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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Returned Soldiers Amendment of Act Desired. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 5

At the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Conference to-day, a resolution was carried to the effect that the Returned Soldiers' Amendment Act…

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Limbless Soldiers' Art Union Discussed at Council

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

At Tuesday night's Municipal- Council meeting, a letter was read from the organiser of the Great Austral Art Union No. 2, being conducted to…

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Returned Soldier Settlers Land and Advance Payments (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

At the annual conference of Returned Soldiers to-day, the Minister for Lands, Mr Wearne, dealt with concessions regarding areas of land and…

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Anzac Day Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 4

At a meeting convened by the Mayor (Ald. Waller), arrangements were made for the religious services in celebration of Anzac Day to be…

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Girl Murdered. Her Father Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 9

A terrible tragedy was enacted at Kia Ora, near Omary (N.Z.), when a girl named Hood, 17 years of age, the eldest daughter of a family of ten…

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Anzac Day. Should Be Statutory Holiday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 5

That Anzac Day should be made a statutory holiday was the decision of the Returned Sailors, and Soldiers' League Congress in Sydney…

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Revolver Explodes. Inquisitive Boy Wounded. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 5

Ronald James Bayton, aged nine, found a revolver in a drawer at his home at Mortdale to-day. He and another boy were…

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The War Debts Why British Taxpayer Claims Relief

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 1

An English paper just to hand publishes the following:— The following facts were presented at the recent war conference, at which…

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Kurds at Kharput Provoking Religious War. Fanatical Outbreak. LONDON, April 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 2

The first direct news concerning the Kurdish revolt has been cabled by Mr. C. J. Ketchum, correspondent or the "Daily Express," from Goyan,…

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War Games Hawahan Exercises. United States Forces. New York, April 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 2

The exodus of high array and navy officers for the Hawalian manoeuvres will be complete by Sunday, when Major-General John Hines, military…

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Muswellbrook Soldiers' Race Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 5

The Muswellbrook Soldiers' Race Club, affiliated with the N. and N.W. Racing Association, will hold a race meeting on Saturday May 23, when…

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Ministry Criticised. by Returned Soldiers. Preference Question

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 9

Conflicting views are held by the executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League and the Premier (Sir George Fuller) in regard…

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Soldiers' Problems. Annual Congress Opens State Governor's Speech. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 2

sir Dudley do Chair opened the annual congress of the New South Wales Branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League to-day…

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Soldier Settlers. Concessions on Arrears. Outlined by Minister. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 8

At the annual conference of returned soldiers to-day, the Minister for Lands, Mr. Wearne, dealt with concessions in regard to arrears on…

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Returned Soldiers' Conference. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 6

At the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Conference to-day a resolution was carried to the effect that the Returned Soldiers' Amendment Act should be…

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War Prevention. Pan-pacific Conference of Workers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 3

The annual conference of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labour party carried the following resolution:—…

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Youth Wounded. in Train at Dungog. Mysterious Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 3

A peculiar case of shooting happened at the Dungog railway station on Monday. Richard Barwell, aged 18, a…

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Boy Wounded. in a Scout Raid. a Mysterious Bullet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 2

James Lucas, a boy scout aged 15 years, was admitted to Melbourne Hospital on Monday, with a bullet wound in the back…

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Muswellbrook Letter Anzac Day. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 6

The approach of the day set apart for the annual commemoration of the valorous deeds of Australian soldiers naturally prompts action in…

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U.S.A. Navy. War Games. Vancouver, April 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 5

A message from San Francisco states that 127 vessels of all classes composing the mightiest concentration of sea power over assembled…

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