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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

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Soldiers' Gratuity Bond

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 2

Interest is now being paid at all post offices on soldiers' gratuity bonds…

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Soldiers' Art Union. Drawing of Prizes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 3

The drawing ol prizes in the above art union will take place in the local School of Arts at 8 p.m. on Monday next, 20th inst., and admittance will be free to all…

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An Alleged Promise. Returned Men and Council Fooled. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 16

Addressing a meeting at Bathurst, Mr. F. J. Swan, a Progressive candidate, warned the electors against the dope and rash promises made by Mr…

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War Obligations Commonwealth's Promptness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 4

Sir Joseph Cook, High Commissioner for Australia, has paid to the British, Government £4,750,000 on account of war expenditure, including principal and…

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Escaping Prisoner Wounded Struggle in Woolloomooloo. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 6

About 1 o'clock this morning Constable Casey and Constables Vest, arrested two men in Woolloomooloo and were taking them along Bourke-street, when one of…

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Miss Bobbed Hair. the Post-war Girl

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 5

"Show me a person's mode of wearing the hair, and I'll tell you his or her nature." If Socrates did not say that he ought to have, since, as…

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South Africa's Civil War Effectively Crushed. Loyalists Thanked

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1922 · page 6

Capetown, Wednesday.—Military operations on a large scale are now probably over. What the Government arid the…

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Soldiers' Sports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 2

The first entries for the sports to be held on Easter Saturday were received yesterday from Maitland and Denman. Mr. J. H. Keys,…

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East Maitland Soldiers' Monument

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the East Maitland soldiers' monument will be held in the Council Chambers, East Maitland, to-morrow…

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Extraordinary Story. Moneylender and Crippled Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 2

An extraordinary story was told in the Central Summons Court, when J.C. Stuart was charged with haying unlawfully used a tram pass issued…

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Soldiers' Memorial Art Union

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 2

At the School of Arts on Monday night a large number of local residents wore present, when the art union wan drawn. The following…

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Soldiers' Club Sports. List of Donations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 2

Amount previously acknowledged[?] £19/10/6, Dr. R. Roger £1/1/[?] Total £20/17/6. Entries are coming in freely for…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, March 24, 1922. LOCAL & General Retirmed Soldiers' Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 2

All ladies interested in the formation of a ladies committee to assist at the afternoon tea stall at the above club's sports on Easter…

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Extraordinary Story. Moneylender and Crippled Soldier

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 4

An extraordinary story was told in the Central Summons Court, Sydney, when J. C. Stuart was charged with having unlawfully used a…

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German Trade. Limbless Soldiers Protest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 2

At the general meeting of the Limbless and Maitland Soldiers Association in Sydney, regret was voiced that, at the annual conference of the Chambers…

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Extraordinary Story. Moneylender and Crippled Soldier

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 7

An extraordinary story was told in the Central Summons Court, when J. C. Stuart was charged with having unlawfully used a tram pass issued…

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Anzac Day a Public Holiday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 4

Official advice has been received, by the N.S.W.. branch of the Returned Soldiers League that the Governor, by the advice of the Executive Council,…

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The Boy Bandits Surrender of One. Man Seriously Wounded

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

Hungry and dejected, Robert Banks, aged 18, the elder of the two Victorian boy bushrangers, surrendered to the police on Saturday afternoon…

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Great War's Death-roll

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 4

A document was circulated in the Chamber of Deputies at Paris, showing that the losses in killed and missing In the war were:—Germany lost 2,524,490…

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'Said He Would Drop Dead." Gassed Soldier Dies Suddenly in Street

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 4

"He always said that he would drop down dead some day." This was told to the constable who made inquiries into the sudden…

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