J…

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East Maitland Welcome Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 6

All entertainment and presentation of certificates in connection with the East Maitland Welcome Home Committee will be held in the Literary Institute. East…

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Central Area WElcome Home Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the committee of the above will be held in St. Mary's Parish Hall on Wednesday night next to make arrangements for the next welcome…

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Welcome Home at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

The Oddfellown Hall, Raymond Terrace, presented a very gay appenarance on Monday night last, when the members of the local branch of the A.H.C. Guild tendered a…

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South Maitland Welcome Home Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 4

A special meeting, held in connections with the South Maitland Extended welcome Home Committee, was hold in St. Paul's Sunday School, on Thursday last when there was a…

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War Chest Depot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 6

The Maitland branch of the War chest is in receipt of £1/6/ from Mr. W. A. Holmes, of Glenoak, as a donation towards the funds…

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International Socialists. Discuss War Responsibilities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Berne correspondent states that the Diternational Socialist Conference resurved its decision regarding the responsibility for the war…

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Selling War Stores. Britain's Great Auction

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

A late cable from London says:— The Minister for Supply is preparing a gigantic sale of surplus naval and [?]ilitary stores, including thousands…

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Civil War in Germany a Fresh Outbreak

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

London, Thursday.—Civil war has broken out again in parts of Germany. The Spartacusians have seized strategic points, also the foodstuffs in…

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India and the War. Viceroy's Praise. Delhi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

At the opening of the Indian Legislative Council Session the Viceroy (Lord Chelmsford) made a long and important speech. Alluding to two bills which were being…

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Endangered Children of Britain. Important Post-war Question

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 16

From time to time the British "War Cry" has drawn attention to the failure of the Children's Act with regard to the rescue of the young living in circumstances that will…

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Singleton Letter. Back From the War. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

Lance-corporal Ray Dates, 30th Battalion, and Trooper Abraham S. Andrews, 7th Light Horse, arrived by the Brisbane mail on Thursday evening, and were accorded a…

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War and Influenza. South African Comparison. Capetown

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 13

In the Assembly Sir T. Watt, in moving the adoption of the Public Health Bill, stated that during the war the Union forces lost 6395 whites, 692 coloured men,…

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