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The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Lost Badges of Returned Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 4

In order to be of assistance to all returned soldiers the military authorities particularly invite all not in possession of returned soldiers' badges and forms of commissions in…

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Welcome Home. Rutherford-mayfield Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 3

About a couple of hundred residents assembled at Winders premises in Mayfie[?] on Saturday night, last. The occasion was the last welcome home, as all the local lads…

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Soldiers' Club Secretary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 4

The appointment of a secretary to the West Maitland branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League was considered at a special meeting of members held…

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Deceased Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 4

Members of the Maitland Soldiers' Club desire to commemorate the memory of their deceased comrades, and ask parents or relatives to send photos, cabinet size with all…

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Soldiers and Lodge Claims

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 4

The question of three claims for sick pay against Manchester Unity Oddfellows was further discussed at a meeting of the West Maitland branch of the Returned Sailors…

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To Be Enforced. Soldiers Preference Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 7

"Complaints have reached me, said Mr. Garland, Attorney-General, "that branches of the Soldiers' Preference Act are being committed. From inquires I have made it is…

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Advice to Soldiers. General Birdwood's Straight Talk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 7

General Birdwood, in the course of his speeches in Adelaide, said they wanted to get rid of the apathetic spirit among some of the wounded men in Australia…

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Presbyterian Church. Soldiers Welcomed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 6

The members of the congregation of the West Maitland Presbyterian Cauren who enlisted were tendered a social and welcome in the Parish Hall, Hunter-street, last…

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War Fortunes. Sources of Revenue. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 5

Lord Colwyn, addressing a special war profits meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, instanced the new shipping fortunes. A couple of millionaires had…

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What the War Cost World's Losses Set Out in Money

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 1

What did the great World War of 1914-19 cost, directly and indirectly, An attempt to answer the question is made by Professor E. L. Bogert, in a volumo…

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The War Criminals Germany's Counter-list. Larger Than That of Allies. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Berlin, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 2

Germany's black list is now completed. It is reported to contain more names than the Allics' list. The majority are Anglo-French officers…

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Trouble on Troopshp. Soldiers' Allegations

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 2

Serious allegations concerning the conditions on board the troopship Friedrichsruhe were made by soldiers who arrived at Melbourne on Tuesday…

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Masonic. Welcome Home and Presentations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 2

Perhaps the largest and most representative gathering of Freemasons ever held in Scone assembled at the Temple on Thursday evening…

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War Souvenirs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 4

In the window of the Maitland Gaslight Company's show-room is an exhibit of war souvenirs, which is attracting much attention. The collection was made…

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What the Chinese Learned in the War

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 5

How the Chinaman was impressed in France is a question that Christian missionaries to China are trying to solve. Evidences are not wanting that a reactionary…

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Navy in the War. the Dreaded "Australia." London, March 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 5

Sir Julian Corbett, the well-known naval writer, in the first two volumes of his official naval history of the war, devotes nine chapters to the Pacific and Australian…

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Soldier Settlements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Tindale, one of the Progressive candidates, in the course of his address at the Angel Inn last night, speaking of the Government purchase of soldier…

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The Government and Returned Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 4

Although repatriation is mainly a Federal Government concern, State Government have particularly to do with land settlement, and they can do a great deal in…

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Canberra Leases. Soldiers' Settlement Blocks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 5

With a view to popularising the Federal capital territory at Canberra, arrangements have been made to make blocks of land available for soldiers' settlement, on leases…

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Soldiers' Continental

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 3

Between 500 and 600 people assembled in the Public School Grounds, Raymond Terrace, on Monday night, the occasion being a Continental Fete given by the…

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