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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Preference Act. Returned Soldiers' Regret

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 11

When the appointment of Mr. Ed-wards to the position of secretary of the Chamber of Manufactures was discussed by the State executive of…

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Australia's Part. in the Great War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 2

Mr. C. E. W. Bean, who was the official correspondent with the A.I.F., and who is writing the history of Australia's part in the war returned to…

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America and the War. Washington, Jan. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 5

Responding to a statement by the new French Ambassador, M. Emile Desschnor, that the material debts of nations as well as their debts of…

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World Peace Causes of War. American View. LONDON, Jan. 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 5

Mr. Frank Kellogg, the retiring United States Ambassador, who is leaving London to become Secretary of State in the…

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The Next War. Use of Germs and Gas. Scares Deprecated. Washington, Feb. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 5

The United States Secretary on the Navy (Mr. Curtis D. Wilbur) has issued a statement ridiculing the stories. which have appeared in…

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Transport Workers War Against Newcastle Boats

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 5

Representatives of the transport group of unions affiliated with the New south Wales Labour Council have decided to renew their war on…

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Workman Wounded. Mysterious Shots at Geelong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

A remarkable report of a mysterious shooting at Geelong (Vic.) has been received by the police. William Slade Vincent, a textile…

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War Against Newcastle Boats

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

Representatives of the transport group of unions affiliated with the New South Wales Labor Council on Tuesday night decided to renew their war on…

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Didn't Know the War Has Ended

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

Paris, Monday.—A man named de Versey, of Alsace-Lorraine, who has reached Metz after escaping from a Siberian prison camp at Pluczevski,…

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Cricket. Past Players and Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 7

Much interest is being taken in the match between former Australian eleven players and a team comprising former soldiers, which will be played…

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Alleged Grievance Ex-soldier Cuts His Throat

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

It is stated that Thomas Taplin, aged 38, a returned soldier, who is a patient in Sydney Hospital with his throat cut, had been worrying over an alleged…

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Welcome Home

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

Father Meagher, Dungog district's popular parish priest, has returned home after an extended trip across the Globe. He spent a pleasant…

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Didn't Know the War Has Ended

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

Paris, Monday.—A man named de Versey, of Alsace-Lorraine, who has readied Metz after escaping front a Siberian prison camp at Pluczevski,…

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"Look Out for War." Mr. Charlton at Kurri. World Problems

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 6

Disarmament and the World's Peace was the subject of an interesting address by Mr. Charlton, M.H.R., at Kurri on Saturday night…

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Alleged Grievance Ex-soldier Cuts His Throat

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 6

It is stated that, Thomas Taplin, aged 38, a returned soldier, who is a patient in Sydney Hospital with his throat cut, had been worrying over an alleged…

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Waterside Workers. Employment of Returned Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 6

Representatives of the Waterside Workers Federation had an interview with Mr. Bavin, Atorney-General, after his return from Melbourne…

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Soldiers' Memorial Hall at Hawkesbury College

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 3

With the object of building a Soldiers' Memorial Hall at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College the committee of the fund is appealing to all Old Boys and their…

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Address in Anzac Park

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 4

An address will be given in Anzac Park, East Maitland, on Sunday afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock, by Mr. A. A. Dickey, who will have for his…

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"Portuguese Men-of-war."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 10

I believe that occasionally, during very hot swimmers, those durious, iridescent jellyfish called Portuguese men-of-war have been found in the English…

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Paper Bullets. Used in China's Civil War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 4

Mr. C. Cross, of the Chinese Customs, who arrived at Brisbane by the Aki Maru, referring to China's civil war, said that fighting had been in…

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