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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

926 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 47

Soldiers' Preference Government Policy Unchanged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

It was intimated by Sir George Fuller, State Premier, that the Government had in no way abandoned or changed its policy of giving…

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Shipping Strife War on Commonwealth Line

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 2

The sea transport group of unions on Tuesday approved a renewal of war upon the Commonwealth Shipping Line, on the ground that it has chartered…

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'Most Unseemly' Parliamentary Procedure. War Service Homes Bill. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 5

At the Soldiers Fathers' Conference held in Sydney to-day, Mr. Clayton, of Victoria, described the method of passing the Amending War Service…

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Soldier Settlement. Conditions at Beerburrum

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 3

The conditions obtaining at the Beeburrum soldier settlement are being investigated on the spot by Mr. M Cormack, Minister for Lands (Q.)…

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War Against Mosquitoes What You Should Do. Community and Individual Effort Is Necessary

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 9

An interesting bulletin issued by the Board of Health shows how the mosquito pest may be conquered. The bulletin emphasises the point:…

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Town and District News Soldiers' Club Race Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1

The local Returned Soldiers' Club will hold a race meeting on Saturday, May 2…

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Soldiers Preference Urged on Queensland Railway Works. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 5

The Soldiers fathers Conference decided to urge that preference to returned soldiers should be observed on the Queensland section of the kyogle…

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Soldier's Holdings

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. Roy. S. Vincent, M.L.A., is in receipt of a letter from the Under Seretary of Lands stating, in reply to representations made concerning the appraisment of…

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Seriously Wounded But Refused to Give Information. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 5

During an [?]rcation in Waterloo early this morning, James MacGowan. of Alexandria, was injured. He was taken to hospital where it was found…

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War Service Homes. Royal Commission Urged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

A resolution, requesting the Federal Government to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the affairs of the War Service Homes Commission…

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War Debts. Payment Problem. London, Feb. 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 12

The Federation of British Industries has sent a letter to Mr. Churchill suggesting that a solution of the problem of inter-Allied…

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French War Debts. Official View. London, Feb. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 12

In a statement before the French Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on the subject of inter-Allied debts, the Prime Minister (M. Herriot) said that…

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The Toll of War. Germany's Losses. London, Feb. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 12

The Reich statistics office at Berlin in publishing the exact figure of Germany's war casualties states that they were…

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Soldiers' Memorial. Foundation Laying at Singleton. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

In compliance with a resolution of the committee to proceed with the foundation for the memorial, Mr. W. W. Collins, hon. secretary of the…

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Returned Soldiers. New Club-room Premises

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

The matter of re-establishing the Maitland District Returned Soldiers Club [?]sed at a meeting held of members of the A.P.F. in the School…

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Soldier Pensions. Position Getting More Acute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

Mr. Cox, representative of the Returned Soldiers' League on the Repatriation Commission, addressing the Soldiers Fathers' Conference in…

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Soldier Settlers. Cannot Meet Their Obligations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 9

A conference of representatives of the Victorian soldier settlers met at Anzac House, Melbourne, to consider the case to be put to the Royal…

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Soldier Settlement. Conditions at Beerburrum

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 5

The conditions obtaining at the Beerburrum soldier settlement are being investigated on the spot by Mr. M'Cormack, Minister for Lands (Q.)…

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Double Drowning. Boy and Returned Soldier

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 15

A double drowning accident occurred at Dannevirke (N.Z.) A boy about 5 years of age fell into the public baths, and the caretaker, Arthur…

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Soldiers' Preference Government Policy Unchanged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 6

It was intimated by Sir George Fuller, State Premier, that the Government had in no way abandoned or changed its policy of giving…

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