'Opium War' Early Relations With China. Opening of Treaty Ports. Hong Kong Ceded to Britain
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 3
Tn view of the present crisis in China, the following account of the "Opium War," mentioned by Mr. Eugene Chen, Foreign Secretary to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Oil War Moves in Australia Fight for Independence (By CAPTAIN S. N. McLEAN, Leader, Oriomo Oil Expedition)
Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 3
Not only is the struggle for oil one of the gravest concerns of the Commonwealth Government, but with the increasing effort to tap an Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chinese Crisis. Attitude of Returned Soldiers. Sydney
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 6
Colonel Hyman, president of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldier' League, says he is satisfied that should the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Marines and Soldiers. Farewell Service. London, Jan. 23
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 12
"Good luck! In the name of the Lord." This was the Portsmouth chaplain's farewell wish at the special church parade to-day, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Duke of York. No Intoxicants at Soldiers' Luncheon
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1
The executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League has decided that there shall be no intoxicating liquor at the luncheon to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alien Employees. Preference Over Returned Soldiers
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1
The Premier has written to the Returned Soldiers' League, in reply to a request that suitable work be provided for men discharged from T. B…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers. Not Unfairly Treated. Mr. Mutch's Assurance. Sydney
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 5
Replying to Mr. Shand in the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Minister for Education. Mr. Match, denied that returned soldiers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wild Rumor. of War Against Britain
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 7
Numerous calls were made at this pftice yesterday by persons seeking confirmation of a report that China, Russia and Japan had declared war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Chinese Soldier
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 4
The Chinese National Army, as such (that is to say, the forces controlled by the Central Government in Peking), no longer exists (writes David…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shot Dead Tragedy at Wollstonecraft Sailor Wounded
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 5
Mrs. G. Paul, of Shirley Road, Wollstonceraft, was shot dead at 10.30 o'clock this morning. Rene Van Derwalde, a sailor, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Soldiers' Memorial
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 4
A general meeting of the committee of the Kurri and District Soldiers' Memorial, held at Mr. George Holliday's rooms, Kurri, decided to hold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wollstonecraft Tragedy Woman Killed; Man Wounded. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 2
A tragedy occurred at Woolstoneeraft this morning, when Mrs G. Paul, of Shirley-road, was shot dead, while Rene Van Derwalde, a sailor, who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preparations for War. North v. SOUTH
Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 2
Latest moves by the Northern war lords indicate an early offensive against Hankow, which the Cantonese made their headquarters shortly after they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rugby Row. Queensland's War. Position of N.s.w
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 7
It appears that the N.S.W. Rugby League will shortly be called upon to decide it's position with regard to the dispute that has caused such an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers' League the Duke of York's Visit
Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 3
A special meeting of the Singleton Sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I. League was held at the Mechanics' Institute on Tuesday. Mr A. C. Marshall presided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Typical Chinese Soldier
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 8
His rifle has no magazine, but he doesn't seem to know it!…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers Want Money Back
Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 4
The trustees of the Wingham branch of the Returned Soldier's League have asked the Wingham Municipal Council for the return of £1,540, paid to the Council in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Karri Soldiers' Memorial
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 11
The date and details as to what form the opening of the band rotunda, the Kurri and District Soldiers' Memorial, in Rotunda Park…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Indian Soldiers Arrive At Shanghai. Stirring Scenes. British Plans for Defence. Shanghai, Jan. 27
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 12
The proposed British plans for the defence of Shanghai, it is learned, will include the seizure of all strategic points outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Soldier's Keepsake Bullet in Back for Ten Years
Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 10
The case of an ex-soldier who carried a German bullet about in his body for 10½ years without knowing it has just come to light at the Prince of Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →