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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Welcome Home

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 3

Miss Kathleen Boydell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Boydell, of Allynbrook, who has been engaged in missionary work in Japan for the…

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War in China

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 2

Reuter, Shanghai.—Fighting has commenced at Mwangtu, 20 miles from. Shanghai on the Shanghai Nanking railway. There are no…

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Thrilling Air Pageant. Realistic War! Drama at Hendon. (From London "News of the World.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 4

Vast crowds gathered at Hendon Aerodrome to witness the annual pageant of the Royal Air Force. Their reward was splendid beyond…

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German Loan. Protest by Soldiers. Flooding Empire's Markets. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 5

The State executive of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to join in the protest inaugurated by the National Union of…

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Welcome Home. at Allynbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 3

A welcome home to Miss Kathleen Boydell, who has been engaged in missionary work in Japan, was held in the Allynbrook Hall, on 28th…

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Anzac Day. Will Be Proclaimed a Holiday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 11

The Premier moved the third reading of the Banks and Bank Holidays (Amendment) Bill in the Legislative Assembly…

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War Document's. Demand for Publication

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 13

Why should not the Allies follow the example of Germany, Russia, and Australia and throw open their secret archives? For some years there has…

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War Subjects. Exclusion From Queensland Schools

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 16

The Queensland Minister for Education (Mr. Brennan), commenting on the decision of the Victorian Labour Government to exclude from…

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War's Terrors. Incendiary Bomb. London, Aug. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 13

Mr. Philip Baker, secretary to Lord Parmoor (Lord President of the Council). [?]ecturing at a Labour summer school, described a number of…

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Restless China. Civil War Threatened. Shanghai, Sept. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 2

Reuter's special correspondent at Soochow Fays: "General Chi Hsich Yuan. (Governor of Kiangsul is ready to advance towards Shanghai,…

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A War Hoax. Mythical Russians. London, Aug. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 12

A "Sunday News" special article dealing with the greatest hoax of the war, that of a Russian army having passed through England to France,…

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Note Forgery. War Time Incident. London, Aug. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 13

Sir Basil Thomson (formerly Assistant commissioner, Metropolitan Police), in an article in "English Life," reveals new details of the…

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Chinese War Fighting Commences. Bombs From Aeroplanes. (Reuter's Cable.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 6

There has been some bomb-dropping from two aeroplanes manned by Russians in the was in China, but the were no casualties. Fighting near…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the local sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League will be held in the School of Arts on Monday night next,…

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Returned Soldier. Municipal Council Actioned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 9

The Full Court heard an appeal set out in a case stated by the stipendiary magistrate in reference to a proceeding in the Kogarah Police Court…

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One-eyed Soldiers. Better Pensions Wanted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 5

Better pensions based on a minimum of 35/, instead of 21/, as at present were sought by a deputation representing the One-eyed Soldiers'…

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Loan to Germany Returned Soldiers Join in Protest. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 6

The State Executive of the Returned Soldiers decided last night to join in the Protest inaugurated by the National Union of Manufacturers…

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War in Morocco. Official Reports. London, Sept. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 8

Reuter's Madrid correspondent reports that General Derivera has arrived at Tetuan, and has sent a message stating that the situation in…

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Germany and the Ruhr War Guilt. London, Sept. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 8

The German Chancellor (Dr. Marx) recently wrote to M. Herriot, stating that public opinion in Germany compelled him to issue a proclamation…

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Disturbed China Soldiers' Supplies. Victory Claimed. SHANGHAI, Sept. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 5

A special message from Liuho, 15 miles north-west of Woosung, one of the key positions, states that the kiangsuites are attempting an…

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