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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Soldier Killed. Motor Truck Capsizes. Four Others Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1924 · page 6

A motor truck, which had been converted into a char-a bane, overturned on Redcliffe-road, Brisbane, when a returned soldier, who was a…

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War Gratuity. Cost £27,000,000. Many Not Claimed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 5

Despite the fact that the payment of soldiers' war gratuity has been in force for nearly four years, there are thousands of Australian soldiers…

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War Memorial. at Villers-bretonneux. Mr. Bruce Urges Action. London, January 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 5

Mr. Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia, has cabled the Government urging that immediate action be taken in regard to the erection of the Villers…

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War Vessels. Farewell to Capetown. South Africa Immensely Proud. CAPETOWN, Jan. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 5

The visit of the British special service squadron, which had proved compeltely successful, ended to-day, when H.M.S. Hood and Repulse left…

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Pea Rifle Again. Youth Seriously Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

On his way home from a holiday, part of which he had spent in pearifle shoting, Alfred John Mackay, 18, of Bellevue Hill, was dangerously…

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Fired at Cat. and Wounded Boy in Bed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

Woundedin the back with a pearifle bullet, Douglas James aged years. was found lying in this bed. The boy lives with his father in…

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The Australia. Vessel to Be Sunk on Anzac Day

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 9

The Minister for Defence (Mr. Bowden), who is spending the holidays at his home on the Blue Mountains, was questioned concerning the…

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War Gratuities Thousands Unclaimed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 6

Despite the fact that the payment of soldiers' war gratuities has been in force for nearly four years, there are thousands of Australian soldiers…

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War on Bacilli. Adulterated Milk Prosecutions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 11

The health authorities have been active during the closing year in preserving the quality of the milk supply to the public, and the sale of…

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Personal Taxation Before and After War

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 5

In the year before the war the people of New South Wales paid State taxes amounting to 15/9 per the population. In the financial year ended…

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Australia After the War British Trade Commissioner's Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

London, Wednesday.—The report of the British Trade Commissioner to Australia (Mr S. W. B. M'Gregor) deals exhaustively with Australia's…

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War Gratuity. Cost £27,000,000. Many Not Claimed. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 5

Despite the fact that the payment of soldiers' war gratuity has been in force for nearly four years, there are thusands of Australian soldiers…

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War Graves. Care by Imperial Commission. Mr. Bruce's Tribute. London, Dec. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 13

Mr. Bruce has returned to London from France He was impressed by the wonderful restoration of the war area and…

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War Graves. Visit by Mr. Bruce. France and Australia. Cause of Liberty. London, December 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia, began the last day of his tour with an early morning visit to Ypres Communal Cemetery, where a…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League of Australia, will be held in the School of Arts, on…

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Stabbed. War Pensioner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 3

During a disturbance in a restaurant in Oxford-street, Darlinghurst, on Saturday night, Arthur Jackson, aged 32, a war pensioner, was stabbed in the…

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Food in War-time. the Factor of Distance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 8

One of the favourite arguments used by the advocates of preferential treatment for Dominion foodstuffs is the alleged importance of getting our food…

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East Maitland Soldiers' Memorial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 4

A meeting of the East Maitland Soldiers' Memorial will be held in the Literary Institute, East Maitland, to-night at 7.30 o'clock. The…

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Salvage Expert. What He Saved in War Time. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 5

Among arrivals in Sydney to-day by the mail steamer Moldavia was Sir Frederick Young, the world's leading salvage expert, who is en…

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Limbless and Maimed Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 4

The secretary to the Prime Minister's Department has informed the secretary of the Limbless and Maimed Soldiers' Association, relative to…

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