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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

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War Inevitable. Views of German Captain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 7

The captain of the German steamer Holstein which has arrived in Sydney regards a war in the near future as inevitable…

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War Debts. Lord Balfour's Views. London, March 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 5

Lord Balfour, in the [?] Lords, defended a sentence in the Note on war debts, of August 1, 1922, in which he sid that the United…

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War Inevitable. Views of German Captain. England Will Help

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 8

The captain of the German steamer Holstein, which has arrived in Sydney, regards a war in the near future as inevitable…

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Army Meat Tenders. War Office Statement. London, March 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 5

In connection with the Government's meat contract, it is officially stated that while the [?]ar Office has every desire to place orders, where…

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Returned Soldiers. Question of Preference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 3

Returned soldiers employed in the Victorian public service are incensed at statements appearing in the current issue of the "Public…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' imperial League will be held in the School of…

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War Debts. American Disclaimer. Vancouver, March 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 5

Mr. William McAdoo, Secretary to the United States Treasury during the war, declares (says a message from Los Angeles) that it was never…

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Italy's War Heroes. Fascisti's Pride. London, March 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Rome correspondent reports that the Prime Minister, Signor Mussolini, was warmly applauded in his speech at the opening…

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Cost of War. Money and Lives. the British Empire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in a written reply to a question in the House of Commons, reveals for the first time…

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Returned Soldiers' Lands and Shire Rates

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 4

During the course of Friday's meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, Mr. H. Garside, representing the Dartbrook Soldiers' Progress…

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Soldiers League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 4

Dr. M. Soiling presided at a meeting of the Soldiers' League, in the School of Arts last evening. The report of the sub-committee in…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council. Dartbrook Soldiers and Shire Rates. Noxious Weeds Question. Defaulting Ratepayers to Be Prosecuted. the Dry Road

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

Meeting hold on Thursday last. Present: Councillors H. L. White (President), S. Holmes, A. S. Barwick, J. K. Kennedy, W. C. Carter,…

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Transport Sinks. Two Hundred Soldiers Drowned. (Reuters Message.) London, Saturday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

An Athens correspondent states that a transport laden with 400 soldiers on furlough sank in a storm off Pireaus. Two hundred were drowned…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 4

The Raymond Terrace memorial committee has decided to ask the Local Government Department for an other design for the proposed…

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East Maitland War Memorial. List of Names

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 4

Below is an incomplete list of the men from East Maitland and neighbouring district who enlisted from there and look part in the late war…

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Soldier Settlement in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 4

"Although the State had invested large sums of money in soldier settlements he Was satisfied that not £1 loss would be suffered by it. There might be…

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Aftermath of Shell Shock. Soldier Runs Amok

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 4

London, Monday.—Woir, a shellshocked soldier, ran amok in the working class district of Brighton, on Sunday afternoon. Parker, a railwayman,…

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Soldiers 'Club Languishes

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 2

The Casino Soldiers' Club is in danger of being closed up and the promises sold for want of sufficient support from the 400 Diggers and 100…

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Oakhampton War Memorial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 4

A public meeting of citizens interested in the Oakhampton war memorial will be held in the schoolroom, on Tuesday next, 20th inst.,…

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War Debts. American Disclaimer. Vancouver, March 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 3

Mr. William McAdoo, Secretary to the United States Treasury during the war, declares (says a message from Los Angeles) that it was never…

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