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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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The Singleton Argus Thursday, January 13th. War Gratuity Bonds

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

The case of a distressed soldier who passed through Singleton on tramp a short time since, with a War Gratuity Bond for over [?]100, is not an isolated…

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Airship of the Future War-time Parachuting. London, Jan. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 5

Commodore Maitland who in war time parachuted over London from a height of 13,000 feet, lectured on air-height last night at the Royal Society…

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Education Scheme. for Soldiers Children

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

The scheme formulated by the Repatriation Commission, for the higher education of children of deceased and totally incapacitated soldiers is…

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Self Help. Lesson From South Australia. Soldier Settlers Grit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 4

Soldier settlement on the land is not much simpler in other Australian States than it is in New South Wales. nor much less expensive. There is an…

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Soldier Settlement Enquiry Costs

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

The legal costs in connection with the Soldier Settlements Enquiry are expected to total about £8000. The hearing occupied 69 days, and 11…

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War Service Homes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 3

Major Marr, M.H.R. said the eternal want of a million sterling is at the root of the War Service Homes Commissions' decision to buy no more ready-built…

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A War Romance

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 4

Birmingham's "unforgettable girl" is saling for Tasmania in February to marry an Australian, a former sergeant in the A.I.F., whom she met by chance on a…

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Naval Policies. Lessons of the War. Australian Necessities. LONDON, January 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 5

Admiral W. H. Henderson, who is taking a prominent part in the discussion on naval policies, asked to apply thhe lessons of the war to Australian…

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Our Telegrams. Soldier Poisoned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 5

Charles Fordham, who won the Military Medal in Frances, and who lived at Randwick, was found in a state of collapse on the Coogee beach, suffering…

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Soldier Teachers. Concussions for War Service

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 9

"I am happy to be able to hay that the New South Wales Government, [?] lot behind any State in the Commonwealth in regard to the treatment of…

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War Stores Dump. Flagrant Waste

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 12

No more palpable example of the waste of public money could be found anywhere at the present time than that offered by the Army…

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Hun War Criminals. Sentenced at Leipzig

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that first in tho three cases of war criminals tried by the specially allocated Imperial Court at Leipzig, the…

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Letter to the Editor Civil War in Ireland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 2

Sir,—The Sian Fein declares that Ireland is at war with England, and killing is no more murder than shooting Germans in the late war. This is…

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Echoes of the War. Sinking Hun Submarines. London, Jan.12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 5

Echoes of the war were heard in the Prize Court to-day, when sums were awarded to three of his Majesty's ships manned by naval reservists for…

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Soldiers' Monument

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 4

The committee of the Maitland Soldiers' Memorial Monument request relatives to supply the names and other particulars of deceased soldiers who…

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Soldier Settlement Wester District Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 6

At the western conference of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League, held at Bathurst, the following resolutions were carried:—…

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Soldier Teachers. Charges' Denied by Minister

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 6

The Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch) replied to charges recently, made to the effect that soldier teachers had been prejudiced by having gone on…

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Soldiers Children. Higher Education Schemes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 6

Preparations are now being made the Repatriation Department to [?] effect to the scheme for the higher [?] cation of the children of deceased or…

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Soldiers' League. Bulwark Against Revolve

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 6

Assurances that the Returned [?] and Soldiers' League stood [?] for the maintenance of the British pire and as a bulwark against [?]…

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Returned Soldiers. Excutives Important Decisions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 12

A number of important proposals came up for discussion at the last meeting of the Federal executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers…

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