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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

Mr. H. O. Healey presided at the monthly meeting of the Maitland subbranch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League last evening…

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Marking Soldiers' Graves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1922 · page 4

The Federal Government is about to undertake the erection of headstones over the graves of members of the naval and military forces who died in…

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War Spectre. Swept Away in the East

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1922 · page 7

Speaking at a luncheon tendered by the Ministry to Senator Pearce in Melbourne, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, said that the fruit of the…

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Dundee Bride. War-time Romance. London, April 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1922 · page 5

A young Digger's war-time romance in Scotland, cabled previously, is [?]ly to end in wedding bells. "Helen of Dundee" was the only name the Digger…

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Fatal New Zealand Fire Three Lives Lost. Heroic Anzac Perishes

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 1

The Hamilton Hotel, the largest in Waikato (N.Z.), was destroyed by fire on "Monday. A porter discovered, the outbreak at 4 a.m., and aroused the…

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Out of Work Soldiers Prime Minister Approached

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 7

A deputation, headed by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, and including the suburban Mayors, representatives of Returned Soldiers' League and Fathers'…

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Anzac Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

The Mayor (Alderman W. M. Porter) presided over a well-attended meeting of citizens in the Literary Institute last evening, to consider what…

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Anzac Sports at Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

Anzac sports will be hold on the Singleton Showground on April 29, the first event starting at noon. There will be trotting, hunting, cycling,…

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Woman Wounded. Slashed with a Knife. Husband Arrested. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 5

With wounds in her neck, back and fingers caused by a knife, Mrs. Alice Curry, 35, a servant, employed at tatersall's Hotel, Rozelle, now lies in…

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Drift to War. Averted by Pacific Pact

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 6

Responding to the toast of his health at a dinner given by the "Get Together Club" in Melbourne, Senator pearce said that no eloquence could…

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Beef War. Heavy Losses in Britain. Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 5

Mr. Hay, M.H.R., who has arrived at Perth, interviewed on the beef question, said that because of the beef war over Argentine shipments, the big…

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N.s.w. Disabled Soldiers Hand Weaving Industry

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 3

For convenience of country buyers a stand has been obtained at the Royal Agricultural Show in the Industrial Hall, where any length can be procured of…

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Two Soldiers. Sad End to Partnership

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

An accident befell Charles Gore, an elderly man, on Tuesday. He was run over by a funeral train at Kogarah Station shortly before 3 o'clock…

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At Anzac. No Australian Garrison

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 15

"I should oppose the suggestion," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), when expressing his opinion of the proposal mentioned in a recent cable…

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Heroic Anzac. an Auckland Fire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 14

Three lives were lost in the destruction, by fire of the Hamilton Hotel, Auckland. A porter discovered the outbreak at 4 a.m., and aroused…

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Sharing War Debts Britain Calls on Allies

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 5

London, Thursday.—A message from Paris says it is announced that Great Britain has notified the Allies that, as she is called upon to pay interest on the…

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War Spectre. Swept Away in the East

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 6

Speaking at a lunchoon tenderd by the Ministry to Senator Pearce in Melbourne, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, said that the fruit of the…

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Dundee Bride. War-time Romance. London, April 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 2

A young Digger's war-time romance in Scotland, cabled previously, is Ekely to end in wedding bells. "Helen of Dundee" was the only name the Digger…

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National Policy. Outlined by Mr. Hugues. Class War Repudiated

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 11

The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes took the opportunity of his visit to the Burra on Wednesday for the purpose of unveiling the soldiers'…

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The Beef War Australian Trade Held Up. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 6

Mr Hay, M.H.R., who arrived at Perth, when interviewed on the beef question, said that because of the beef war over the Argentine shipments, the…

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