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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

928 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 47

Unveiling Squabble. Katoomba Anzac Memorial. President's Evidence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

When the Katoomba Anzac, Memorial enquiry was resumed to-day, Mr. Bloome, president of the Hospital, said that he was instructed not…

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Anzac Memorial. the Katoomba Ceremony. Director of Royal Tour Denies Statement. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 5

Mr. C. Hay, director of the Royal Tour, to-day denied a statement reported to have been made by Mr. J. H. Bloome, president of the…

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War Debts. Cancellation Question. Attitude of Britain. June 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 5

Mr. G. Locker-Lampson, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, said that the United States Government had not been approached…

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War Disability Repat. Minister Refuses League Request. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 2

The Acting Minister for Repatriation has refused the request of the Returned Soldiers' League that in cases in which there was departmental recognition of…

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"The War Horse"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 5

Horses, scarred by service on the fighting front in the Argonne and about Verdun, but still drawing carts and plows in fields once torn by…

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"IN-Conceived." Unveiling Ceremony. Anzac Memorial Hospital. Judge Bevan's Finding Katoomba

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 10

Judge Bevan, who presided over the tribunal which inquired into the dispute concerning the unveiling of the honor roll at the Blue Mountains…

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Soldiers' Pensions. Retrospective Claim

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 9

The Acting Minister for Reparation refused the request of the Returned Soldiers' League that in cases in which there was Departmental recognition and…

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Dartbrook Soldiers' Settlers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 10

The Parents and Citizens' Association and the Agricultural Bureau met on Tuesday night last. A letter was read from the Department of…

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Anzac Memorial Hospital Judge Bevan's Finding

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 3

Judge Bovan, who presided over the tribunal at Katoomba which inquired into the dispute, concerning the unveiling of the honor roll at the Blue…

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War Pensions. Request by Soldiers' League. Rejected by Acting-minister. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 6

The Acting Minister for Repatriation has refused the request of the Returned Soldiers' League that in Cases in which there was a…

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A Lull in Chinese Fighting 'Silver Bullet Warfare' Pitiful Plight. Wounded at Hanhow. Chinese Appeal for Foreign Assistance. Shanghai, June 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 12

Twelve doctors and nurses, headed by Dr. Crawford, from West China, are leaving for Hankow by a Japanese steamer to-morrow to…

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Reign of Terror Soldiers in Civilian Attire. (By Cable.) Shanghai, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 8

Hankow reports describe the inauguration of a reign of terror in Wuhan cities. This is the outcome of large numbers of Chiang Kai Shek's soldiers…

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Proposal Rejected Soldiers Who Desert Wives. Pension Matter. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 5

The Acting Minister in charge of Repatriation, has rejected a proposal of the Returned Soldiers League that, in cases where a soldier deserts…

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Lost Notebook Returned Memory of the Great War

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 3

Memories of the days on active service during the Great War, and particularly of the months spent in Germany as a prisoner of war, have been brought…

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Pilgrimage to Soldier Son's Grave

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

Mrs. Craig, of New South Wales, saved her dead soldier son's pension in order to pay her passage to England to see his grave at…

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State Repatriation Board. Returned Soldiers Protest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 2

The Minister for Repatriation, replying to the protest of the Returned Soldiers' League against the forced retirement of independent members of the…

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Soldiers' Pensions League Proposal Rejected. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 2

The acting-Minister in charge of the Repatriation Department, has rejected the proposal of the Returned Soldiers' League that in cases where a soldier…

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State Repatriation Board Returned Soldiers Protest (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 2

The Minister for Repatriation, replying to the protest of the Returned Soldiers' League against the forced retirement of independent members of the…

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U.S.A. in War. General Pershing's View. Toronto. June 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 5

Speaking at Princetown University, General Pershing, Commander of the United States forces during the Great War, said, "If the Allies had not…

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