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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

926 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 47

Found Wounded. But Refused to Name Assailant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 6

Charis Farrell, reslding in Essex street, Sydney, was found in Crane place on Saturday afternoon suffering from knife wounds in the neck,…

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U.S.A. Navy Pacific Cruise. "War Games at Hawaii." New York, Feb. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 5

The Australian Press Association has obtained further data concerning the plans agreed upon by the Army General Staff and the Navy…

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Diggers Fight to Repatriate Themselves. Weaving of Anzac Tweed to Be Carried On

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 3

When the work of reparation was begun by the Victorian State War Council in 1915, returned disabled were instructed in the art of hand…

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Waterside Trouble. Soldiers and the Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 7

The negotiations between representatives of the Returned Soldiers' Waterside Workers' Union and the Waterside Workers' Federation, in Sydney…

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Clydebank Rent War. Threatened Disorder. London, Feb. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 5

Chagrined at the evictions at Clyde Bank the tenants have withdrawn their representatives who were to have given evidence before the Rents…

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Tubercular Soldiers Permanent Pension Urged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 6

Representatives of all the States attended the fifth annual conference of the Tubercular Sailors and Soldiers' Association of Australia in Melbourne…

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Returned Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 4

The effort to re-establish the Maitland Club for the returned soldiers of the district is being enthusiastically taken up, an the meeting to be held…

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St. Mary's Honour Roll

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 4

A meeting of the St. Mary's Honour Roll and War Memorial Committee was held in St. Mary's Hall last night. A tender for the…

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Anzac Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 4

In commemoration of Anzac Day all trainees of the Newcastle and Maitland battalions will take part in a march through the streets of…

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Shire Troubles the War Still Rages

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 7

When the Minister for Local Government dissolved the Cessnock Shire Council and appointed Mr. John Brown as administrator of the…

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Rent War. Truce at Clydebank. London, Feb. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 5

The Clydebank factors have decided to suspend evictions during the sitting of the Rents Commission in order to preserve the condition of a…

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Alderman Loader Leads the Attack War Declared Against Mosquito Pest. Council Invites Co-operation of Householders

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 8

If the earnestness of the aldermen is to be taken as a guirle, Muswellbrook should be free of mosquitoes in the course of a few years…

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The Soldiers' Memorial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 4

At Wednesday's meeting of the council Ald. A. W. Flanders asked when the work of lighting the Soldiers' Memorial would be completed…

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Returned Soldiers. Re-forming the Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 4

For some time past, the necessity for re-establishing a returned soldiers' club in Maitland has been freely advocated by numbers of ex-A.I.F. men…

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Found Wounded. But Refused to Name Assailant

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 14

Charls Farrell, residing in Essex-street, Sydney, was found in Crane place on Saturday afternoon suffering from knife wounds in the neck,…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 7

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

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U.S.A. Navy Pacific Cruise. "War Games at Hawaii." WASHINGTON. Feb. 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 12

Commander Halsey Powell, of the Naval Intelligence Department, has submitted to the Australian Press Association the Navy Department's…

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Returned Soldiers. Forming Seamen's Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 22

It is stated in reliable circles in Sydney that the Returned Soldiers' Waterside Workers' Union has decided to form a Seamen's Union to…

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Returned Soldier. Sought Sanctuary with Police

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 23

When Joseph Ryan appeared in the Brisbane court, on a charge of having insufficient lawful means of support. Sub-Inspector Coman stated…

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Tubercular Soldiers Permanent Pension Urged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 5

Representatives of all the States attended the fifth annual conference of the Tubercular Sailors and Soldiers' Association of Australia, in Melbourne…

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