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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Anzac Day. How It Should Be Observed. Returned Soldiers Views. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. Stagg, secretary of the Returned Soldiers' league, referred to the criticism of the Chief Secretary that the league was partly ,…

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Anzac Day. "National Day of Australia." Prime Minister's Hope

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 April 1925 · page 2

"Let us hope we are approaching the time when the whole of our people will see and understand and recognise that Anzac Day is the…

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Anzac Day London Ceremonies. Crowds at The Cenotaph. LONDON, April 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 April 1925 · page 5

Remarkable scenes were witnessed at the Cenotaph. The High Commissioners had to struggle through a vast crowd in order to place wreaths at the…

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Anzac Ball

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 4

The Anzac Ball, held In the Lyceum Hall last Friday night, proved a most enjoyable and successful function from all points of view. A special feature…

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Anzac Morning

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 5

The church bells chimed, with solemn voice and clear. To mourn the spirits of the Anzac dead…

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Anzac Day

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

On Saturday, the British Empire, from its heart in London to its extremities in every corner of the globe, commemorated Anzac Day…

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Anzac Day Local Observances

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 1

Anzac Day in Muswellbrook was celebrated with due solemnity. In the morning there was a procession of returned soldiers to St. Alban's and…

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Anzac Celebrations the Diggers' Day

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 5

On Saturday last Anzac Day was [?]gly marked in Dungog by the Diggers and local citizens. At 10.30 a.m. a procession commenced…

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Anzac Day Service at All Saints. War Memorial Foundation Stone Laid by Mr. E. Lloyd Jones

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

The foundation stone of the Singleton and District War Memorial waslaid by Mr E. Lloyd Jones on Saturday, (Anzac Day), in the presence of a…

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A War Profiteer

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 4

Raishuli, who has been captured by and has joined forces with Adel Krim against the Spaniards in Moroceo, must be the richest brigand chief in…

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Singleton & District War Memorial

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

The memorial is to be 35ft. high, of simple design, composed of steps, octagonal pedestal, and column. On the pedestal are to be eight name panels, one to each face, and above the pedestal a column 20ft. in height in the Doric style, surmounted by a sphere. All…

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Germany's Future a War of Revenge?

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 7

In a little more than five years Germany will be the most powerful nation in Europe. This prophecy of a British member of the Inter-Allied Mission…

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Legislation Passed by the Present Minister for Lands. Returned Soldiers' (Amendment) ACT

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 1

This Act made an important amendment by enabling soldiers to transfer their holdings to approved civilians. Previously there was a…

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Singleton Letter. Anzac Day. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

A combined Anzac service was held in All Saints' Church on Saturday, at 10.30 a.m. The church was crowded, and an atmosphere of solemnity in…

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U.S.A. Navy. Pacific Cruise War Games. New York, April 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

A message from a correspondent aboard the United States battleship Ponnsylvannia, of Honeluln. states:— "The Hawaiian war games ended…

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Soldiers Widows. Increased Pensions Refused. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

The Minister for Repatriation has informed the Returned Soldiers League that the circumstances do not warrant an increase in pension rates…

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Anzac Day

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 3

Colonel Orames, of the Salvation Army in Sydney, in his address on Anzac Day made these telling remarks. "These sons of their fathers were also…

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The Anzac Ball. Social and Financial Success

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 3

The fifth annual Anzac ball held under the auspices of the Cessnock Branch of the Returned Soldiers’ and Sailors Imperial League eventuated…

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War on Grasshoppers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 5

Mr. H. Garside, of Aberdeen, forwards the following, clipping from "Dalgety's Review":—The country is beginning to wake…

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Digger in Distress. Soldiers’ Humane Action

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 3

Disabled from the effects of the war a returned soldier found himself in a des[?]ale condition. The unfor[?]nale man nailed from…

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