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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Compensation Act. Effect on Soldiers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 9

At a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League in Sydney, one of the members said it was impossible to forecast how the Workers'…

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Soldiers' Holdings. Revaluation and Reappraisement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 15

The time in which settlers may get a revaluation of their properties (apart from the price of their land) expires on December 23 next…

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Re-marriage of War Widows

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 June 1926 · page 7

Nearly 100,000 British war widows have married again. They have the best wishes of the Ministry of Pensions, for it means a large cut in the…

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War Memorials. British Empire French Government Peeved. London, June 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 5

Mr. M. L. Shepherd, official secretary to the Commonwealth in London, representing the War Graves Commission attended a meeting of the…

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Faderal parliament. Migration, Soldiers' Settlement, Etc. Mr. Gardner's Views

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 6

Speaking in the House of Representatives, last week, Mr. S. L. Gardner, member for Robertson, said:—…

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Sweep Proposal. Distressed Returned Men. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 5

Among the motions set down for consideration at the annual congress of the Returned Soldiers' League is one that the league should be given…

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Greek Prelates at War a Bishop Hooted

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 2

A tremendous demonstration in favor of the Priest of the Greek Orthodox Church, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, Sydney, and against Bishop Knitis,…

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Soldier Settlements and Migration. Mr. Gardner's Straight Talk

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 3

In the course of an address in the House of Representatives, Mr. S. L. Gardner, M.H.R., said that for the purpose of soldier settlements…

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Mechanic Dangerously Wounded. Flight Being Abandoned. Basra, July 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 5

We left Bagdad at 6.40 this morning but being caught in a sandstorm, landed on the River Euphrates at 9.10. There we waited for the storm…

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Elliott Wounded by Bullet Probable Abandonment of Flight (Australian Press. Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 2

A further inspection of Mr Cobham's aeroplane in daylight revealed a hole in the side of the cabin, and it was realised it was not a burst pipe, that…

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Ex-soldier's Downfall Lamentable Imposition

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 July 1926 · page 3

An ex-British soldier, Givilyn Herbert Evans, was sent to gaol for three weeks at Newcastle Court on Tuesday for imposition. He posed as Mr…

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Sweep Proposal. Distressed Returned Men. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 16

Among the motions set down for consideration at the annual congress of the Returned Soldiers' League is one of the league should be given…

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War Memorials. British Empire Contributions. French Government Peeved. London, June 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 12

Mr. M. L. Shepherd, official secretary to the Commonwealth in London, representing the War Graves Commonwealth, attended a meeting of the…

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Cessnock War Service Homes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 4

At Cessnock Police Court to-day, John David Blanche was ordered to give up possession of a War Service home within 42 days, and to pay…

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French War Debt Pathetic Appeal to America (By Cable.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 2

Router's Paris correspondent states that a party of blind and disfigured oxservice men carrying flags headed a procession of disabled ex-service men…

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War Bridge Evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 2

The Maitland High School Old Girls Union conducted another of its popular war bridge evening in the school last evening, which there was a…

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Frances War Debt. Funding Agreement Signed. London, July 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 5

The Chancellor of the Exchange (Mr. Winston Churchill) and the French Minister for Finance (M. Caillaux) to-day signed an agreement…

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Soldier Settlers. Many Tasmanian Failures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 3

The Royal Commission inquiring into the affairs of the Returned Soldiers' Settlement Department commenced its sitting at Hobart…

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French War Debt. Complete Settlement Achieved. London, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 5

In the House of Commons to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Winston Churchill), elaborating the result of the discussions with M…

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War Guilt. Reply to German Propaganda

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1926 · page 7

In a review of "Serajevo" A study in the Origins of the Great War" (by R. W. Seton-Watson) the London "Daily Mail" states that this is a…

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