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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

928 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 47

Returned soldiers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Maitland District soldiers and citizens club will be held at the club rooms, to-morrow (Thursday). at 8 o'clock…

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Chinese War Advance on Hankow

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 2

Shanghai, Tuesday.—Hankow is doomed to capture by the Northerners at an early date. Foreign and Chinese despatches report that Marshal Chang Tso…

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Bombing Scene. Soldier Collapses at Picture Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 2

A returned soldier, M, Hibbert, of Brisbane, was so affected by a war picture at the Coraki Theatre last night that he showed all the…

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Soldier Settlement. Mayor of Murwillumbah's Criticism, Executive Rebuke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 9

Dismissing tho resolution of the Murwillumbath sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, expressing resentment at the notion of the State…

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Chinese War. Northerners' Success. Shanghai

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 2

The Northern forces have practically. surrounded Hankow, and its fall is expected at any moment. Eugene Chen and other Hankow Government…

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Conduct of War. Reprisals Justified. Germany Whitewashed. Reichstag Report. Berlin, May 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 3

A Reichstag Committee, after eight years' investigation of Germany's conduct in the war, reported declaring that she had…

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"Not Guilty." Germany's Conduct in the War. Reichstag Committee's Report. Berlin

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 2

The Refenstag Committee, after seven years' investigation of Germany's conduct in the War, has reported that Germany waged war no more cruelly…

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Soldiers' League Maitland and District Branch. Annual Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Maitland and District branch of the Returned Soldiers'. Imperial League was held last evening at the club rooms…

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War Bridge and Euchre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 4

A War bridge and cuchre party will be hold in st Mary's Hall on Monday next, May 23…

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Germany and the War Use of Gas Justified

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 8

Berlin, Thursday.—The Reichstag committee, after a seven-years' investigation of Germany's conduct in the war, has made its report…

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Soldier Settlement. Mayor of Murwillumbah's Criticism. Executive Rebuke

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 5

Discussing the resolution of the Murwillumbah sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, expressing resentment at the action of the State…

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Bombing Scene. Soldier Collapses at Picture Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 5

A returned soldier, M. Hibbert, of Brisbane, was so affected by a war picture at the Coraki Theatre last night that he showed all the…

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Crippled Returned Soldier His Pathetic Plight

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 8

The pathetic plight of a crippled returned soldier was ventilated at the Newcastle Police Court, when Captain Thompson, acting on behalf of the War…

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The Chinese War Fall of Hankow Rumoured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 2

Shanghai, Sunday.—There are rumors that Hankow has fallen to the Honanesc. General Tang Sen. has arrived from up. river, and joined General Sha…

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The Rabbit War Trappers Get £40 a Week

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 4

Rabbiting is a flourishing industry in the Bathurst district, and trappers are making big cheques. It is estimated that more than 250,000 rabibts have…

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The Soldiers' Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 5

It will be good news to people interested in the welfare of the Diggers to learn that the local club is now in a sound financial position. The…

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Returned Soldiers No "Hoboes" at Maitland

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 2

The annual report of the Maitland and district branch Of the Returned Soidiers' Imperial League states that there are no "hoboes" in the branch at…

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War Service Homes. Cask at Cessnook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 May 1927 · page 3

The War Service Homes Commission applied for a warrant of possession of a dwelling house occupied by Ralph Poul Scott…

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Liege. Beautiful City of Belgium. First Town Captured During War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

Liege Legion of Honour, the "Birmingham of Belgium," is a charming and, in a way, a welcome contrast to other canal intersected towns, and the…

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A Reverse Weston Soldiers' Settlement

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 3

Strolling rounds the Weston Soldiers' Settlement the other Sunday after an absence from the district for some years, one was appalled at…

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