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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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France's War Debt. Funding Agreement Signed. London, July 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1926 · page 3

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

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War Trophies. in Dilapidated Condition. Defence Department Complains. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1926 · page 5

At a meeting of the State Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League last night, the Defence Department intimated that the dilapidated…

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Soldier Settlers. Many Tasmanian Failures

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

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

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Wounded Man. Tracked by Blood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 July 1926 · page 3

Early on Sunday morning the Redfern police station was advised that a plateglass window of a shop in Pitt Street, near the Central Railway…

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Verge Trust Administration Question. Returned Soldiers Complain SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 July 1926 · page 5

The annual report of the Returned Soldiers's League, to be presented at the Diggers' Conference, complains about the administration of the…

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War Debts. Settlement Terms Discussed. Commons Debate. London,. July 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 2

In the House of Columbia, in committee on the Civil Service. Estimates, Colonel J. Wedgewood Benn (Lab.) raised the question of inter-Allied…

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War Spirit. Warning to Youth. Notable Address by Lloyd George. London, July 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 5

A striking warning to youth to combine against the war spirit was issued by Mr. Lloyd George in a speech at the World Convention of…

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The War Spirit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 4

"Lloyd George, whose fiery war speeches roused the enthusiasm of the nation, has now joined the ranks of the Pacilists. He is fearful of…

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Wounded Man. Tracked Dy Blood

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 14

Early on Sunday morning the Redfern police station was advised that a plateglass window of a shop in Pitt-street, near the Central Railway…

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War Trophies. in Dilapidated Condition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 9

At a meeting of the State Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League, in Sydney, the Defence Department intimated that the dilapidated…

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War Guilt. Reply to German Propaganda

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 14

In a review of "Serajove. 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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Meat War. Rival Beef Barons. Montreal, July 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 13

At Washington a preliminary investigation has been commenced to determine whether or not meat prices are being increased in the United…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 13

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 Debts. Settlement Terms Discussed. Commons Debate. London, July 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 3

In the House of Commons in committee on the Civil Service Estimates, Colonel J. Wedgewood Benn (Lab.) raised the question of inter-Allied…

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War Spirit. Warning to Youth. Notable Address by Lloyd George. London, July 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 2

A striking warning to youth to combine against the war spirit was issued by Mr. Lloyd George in a speech at the world Convention of…

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Verge Trust. Administration Question. Returned Soldiers Complain SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 14

The annual import of the Returned Soldiers League, to the presented at the Diggers' Conference, complains about the administration of the…

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Cessnock Soldiers' Memorial Hall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the committee and those concerned in the Cessnock Soldiers' Memorial Hall, the president, Mr. M. Ball[?]e…

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Compensation. Labour Men Concerned. Returned Men. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5

It is understood that at to-morrow's meeting of the State Cabinet, strong efforts will be made to urge Minister to revise the revise the rates in operation at…

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Death of War Veteran

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 4

Lieutenant Thomas Damton Younger Glanham, of "Queen Camel" Penkivil street, Willoughby, who died suddenly on Sunday, was a veteran of three…

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German Cruiser Visits Japan First Since the War

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 1

Germany's first warship to visit Japan since the outbreak of the world war arrived at Yokohama on Friday. She is the training cruiser Hamburg…

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