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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Returned Soldiers' Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

Shipping and stevedoring companies generally did not apply to the Retur[?] Soldi[?] Bureau yesterday for when labour [?] nevertheless, a…

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Protect Citizens From Bolshevism. Returned Soldiers' Resolution. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 5

A meeting of the executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League last night carried a resolution calling upon the Federal…

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Notes and Comments the War Debts

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 11

The position in regard to interAllied debts and European debts to the United States in critically reviewed by Professor A. C. Coolidge…

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War Debts. Allies' Conference. London, Jan. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 2

There was a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday as a preliminary to the Paris Conference on Wednesday, when the Allies' Finance Ministers…

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British Children. Post-war Decline. London, Jan. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 5

Sir "Robert Blair, late Education Officer of the London County Council, speaking at the Northern Education Conference gave some…

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War Debts British Interests. International Problems. LONDON, Jan. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 12

The newspapers are full of speculations regarding the purpose of the visit of Sir Montague Norman, governor of the Bank of England, to…

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Gosford Art Union. Soldiers' Memorial Hall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 3

The art union known as "The Gosford Five," organised by the local branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of…

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Fatal Fall. From Hotel Window. Returned Soldier Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 16

A man, named Barney Hamill, about 50 years of age, died on Monday from injuries sustained in falling from a window in the…

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Hawkesbury College Soldiers Memorial Hall

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 5

With the object of building a Soldiers Memorial Hall at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, the committee of the fund is lippealing to all…

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Soldiers' Meeting. Their Flag Attacked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

When the soldier wharf labourers were marching in the Domain yesterday an effort was made to seize their flag. The soldiers vigorously resisted…

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Less Hopeful the Shipping Trouble Preference to Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

The shipping disputes came no nearer a settlement during the week-end; if anything the position is less, hopeful. The militancy of…

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Free Fight. Unionists v. Soldiers. Three in Hospital. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

AS the result of a riot which occurred at Dalgety's wharf to-day between wharf laborers and returned soldier wharf laborers, three of the…

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Soldier Workers Attacked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 7

The feeling of hostility engendered by the prolonged fight between the Waterside Workers' Federation and the members of the former shipping…

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Soldier Labour Working on Water-front. Largs Bay Still Held Up. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

The steamer Largs Bay is still held in Sydney as the crew is not yet complete. It is doubtful whether the vessel will get away to-day…

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War Graves. Commission's Work. Permanent Memorials. London, Jan. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 5

Some of the difficulties associated with ensuring the permanency. Imperial cemeteries and; memorials throughout the world were…

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Muswellbrook Letter Returned Soldier's League. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

The annual meeting of the members of the Muswellbrook branch of the R.S. and S.L. League was held on Saturday night last in the local club…

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Returned Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 7

It was stated by the agent of the State Labour Exchange that 810 returned men from the exchange were at work on the waterfront…

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The War Debts Agreement Signed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

tions agreement arrived at by the Allied Financial Conference has been signed…

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War Debts. Discussed in Paris. London, Jan. 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 13

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that M. Clementel in a statement to the press expressed satisfaction at the goodwill shown by all…

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British Children. Post-war Decline. London. Jan. 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 12

Sir Robert Blair, late Education Officer of the London County Council, speaking at the Northern Education Conference, gave some…

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