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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

928 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 47

Armed Man Shooting in Mel-bourne. Businessman Wounded. MELBOURNE

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

A man, armed with two sawn-off pea rifles, this morning fired point blank at Percy Wallace, secretary to the Business Agents' Association, as…

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Wounded Man. Found Near Scene of Woman Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 3

In connection with the death of a man named Patrick Dowling, who it is supposed, had been struck with an axe, in a hut on a cotton…

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Soldiers’ Memorial Hall. Annual Meeting

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Cessnock District Memorial Hall was sparsely attended last night The secretary’s report was adopted as satisfactory…

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Duke of York Guildhall Reunion London's Welcome Home. an "Empire Optimist." London, July 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 12

London's ill-ebhaved summer ralented at mid-day, and gave a most sunny setting to tho triumphant drive of the Duko and Duchess of…

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Many Killed and Wounded. London, July 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 12

It is estimated that 40 people were killed and 200 wounded, in the riots in Vienna yesterday…

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Fatal Quarrel. Wounded with Knife. Kogarah Tragedy. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 14

The inquest was continued to-day into the death of William Brooks, 25. a tram conductor. following a fatal quarrel at Kogarah recently…

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Armed Man Shooting in Melbourne. Business Man Wounded. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 5

A man, armed with two sawn-off pea rifles, this morning fired point blank at Percy Wallace, secretary to the Business Agents' Association, as…

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Menin Gate. War Memorial Ceremony London, July 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 2

Many thousands of relatives and friends of British soldiers who died on the Menin-road (near Tpres) during the Great War will attend a…

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War Pensions. Huge Yearly Cost. London, July 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 13

Comparative figures of expenditure on war pensions by some of the principal belligerent Powers of the late war were given in the House of…

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Vienna Serious Rioting. Law Courts Burned. Military Use Machine Guns. Many Raiders Killed and Wounded. Vienna, July 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 12

Serious rioting followed the acquittal, despite their plea of guilty, of three anti.-Socialists on a charge of murdering two…

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Bullet in Stomach Wounded Boy's Ordeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1927 · page 3

With a billet wound in his stomach and suffering intense agony, William Dent, an Abbotsford youth, assisted by comrades, walked to a…

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China's War Cantonese Falling Back. Northerners' Rapid Advance. Collapse of Bridge. Shanghai. July 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1927 · page 5

The Northerners are continuing their drive southwards. Japanese reports state that the Cantonese are scarcely resisting…

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Pacific Flight Honour Wanted for Australia. Returned Soldiers Wait On Minister. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1927 · page 5

A deputation representing returned soldiers interviewed the Minister for Defence this morning, and urged that the Government should…

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Northern Coalfield Unions at War

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 2

The inter-union fight between the Colliery Mechanics' Association and the Northern Miners Federation, which recently assumed definite shape at the…

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Northern Coalfield. Unions at War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 5

The hi inter-union fight between the Colliery Mechanics' Association and the Northern Miners' Federation, which recently assumed definite shape at the…

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Air Manoeuvres. London's "Mock War." Raiders Detected. "Enemy" Scores Direct Hits. London, July 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 5

London's mock war has already presided valuable lessons. The enemy made a series of daring raids from the east and south in a continuous…

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Soldiers' Memorial Club Annual Meeting and Smoko

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 5

There was an excellent attendance of members of the Dungog Soldiers Memorial Club on Wednesday evening last when the annual…

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Found Wounded. Postmaster at Auburn. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 4

Edward Preston Eslick, 56, postmaster at Auburn, was found in a woodshed at the rear of the promises this morning bleeding from a wound…

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Air War. Attack on London. Raiders Penetrate Defences. London, July 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 5

The London air war, which is being conducted by the British Air Force, divided into two sections, one attacking and the other defending,…

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Mock War. Air Attacks on London. Bad Weather Foils Invaders, London, July 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 2

Late reports of the aerial manoeuvres indicated that there were eight raids during the day of which several reached their objectives in…

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