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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Shot in Thigh. Bank Clerk Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 3

Charles Kingston Mansfield, 18 years, a clerk employed at the Hunter street West, Newcastle branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was accidentally…

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Trying Bank Revolver. Youth Wounded. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

Charles Kingston Mansfield, 18, bank clerk, who had arranged to relieve a comrade at the Bank of N.S. Wales over the week-end,…

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Germamy's War Guilt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 5

The correspondent of the "Daily Express" at Geneva says:—At Germany's request the Swiss branch of the Universal League for the…

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Gashed Throat Woman Wounded with Hatchet. Lewisham Sensation. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 5

There was a sensational occurrence at Lewisham at an early hour this morning, as a result of which William Robertson and Mrs. Susan…

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More Milk. Advocated for Tubercular Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 3

Giving evidence before the Federal Royal Commission on national health in Melbourne, Dr. Charles A. Courtney, principal medical officer of the…

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Kurri Soldiers' Memorial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 4

On account or the possibility of a Hunter District-England cricket match at Maitland on March 7 and 8, the proposed carnival and sports…

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Almost Normal Picking Up of Seamen. Soldiers' Wharf Bureau to Continue SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 5

About 400 men applied at the Government shipping office at Dawes Point this morning. At the end of an hour however, only two men had…

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Another Civil War. (Published by arrangement)

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4
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The enormous proportions of the traffic in illicit liquor in the United States, says an article in the Liverpool “Daily Courier” will be a surprise…

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Aboriginal Customs. a Burial Ceremony of the War-wyper Tribe

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3

On the outskirts of Wingham, North Coast, are still to be seen a spot where a number of backs were buried in days gone by,…

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War Debts Case for France. Herriott's Stirring Speech. LONDON, Jan. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 5

The Cabinet has received a report from the Treasury on war debts, but the draft of the reply to France in regard to interallied debts has…

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Australian Soldiery. Birdwood's Testimony. London, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

General Sir William Bird wood was the guest at dinner this evening of the Knights of the Round Table, a fellowship rounded in 1720…

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Man's Grim Confession Woman Found Dead Ex-Soldier's Statement

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

Remarkable statements by a man accused of murder were attributed at Malmesbury, England, to William Cover Bignall, an ex-soldier. The…

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Stabbing Affray. Two Constables Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 3

Plainclothes Coustables Strabel and Rangott accosted William Moran in Melbourne, and informed him that they had a commitment warrant…

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Shot in Thigh. Bank Clerk Wounded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 16

Charles Kingston Mansfield, 18 years, a clerk employed at the Hunter street West, Newcastle, branch of the Bank of New South Wales, was accidentally…

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Germany's War Guilt

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 3

The correspondent of the "Daily Express" at Geneva says:—At Gerany's request the Swiss branch of the Universal League for the…

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Cashed Throat Woman Wounded with Hatchet. Lewisham Sensation. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 5

There was a sensational occurrence at Lewisham at an early hour this morning, as a result of which William Robertson and Mrs. Susan…

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A Possibility. Another War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 9

Mr. W. J. Baldock, speaking at a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League State Executive, referred to the possibility, within the next ten…

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(Published by arrangement.) Another Civil War

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 8

The enormous proportions of the traffic in ilicit liquor in the United States, says an article in the Liverpool "Daily Courier," will be a…

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War Debts America's Policy. Senator Borah's Attitude. WASHINGTON, Jan, 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 12

Defending America's attitude on the question of war debts Senator Boran (chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee) said in the…

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