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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

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Anzac Ball

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 9

The annual Anzac plain and fancy dress ball promises to be one of the events of the season. Every preparation has been made for a…

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Anzac Day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 2

On Auzac Day a solemn memorial for departed soldiers of the A.I.F. will be held in the Cessnock Church of England at 11 a.m. when ex-soldiers and…

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Anzac Day Unveiling of Memorial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 2

The act of unveiling the monument erected by the townspeople to the memory of the men who went forth to war, will take place on Anzac…

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Anzac Day. Sydney Shops to Close

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 3

The Retail Traders' Association of Sydney has decided that all shops with in its jurisdiction should close on Anzac Day. The secretary of the…

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Anzac Day. Shops Keep Open in Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 2

The Retailers' Association have decided to keep open for Anzac Day…

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Anzac Day Factories to Keep Open. Will Stores Follow Suit?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 1

The Chamber of Manufactures has set the lead in Sydney in adopting the decision of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures, and the…

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War Frauds Found by Error. "Treatment of Soldiers." Millions of Francs Paid

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 6

The Marseilles frauds, in which many medical men and chemists are concerned, is expected to prove one of the greatest post-war scandals…

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Scone and District Anzac Memorial. Roll of Honor. an Incomplete List

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 2

Elsewhere in this issue, we publish the Scone and District Roll of Honor, or rather what was recognised as the Roll in 1917 when it…

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Anzac Day at Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 4

A special service will be held in Si. Paul's Church of England, Paterson, at 7.30 p.m. on Anzac Day, when the Veu. Archdeacon Luscombe will…

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Anzac Day. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 7

The wholesale houses of Newcastle decided early in the wok that they would close all day on Wednesday next(Anzac day), and yesterday…

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Anzac Day. Flying of Flags. Soldiers May Wear Uniform

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 6

Authority has been given by the acting Premier (Mr. Oakes) for flags on state Government buildings to be flown on Anz[?]e Day at half-mast up…

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Anzac Day New Zealand's Observance

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 5

An Auckland message states that Australian cablegrams, announcing that the shops will remain open on Anzac Day, caused deep regret…

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Anzac Day Retailers to Close

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 8

The Retail Traders' Association has decided to authorise all retail shops within its jurisdiction to close on Anzac Day. The association, however,…

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Anzac Day. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 7

Sir.—I notice in the last issue of your paper that parts of the procedure at the combined religious service on last Anzac Day are meeting with…

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The Glorious Dead. New Zealand Observance of Anzac Day. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 3

An Auckland message states that Australian cablegrams, announcing that the shops will remain open on Anzac. Day caused deep regret…

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War Threatened. London, April 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

Reuter's Warsaw correspondent reports further trouble between Poland and Lithuania, owing to the Lithuanian Prime Minister. M…

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Britain's War Debt to America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 4

Very many British people are of opinion that considering to what a great extent the Allies were fighting America's battle as well as their own…

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Pillage in War. Germans Convicted. London, April 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 12

A French military court at Amiens has imposed, sentences of 20 years' hard labour and 20 years' expulsion from France on three German officers…

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War-time Wheat Pools. Fuller Confident. London, April 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 2

The Premier of New South Wales (Sir George Fuller) stales that the is confident that he will be able satisfactorily to wind up the accounts…

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Unveiling of Soldiers' Memorial Monument. Mayor's Appeal. to the Editor

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 7

Sir,—Eight years ago, namely oil Sunday, April 25, 1915, brave men dared at Gallipoli to live dangerously, fight heroically;…

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