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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

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Returned Soldiers. Australia's Obligations Fulfilled

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 11

Mr. W. A. Holman, in opening new theatre, at Punchbowl declared that on the whole Australia has fulfilled its obligations to its…

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German Youths. Personate Belgian Soldiers. London, May 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 12

A new German trick has been exposed says the "Daily Mail's" Berlin correspondent. For some time past the Belgian…

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Concessions to Maimed Soldiers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 6

A deputation representing limbless soldiers in the country districts urged the Acting-Premier to extend the same travelling concessions to soldiers who…

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Wounded in Breast. Linotype Operator Found Dead. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 June 1923 · page 5

Joseph Harold Mitchell, 34, a line-type operator, who lived with his wife and two children at Hur[?]stone Park, was found dead in his…

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French in Ruhr. French Soldiers Sentenced. London, June 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 5

A French military court (says, the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail") has sentenced two French soldiers to 20 years' penal…

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Governor May Recover. Wounded Man's Statement. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 4

A message from Mondouram states that when the bullet struck Governor he throw down his rifle and called out "Come down! You've get me."…

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Shot and Captured. Roy Governor's Fate. Police Sergeant Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 4

Roy Governor, the half-caste aboriginal, who has for several weeks past baffled the efforts of the police to capture him, in the Mendooran…

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War Debts. London, June 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 5

Belgian business men who have returned from London have informed the French Government that Britain is willing to cancel war debts and…

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General's War Decorations Widow Compelled to Sell

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—Owing to straitened circumstances, Lady Cowan is compelled to offer for sale the orders and decorations of her late husband,…

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Roy Governor. Wounded and Captured. Police Sergeant Shot. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 5

Roy Governor, the half-caste aboriginal, who has for several weeks past baffled the efforts of the police to capture him, was arrested yesterday afternoon, after…

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Wounded Man's Statement. Could Have "Potted" Police

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 8

A message from Mendooran states that when the bullet struck Governor he threw down his rifle and called out: "Come down You've got me…

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Governor May Recover. Wounded Man's Statement. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 5

A message from Mendooran states that when the bullet struck Governor he threw down his rifle and called out "Come down! You've got me."…

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Shot and Captured. Roy Governor's Fate. Police Sergeant Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 5

Roy Governor, the half-caste aboriginal, who has for several weeks past baffled the efforts of the police to capture him, in the Mendooran…

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Roy Governor Captured Shot Through Left Lung. Police Sergeant Wounded

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 8

Boy Governer came into coutfict with the police on Wednesday, and was shot in the lung and captured. News of the capture came to hand after we…

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Presentation of War Medals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 4

Air Diggers and male friends are invited to it smoke social and presentation of war medals to be held in the West Maitland School of…

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Late General's War Honours. Kind and Mysterious Stranger

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 3

London, Wednesday.—There was a happy sequel to Lady Cowans' decision to soil her husband's orders and war decorations…

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New Separations Offer. "War" in Bochum. London, May, 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 12

In Dusseldor[?] immense damage continues to done to the French communications. The new German reparations offer…

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Drug Habit. Growth in America. Attributed to the War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 6

The drug habit fs growing such a menace in the United States that last month the Committee on FOreign Affairs of the House of…

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A Kipling War Book. the Hrish Guards. Brilliants Passages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 11

Mr. Rudyard Kipling's history of "The brush Guards in the Great War," (two is a remarkable book. The…

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Soldiers' League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 4

A meeting of the Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League decided to have a public presentation of the…

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