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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Preference Employment of Returned Soldiers. a Knotty Point. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 5

The State executive of the Returned Soldiers. League has referred for investigation to a special committee, the question of whether the…

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War Bridge Evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 2

A war bridge evening for the refreshment stall at the Maitland High School Old Girls' Union garden fete was held in the school last evening…

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Fight Between Brothers One Seriously Wounded

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 September 1926 · page 2

During an, altercation between two brothers at their home at Alexandria on Tuesday, Jack Back, aged 37, received a severe knife wound in the…

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Profitable Business. Miss Ederle's Great Welcome Home. New York, Aug. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 12

That swimming the English Channel, him become a profitable business as well as a great athletic feat was demonstrated when Miss Ederle's…

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Anzac Day. Public Holiday or Not. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 14

That Anzac Day should be regarded as a statutory public holiday by the A rbitration Court when making awards is one of the requests of the…

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War Memorial. at Villers Bretonneux

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 14

Regarding a cable message from London stating that as a result of the War Graves Conference in Paris, the dominions, out of respect to…

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Army Traditions. War Lord Remembered. London, Aug. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 2

Reuter's Nuremberg correspondent states that Prince Oscar of Prussia, who participated in the Nationalist rally, yesterday in a speech, said he…

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War in China. Brigade Captured. Shanghai, Aug. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 12

A message from Hankow on August 23, which was delayed by the censor, says that following the collapse of Marshall Wu Pei-fu's…

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War Memorials. Opinion in France. Against Costly Edifices. London, Aug. 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 12

The Australian Press Association learns that as a result of the conference concerning war graves at Paris in June, the dominions, out of respect to…

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War Spirit. Bavaria Honors Dead Heroes. Freedom of Fatherland. London, Aug. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 12

The hour of 4.45 this afternoon at Nuremburg, was signalled by a peal of bells at all the churches in that picturesque city in honour of men who…

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War Debts. Letter to President Coolidge M. Clemenceau Satisfied. London, Aug. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 12

An American correspondent in Paris says that M. Clemenceau was waylaid at Vendee when returning home from shopping. He told the…

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Soldier Settlers. Irrigation Farms Waterlogged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 11

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League considered a report by Mr. F. Davison on the complaints of the soldier settlers on the…

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Preference Employment of Returned Soldier. a Knotty Point. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 15

The State executive of the Returned Soldiers League has referred for investigation to a special committee, the question of whether the…

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War Sacrifice. Must Face the Facts. Sir Ian Hamilton's Remarkable Speech. London, Sept. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 September 1926 · page 5

Sir lan Hamilton bitterly commenced on the state of affairs in Great Britain, when he delivered an address at a Remembrance Day…

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Another War. Dr. Evatt's Prophecy. Danger to Australia

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 6

There was a prolonged debate on the White Australia question at the Geneva Conference, according to Dr. H. E. Evatt, who returned to Sydney…

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Farmer Wounded. Burglar Fires Gun

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 September 1926 · page 2

An elderly farmer at Otane (N.Z) named Watts found a young Maortranacking his bedroom A struggle followed and the Maori fired a shot…

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White Australia in Danger Another War. Dr. Evatt's Statements

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 September 1926 · page 1

There was a prolonged debate on the White Australia question at the Geneva Conference, according to Dr. H. V. Evatt, M.L.A., who ret [?]ued to…

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War Monument Destroyed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 7

The gigantic American monument at Eberhaln, in the Westerwald mountains, which was erected to commemorate the farthest point…

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Fierce Fighting.. Revolt in Greece Forty Killed: Hundred Wounded. London. Sept. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 5

Fierce street fighting has taken place at Athens in consequence of a revolt of Republican guards. It is reported that forty were…

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Chinese Reds. Canton Forces Real Menace. Move to Check Advance. General Sun Chu-yang Declares War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 5

A final effort is to be made to check the advance of the Canton Red Army in China. Marshal Wu-Pie-Fu, who has been in hiding since his betrayal, intends returning to Hankow with renforcements…

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