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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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The Last Man. Leaves Soldiers Settlement Bathurst

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 5

In 1917 ten soldier settlers were alloted blocks in the Montavella orchard, but one by one they have left the settlement after, losing all…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, April 5, 1927. Local and General. Windfall Tor Soldiers' Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

The late Mr. Charles Robertson bequeathed the sum of £50 to the Muswcllbrook Returned Soldiers' Club…

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Mr Dooley's Stunt Returned Soldiers Hostile. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

At a meeting at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Katoomba, a motion was carried expressing indignation at the action of the Speaker, Mr Dooley, in…

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Soldiers' League the Position of President

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 4

They State Council of the Returned Soldiers' League, which met in Sydney on Wednesday, after expressing regret at the resignation of Colonel A. W…

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Charge Withdrawn Returned Soldier's "Heinous Crime." Camping on Crown Land

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

This morning, in the Cessnock Police Court, George Cavill was charged with camning on Crwon land without permission…

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Trade Disputes the British Bill. Labour United. in Vigorous Opposition. i Definite Declaration of War. London, April 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 5

Labour's internal differences have been pushed in the background. All shades from Mr. Ramsay MacDonald to Mr. A. J…

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Chinese War General Situation Alarming

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 2

Shanghai, Tuesday.—The nearest approach to a pitched battle between Chinese and foreigners occurred at Hankow on Sunday, when, the Japanese…

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Failure of Soldier Orchardists

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 4

The last of the soldier settlers on Montavella orchard, at White Rock, Bathurst, has thrown up his holding, and intends to re-start in farming in…

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Returned Soldiers' League Resignations From Group Settlements

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 2

A meeting of the Singleton sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I. League was held at the Mechanics' Institute on Tuesday night, the President (Mr A. C. Marshall)…

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War Pensions

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 5
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

The Cessnock post-office advises that War Pensions will be paid on Wednesday next (13th.), instead of Thursday…

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War Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 4

The first war bridge party promoted by the, Maitland High School Old Girls' Union in aid of the union's bursary fund was held last evening…

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Frozen Meat. War Office Tenders. Chance for Australia. London, April 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 5

The War Office is inviting tenders for 6070 tons of frozen beef and 380 tons of mutton to be delivered in Egypt. Malta, and Gibraltar, part in…

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Japan Disturbed by Pekin Incident. Soviet and North China. Has Chang Declared War? Tokio, April 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 5

Apparently Marshal Chang-Eso-Lin at Peking, has declared war against the Soviet Government. Nothing has hitherto occurred in China, whether…

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Soldiers Annoyed. Unveiling Mountains' Honor Roll. Letter To Duke of York. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 5

The Katoomba sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, at a meeting last night, requested the state Executive to forward a letter to the Duke…

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Soldiers' Memorial Club

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 2

At the meeting of Dungog Memorial Club on Wednesday night there were present: Messrs. F. H. Robinson (President), W. E. Searl…

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Chinese War Strike and Boycott

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 10

Shanghai, Thursday.— A general strike and a boycott of all foreign goods in the entire Yangtse Valley has commenced, and the situation is…

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Life of the Duchess. Work at War Hospital

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 11

The Duchess of York is thus described by a personal acquaintance, who wrote a description of her for a London newspaper:—"In…

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War and Peace. Industrial and International. Communists' Jumbled Logic

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 4

War, military or industrial, is direct action. War between nations is denounced by Communists; but war between employer and employee is…

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De Valera Again. Cost of Civil War to Ireland. London, April 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. Blythe, the Irish Free State Finance Minister, in the course of a speech said civil war would coat Ireland £30,000,000, but peace was only…

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