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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Empire's Dead. War Graves Tablet. Unveiled by Prince of Wales. London. Oct. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 5

Heart-stirring scenes were witnessed at Westminster Abbey at tho unveiling by the Prince of Wales of a war graves…

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Trade Is Not War a Notable Manifesto (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 October 1926 · page 2

One hundred and eighty-seven signatures to a manifesto, representing Austria, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Britain,…

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Limbless Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1926 · page 7

The Limbless Soldiers' Art Union, the Great Austral No. 3, closes on November 11, Armistice Day, and it is a fitting opportunity for the…

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Local and General Welcome Home to Mrs. Armour

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 4

On Monday night a pleasant surprise awaited Mrs. J. Armour, who has just arrived back in Cessnock from a visit to the Old Country. She was escorted…

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Rebuilding in France War Devastated Areas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 7

Figures showing the work accomplished by the French in restoring their devastated regions and the work still to be done, recently forwarded…

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Land for Soldiers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 4

Comrade A. J. Longmuir, hon, sec, of the local R.S. and S.I. League, has received the following lefter:—…

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Woman Wounded. Husband Takes Poison. North Perth Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 8

A shooting and poisoning case occured at North perth on Friday afternoon, when it is alleged that William Jamieson Dean, 56 years of…

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The Chinese War

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 6

Shanghai, Thursday.—General Sun Chuan Fang's days are apparently numbered Confirming the former report, a British wireless message…

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New War Declared. London, Oct. 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 12

The miners' executive has declared a new war throughout the coalfields. Believing that the fight will continue for at least…

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Empire's Dead. War Graves Tablet. London, Oct. 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 12

Immediately preceding the opening of the imperial Conference, on Tuesday, the Prince of Wales unve[?] a war graves tablet in Westminster…

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Checking Revolt Crisis of Chinese War. Big Battle Pending. SHANGHAI, Oct. 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 2

Chinese political circles regard the Chekiang revolt as the crisis in the present war. It was, no doubt, engineered…

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Empires Dead. War Graves Tablet. Unveiled by Prince of Wales. London, Oct. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 2

Heart-stirring scenes were witnessed at Westminster Abbey at the unveiling by the Prince of Wales of a war graves…

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Gloucester. Returned Soldiers' Reunion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 6

The returned soldiers held a reunion, which was well attended, also to extend a welcome to Mr. H. N. Chaplin, the recently appointed shire…

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Limbless Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 11

The Limbless Soldiers' Art Union, the Great Au[?] No. 3, closes on November 11, Armistice Day, and it is a fitting opportunity for the…

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Twenty Saved. Loss of British War Vessel. London, Oct. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 October 1926 · page 5

It Is officially announced by the Admiralty that only twenty lives were saved out of a total crew of 100 aboard H.M.S. Varclin, which was…

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North Perth Tragedy Woman Wounded, Husband Takes Poison

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 4

A shooting and poisoning case occurred, when it is alleged that William Jamieson Dean, 56 years of age, a carrier, shot his wife, Teresa Dean, 33…

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War Hero's Tomb

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 4

It is pleasing to note that tho agitation of the Miller's Forest Progress Association to induce the Federal Graves Commission to erect a…

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Chinese War Desperate Fighting Plots in Shanghai

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

Shanghai, Sunday.—The advance of the Southern Army has been stopped at Kinkiang, where the desperate resistance of the allied forces has been…

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Limbless Soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 7

The Limbless Soldiers' Art Union, the Great Austral No. 3, closes on November 11, Armistice Day, and it is a fitting opportunity for the…

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Chinese War Women Stir Up Revolt. Droves of Spies

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 October 1926 · page 2

Shanghai, Tuesday.—Droves of Cantonese girl spies are invading Shanghai to further the efforts of the "Reds" to plunge the city into revolution…

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