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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Returned Soldiers. New Club Rooms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 9

Great progress has been made during the last three weeks with the furnishing and equipment of the new club rooms of the Maitland…

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Soldier Settlers. Writing Down Capital Cost. Labour's Policy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 5

Labour attitude in regard to writing down the capital cost of soldier settlements, and also of settlers on the irigation area, was denned by…

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Woman Attacked. Wounded in the Hand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 4

Armed with a long carving-knife, a man entered a bedroom in a house occupied by William Patrick Culhane, at Amess Street, North…

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Soldiers' Club. the Official Opening. Performed by Major-general Brand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 2

"I hope this club will be in existence for many years to come. It will, if the sensible majority do not allow the noisy minority to hold the…

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Soldiers' Race Club and Stores

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 2

Local stores will close at 12 noon on Saturday next in order to permit' of members of the staffs to attend the Soldiers' Club race meeting, which is…

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An Appeal for T. B. Soldiers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 2

Mesdames Parkinson (Mayoress), Graham and "Wall and Miss C'. Milligan collected a large amount of money on Saturday nfght from pat:…

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Soldier Settlers. No More Concessions in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 2

The Queensland Government does not intend to make any further concessions in regard to soldier settlement and the payment of just dues…

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War Debts. U.S.A. Hopes. Vancouver, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

With France, Belgium and Esth[?] leading the way officials here are optimistic that six other European debtors will soon find the way clear…

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Soldiers Monument

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 4

The monument on the West Maitland Park, erected to the memory of soldiers of the town who fell in the Great War is considered to be one of…

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Into the Melting Pot. Ford Would Throw War Time Ships. Material to Make Motors

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 5

Henry Ford declares that the opposition to his offer to purchase 400 of the United States Snipping Board's vessels comes from the…

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T. B. Sailors and Soldiers' Association of Australia

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 4

Mrs. W. V. Parkinson (Mayoress) has received an urgent call for Funds to buy Blankets. Warm Clothing and other Necessities for the T. B…

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Convict Soldiers Men Who Made Good Atonement for the Past

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 2

A wonderful feature of the war was the part played by many convicts who were released from prison to join the fighting services. Some of them…

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Woman Attacked. Wounded in the Hand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 14

Armed with a long carving-knife, a man entered a bedroom in a house occupied by William Patrick Culhane, at Amess Street, North…

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A Tree's Defence. War Ants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 12

Year after year scientists are learning more and more from trees, and not loss among the things learned are the all-wise methods of…

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British War Graves. Encircle the Earth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 11

On March 20, the anniversary of the opening of the last and most formidable German offensive of March, 1918, the Imperial War Graves Commission…

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War Chief Dead. New York, May 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

A message from London states that the Earl of Ypres (Field Marshal French) is dead. The "Daily Express" understands…

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War Services. Lord Oxford's Tributes. Lloyd George Eulogised. LONDON, May 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 12

At a great gathering in the Guildhall to-day the Freedom of the City of London was bestowed upon the Earl of Oxford and Asquith…

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Soldiers' Club. the Official Opening. Performed by Major-general Brand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 14

"I hope this club will be in existence for many years to come. It will, it the sensible majority do not allow the noisy minority to hold the…

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Soldier Settlers. No More Concessions in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 3

The Queensland Government does not intend to make any further concessions in regard to soldier settlement, and the payment of just dues…

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Late Cables Selling Soldiers' Remains

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 10

New York, Wednesday.—Skulls and skeletons of dead American and Allied soldiers are being sold in New York at from £5 to £15 each. A German…

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