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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Soldier Ants Use Gas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 10

The combatants were a large black termite ant and a bugs "King" wasp; their arena an imposing box under the eye of Professor R. W. G. Hingston, an…

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Soldiers on Poultry Settlements Minister's Statement

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 1

Mr Wearne, the Minister for Lands, said on Wednesday night that some time ago he notified the whole of the soldiers on poultry settlements that it…

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France To-day Her Great Task. the Wrack of War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 1

That France is facing energetically the big task which confronts her of restoring out of the wrack of war normal conditions in her devastated…

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Soldiers' Gratuity Bonds Loan of 15 Million. Banks Support Issue

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 5

The new Federal Loan, which is necessary in order to Redeem the soldiers' gratuity bonds, will be for £15,000,000, bearing 6 per cent,…

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Soldiers on Poultry Settlements. Minister's Statement

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 1

Mr. Wearne, the Minister for Lands, said on Wednesday night that some time ago he notified the whole of the soldiers on poultry…

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War Gratuities. Conversion Into Stock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 4

The Secretary to the Federal Treasury (Mr. J. R. Collins) said that Captain O. J. Dyett, Federal president of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers'…

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France To-day. Her Great Task. the Wrack of War

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 5

That France is facing energetically the big task which confronts her of restoring out of the wrack of war normal conditions in her…

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Returned Soldiers' League Cessnock Branch Annual Meeting and General Business

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Cessnock sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L. was held in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday night, Mr. Jas…

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Story of a Wounded Soldier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 10

Sir Frederick Mott, lecturing on "Mind and Body" to the People's League of Health, according to "The Times," said there could be no mind…

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A Soldiers Protest. Railway Refreshment Room

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 11

Nearly six years ago Mr. Owen Jurd built a small refreshment room on West Maitland Railway Station, which, with the installation of a…

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Man with a Gun. Picnic Party Attacked. Four Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 6

Another sensational shooting case apparently the work of a maniac, occurred near the village of Jingellic. on the Victorian border, about sixty…

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Federal Loan War Gratuity Redemption

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

The prospectus of the Commonwealth War Gratuity Redemption and Conversion Loan announces that applications will close on March 18. The interest…

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Picnic Party Attacked Man with Gun. Four People Wounded. Fusillade From Bush. Albury

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 6

A sensational attack was made on a picnic party at Jingellic Creek to-day by a man armed with a military service rifle. Seventeen shots were…

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War Debts to America. Proposed Cessions. London, Feb, 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 5

Under the heading "A Sensational Report," a message from the Exchange Telegraph Company's agency at Paris says:—…

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Menace to Society. Some Women Who Draw Soldier Pensions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 6

Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., at the Central Police Court, referred to the number of women living apart from their husbands, who came before the…

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Empire Migration. Time-expired Soldiers. London, Feb. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 5

The War Office representatives interviewed the Overseas Settlement Committee to seek guaranted openings upon the land in the dominions…

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Victoria's Soldier Settlers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 4

After having travelled nearly 1200 miles by motor-car on a tour of inspection of soldier settlements in the Western district, the Minister for…

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Man with a Gun. Picnic Party Attacked. Four Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

Another sensational shooting case apparently the work of a muniac, occured near the village of Jingellie, on the Victorian border, about sixty…

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"Stirred Up." Batson Charged. Confronted With Wounded Man. ALBURY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5

In the men's ward of the hospital at Albury, claude Batson was brought face to face with the wounded man, Richard King in the…

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War Debts to America. Proposed Cessions. London, Feb. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 2

Under the heading "A Sensational Report," a message from the Exchange Telegraph Company's agency at Paris says:—…

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