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The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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War Time Profits Tax Returns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 4

The Deputy Federal Commissioner of Taxation directs attention to the fact that War Time Profits Tax returns are due not later than February 20 from persons who have not previously…

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War's Huge Cost. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 11

The Reparation 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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International Socialists. Discuss War Responsibilities

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 12

Reuter's Borne correspondent slates that the International Socialist Conference reserved its decision regarding the responsibility for the war…

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Roumanian Republicans. King Reported Wounded. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Vancouver, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 5

A New York message says a republican insurrection is reported in Roumania. The King is said to have been wounded…

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War Recrudescence Foch's Fears. Paris

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 13

A surprise came at yesterday's Council meeting, when Marshal Foch presented a grave warning of the possibility of the renewal of the aggressive spirit in Germany…

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Responsibility for War. Further Testimony. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 5

Further revelations regarding the responsibility for the war are contained in a nook by Professor Oman, published on behal[?] of the Foreign Office, and based…

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Germany. Civil War at Bremen. Copenhagen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 13

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

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JAPAN V. China. War Threatened. Secret Treaties Controversy. WASHINGTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

Japan's, attitude towards China at the Peace Conference is causing grave apprehension among the representatives of the other Associated Powers…

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1000 Argylleshire Soldiers. Break Quarantine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 7

The troops from the Argyllshire, to the number of about 1000 who were quarantined at North Head, demanded shortly before noon on…

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Soldiers Drugged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 6

Cases have recently come under the notice of the Defence Department which indicate that a drug is being used by certain confidence men and…

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News by Wire. Soldiers Wives. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 5

85 Aussie wives accompanied by 23 children, and 18 soldiers, were landed from the troopship Miltiades this morning. Major General Lee welcome them…

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Dintinguished Local Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 2

News has been received that Sgt. Earle Richardson, a son of the late Mr. Thomas Richardson, of Sedgefield, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 5

The pat[?] members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers League are requested to [?] at the Club, School of Arta, on Monday night next, whon the billiard…

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Returning Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 5

Private Frank Waight will be returning this evening by the 6.50 train. Mrs. Hinde, of Waratah, formerly of East Maitland, has been advised that her…

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Card Sharpers at Work. Soldier Victimised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 6

Frequently reports are heard of people being victimised by card sharpers while trave[?]ing on the trains, and a very marked case came under the notice of a well known…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 7

A number of citizens of Cessnock are interesting themselves in the local branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League. The league recently acquired a…

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Tuberculous Soldiers. South African Regulations. Capetown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 4

In reference to the immigration of tele[?]culous soldiers and ex-soldiers, which provided capital for the Nationalist attack upon the South African Union…

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Soldiers Returning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 8

Mrs. S. A. Glover, Lochend, has received word to the effect that her husband, Lancecorporal A. J. E. Glover, of the 34th Battalion, is returning to Australia per…

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Returning Soldiers. the Quarantine Difficulty. Commonwealth Yields

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 8

The State Cabinet yesterday decided to the following telegram to the Acting Prime Minister: "New South Wales Government urges most emphatically in the interests…

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Inebriety Amongst Soldiers. Decision of Brewers Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 9

The Defence Department is receiving the whole-hearted support of the Brewers' Association and the Licensed Victuallers in the effort to suppress drunkenness among…

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