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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

928 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 47

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

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

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

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Soldiers Indignant. Blue Mountain's Honor Roll The Unveiling Ceremony

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 8

At a meeting of soldiers at the Memorial hall, Katoomba, a motion was carried expressing indignation at the "action of the speaker, Mr…

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The Duke and Returned Soldiers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 3

Messrs. F. E; Arnoult, and A. C. Turner, president and secretary, respectively, of the Muswellbrook branch of the Returned Soldiers'…

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Soviet Protest. to Peking Government Relations Broken Off. Powers Accused of Fomenting "World War." Shanghai April 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 5

Diplomatic relations between Moscow and Peking have been broken off, according to a Soviet and Japanese reports, as the…

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Question Time. in House of Commons. a War Query. Taxing Ladies' Hats. London, April 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 7

In the House of Commons, Sir P. Cunliffe-Lister, President of the Board of Trade, told Sir John Power that Empire raw fruit imported last…

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Anzac Service

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 3

A meeting convened by the Mayor, was held in the Oddfellows Hall, on Tuesday night, for the purpose of arranging a service for Anzac Day, 25th inst…

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War Service Homes. Maximum Advance Increased

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 8

The War Service Homes Amendment Act, which came into force on the first of this month, gives power to the commission to increase the…

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Anzac Day

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 2

A united memorial service will be held on Monday, April 25th (Anzac Day) in the Picture Palace, commencing at 11 a.m. Attention…

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War Debts. Problem of Cancellation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 16

The increasing hostility of Europe towards the United States is discussed by Mr. Philip Dexter, an American citizen, in the current…

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Has Chang Declared War? Tokio. April 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 12

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

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Powers Accused of Fomenting "World War." Shanghai April 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 12

Diplomatic relations between Moscow and Peking have been broken off, according to a Soviet and Japanese reports, as the…

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The Chinese War Recapture of Nanking Imminent Shanghai

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 2

The recapture of Nanking by the Northerners is imminent. The Cantonese have evacuated Pukow without fighting…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 2

The War Office is inviting tenders for 0070 tons of frozen beef and 380 tons of mutton to be delivered in Egypt. Malta, and Gibraltar, part in…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 13

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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Britain and Greece. War Debt Agreement. London, April 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 5

A White Paper has been published giving the terms of the agreement between Britain and Greece for settlement of the latter's war debt. The…

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Chinese Treaties. the "Opium War." Why It Was Fought

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 8

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald has lately been speaking of "liquidating those old treaties which were imposed by the opium and other wars that…

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Anzac Dav Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 4

The public of East Maitland are invited to an united religious service, to be conducted at the monument in William-street, East…

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Ran Amok. Savage Attack on Mission Steamer. Native Killed. Another Terribly Wounded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 3

A native boy, a Gilbert Islander, on the London Missionary Society's steamer, John Williams, was killed and…

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New Destroyer. First Since War. London, April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

The first new destroyed to be built since the war, the Ambuseade, was commissioned at Chatham to-day for…

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Prohibition War. Seizure of Liquor, Declared Illegal San Francisco, April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

Federal Judge Bourquin ruled Illegal to-day the recent seizure 400 miles off the coast of California by the United States coastguard at…

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