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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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War's Huge Cost. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

The Reparations Commission holds its full meeting on Monday, when Mr. Hughes is to present arguments for the interpretation of the word "restoration" as meaning the full…

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War Relief. Scone Red Cross Society

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

A special committee meeting will be held at the Depot, Kelly-street, on Thursday, Februry 13, 1919, at 3.30 p.m. Business—Important…

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The War. Foch's Warning. Paris

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 2

MARSHAL FOCH has warned the Supreme War Council of the possibility of a renewal of the German aggressive spirit…

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Very Latest War News Sydney, Monday. Foch's Warning

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 2

United Service, Paris, states that there was considerable surprise at yesterday's Council when Foch presented a grave warning of…

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War Notes. Late Lance-corporal A. E. Howard

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 2

In reference to the sad death, in the closing hours of the war, of L. Corpl A. E. Howard, son of Mr. T. H. Howard, of Wingen, to which mention…

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Two Yankee Soldier Stories

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 2

Miss Lee White, the popular revue artist who is just starting in management with her husband, Clay Smith, at the Ambassador Theatre, has worked "hard" at entertaining the American…

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Pneumonic Influenza. Only One Case Yesterday. Tracing Escaped Soldiers. Argylishire Troops Landed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 2

No fresh cases were reported in sydney yesterday after [?] report [?] There was therefore only one case for the day, but five definite cases were reported from the…

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Returned Soldier's

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 5

Another batch of returned. soldiers landed in Sydney this morning…

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Returning Soldiers. Northern District Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

The military authorities have made available the names of men to return shortly by the City of York or the Demosthenes. The following are among those to…

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Soldier School Teachers Overseas Men in London. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 5

Prince Arthur of Connaught in opening a Conference of the Imperial Union of Teachers, convened by League of Empire, for oversea soldier teachers, was hold in the…

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Troubles with Soldiers. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

The Press Bureau Publishes. War Office statement explaining the soldiers' trouble. it says that there had been two days' accumulation of leave-expired men in London…

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The Isolated Soldier. Endeavour to Trace Contacts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 5

So far, the soldier who arrived in Maitland on Sunday night from Sydney, after escaping from the troopship Argyilshire, and who was yesterday removed to the hospital for…

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A Soldier's Sick Pay. Caso of No Jurisdiction. Grand Executive's Prohibition

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 1

At the Bathurst Police Court, Sergeant Horace Pettit M.M., a returned soldier, who was twice wounded, sued John C. Davey, secretary of the…

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West End Welcome Home Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 4

The West End Welcome Home Committee will meet at the residence of Mr. H. Atkinson, "Hillside," Regent street, on Thursday night next, at 8 o'clock, for the…

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A Returning Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 6

Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Morris, of Yorkstreet, have been officially advised that their son, Private F. W. Morris, 34th Battalion, off England on the Transport City of York…

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Soldiers Returning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 4

Mr. C. Walsh, of West Maitland, has received advice from the Base Records, Office, that his son, Private C. Walsh, of the 54th Battalion, is returning to Australia, on the…

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Central Welcome Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 4

Matters in connection with the Central Area Welcome Home Committee were discussed at a meeting of members held in St. Mary's Hall last evening. Mr. E. Nettleship…

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Welcome Home. Presbyterian Gathering

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 2

A most enjoyable at fresco "Welcome Home" was tendered to Chaplain-Captain Rev. A. S. McCook, B.A., and Mrs. McCook by the congregation of the West Maitland…

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War Pensions. Australia's Annual Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 3

Although actual fighing has ceased, the Commonwealth officials cannot yet estimate the sum that Australia will eventually have to provide annually for payment of war…

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China and Japan a Menace of War. Revealing Secret Treaties. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Washington, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 2

The State Department hints that Japan has threatened war against China if China publishes the secret treaties or fails to carry out her undertaking…

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