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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Soldiers' Farms Revaluation Board

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 10

In reply to an inquiry as to the terms under which the Soldiers'- Revaluation Board is to be constituted, and its duties, Mr. R. S. Vincent,…

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Country's Defence. Returned Soldiers' Request Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 5

The State Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League, hs adopted a resolution, asking that the federal Government should give increased…

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Soldiers' Revaluation Board

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

Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following official communication from the Department of Lands:—…

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A Family Quarrel Man Wounded Over Heart (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 6

Charles Hicks, aged 22, was taken to hospital this morning suffering from a wound over the heart. He stated he and another man quarrelled over a…

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Heavy Losses. Shipping and War Service Homes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 2

The Federal Auditor-General's report for 1923-24 was presented to the House of Representatives. It states that the losses on the War…

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War Service Homes. Alleged Breach of Contract

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 10

Charles Dean, John Dean, and Henry Dean, trading as Deans, Ltd., sued to recover from the War Service Homes commissioner a sum of about…

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The League Disarmament Agreement. to Make War Impossible

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 6

London, Thursday.—The galleries were crowded for the Assembly of the League of Nations' full-dress debate on the Disarmament Protocol, on which…

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Returned Soldiers' League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, Maitland, and district subbranch, will be held in the School of…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Ball at Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 11

A very successful ball, organised by the Kurri Kurri Memorial Ball committee, took place 22nd inst. The inclement weather militated a little…

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Income Tax. Services of Soldiers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 11

The debate on the second reading of the income Tax Collection Bill was resumed. Mr. Anstey appealed strongly on…

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Soldier Settlement. Tamworth Resolutions. Mr. Wearne's Reply

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 9

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Wearne) replied in detail to some of the adverse resolutions passed on his administration of soldiers' settlement…

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Singleton Letter. Welcome Home. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 October 1924 · page 3

A welcome home to his native town was extended to Dr. J. F. McMahon, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McMahon, in St. Xavier's…

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Soldier Farmers. Tamworth Conference Resolutions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 October 1924 · page 3

Numerous expressions of regret at the motion of no-confidence passed on Mr. Wearne (Minister for Lands) at the soldiers' conference at Tamworth…

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Bequest for Soldiers by Late German Verge. Delay in Finalising Scheme. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 October 1924 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, the delay in connection with finalise the scheme for the carrying out of the…

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New Zealand Tragedy Woman Dead and Husband Wounded

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 5

With her head almost severed from her body. Mrs. James Simpkin was found on Sunday night in a street in Remuern. Beside her was…

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War Relic's Freight

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 7

A spherical glass float used in the naval mine fields during the war, and derelict ever since, has been secured and placed in the Brighton Aquarium…

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Shipping and War Service Homes Heavy Losses

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 4

The Federal Auditor General's report for 1923-24 was presented to the House of Representatives. It slates that the losses on the War…

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Soldiers' Revaluation Board

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 4

Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following official communication from the Under Secretary, Lands Department, under date Sydney, 27th…

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District News Letters Singleton, Welcome Home

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

A welcome home to his native town was extended to Dr. J. F. McMahon, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McMahon, in St. Xavier's…

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A War Incident. Extraordinary Revelations

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 1

Paris, Wednesday.—An astounding treason case is developing as the result of inquiries into the record of Charles Plouin, an army contractor…

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