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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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Anzac Say Services

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 4

At St. James' Church, Morpeth, at 7.15 a.m., to-morrow, Holy Communion will be celebrated, and at 9.30 a.m. the eucharist will be sung,…

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Memories of Anzac

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 4

To-morrow is Anzac Day, tho day we celebrate in memory of the service, the heroism, and the sacrifice of those who went forth in the hour…

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Court and Anzac Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 4

The civil side of the Mailand Circuit Court opened at the East Maitland Courthouse this morning. A case in which a claim is being…

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Anzac Day 25th APRIL. 1928

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 5

Another year goes flying by,And once more Anzac Day Is here, For just a moment we will sigh For sleeping boys to us so dear. This April day we'll neer forget,…

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Post Office and Anzac Day

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

To-morrow (Wednesday), Anzac Day, being a public holiday, Singleton post and telegraph office will be open, from 9 till 10 a.m. only. No money order…

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Anzac Commemoration Service. Methodist Church

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 5

A crowded congregation attended the Anzac Commemoration service at the Methodist School Hall, Cessnock, on. Sunday evening last. The choir sang…

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Anzac Day. Arrangements for To-morrow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 1

Special services in commemoration of Anzac Day will be held in all churches to-morrow. The Lamp of of Remembrance, presented…

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Anzac Day National Significance Prime Minister's Message

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 1

The Prime Minister (Mr Bruce) has forwarded the following Anzac Day message to the executive of the Returned Soldiers' League:—…

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Muswellbrook Letter Anzac Pay Commemoration. Muswellbrock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 6

Anzac Day was commemorated at St. James' Church, Muswellbrook, on Sunday afternoon, when Right Rev. Monsignor Roche, V.G, said special…

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Anzac Day. National Significance. Prime Minister's Message

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) has forwarded the following Anzac Day message to the executive of the Returned Soldiers' League:—…

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Chinese War Southerners Active

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

Shanghai, Sunday.—The foreigners in Tsinaufu are evacuating under consular orders, and are hastening to Tsingtao. The latest war despatches show that…

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China Starving Result of War

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 1

Peking, Friday.—A six-year-old girl sold as a household drudge for the Chinese equivalent of half-a-rown; a mother who drowned her two babies'…

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Chinese Famine. One Million Doomed. Cut Off by War Campaign. Shanghai, April, 20

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 4

One million natives, in the Shantung province, the scene of the present hostilities, are doomed to die from starvation, according to a report from…

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Unemployed Returned Soldiers League Against Demonstration. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

The Returned Soldiers League has absolutely set its face against the proposed demonstration on behalf of unemployed returned soldiers on Anzac Day…

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Anzac Day. Commemoration Services. Homeage to the Dead

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 4

Thirteen years have elapsed since the young battalions from Australia landed at Anzac, and by their glorious deeds made imperishable history. To-day in the celebration of Anzac Day…

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Soldiers' Memorial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 4

Among the wreaths laid on the Soldiers' Memorial in West Maitland Park to-day were Wreaths from the Returned Sailors and Soldiers'…

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Anzac Day

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 3

Anzac Day was celebrated by the school children assembling at the memorial and placing flowers and wreaths thereon. It was a simple, but very appropriate…

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Anzac Day Sports

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 2

The Anzac Day sports commenced on the Singleton showground at noon. The weather was exceptionally warm, but later in the day a cooling breeze…

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Anzac Day at Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 4

All the mines in the Kurri district were idle yesterday in memory of the fallen heroes. Special services were held in all the churches…

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Hotels Traded. Broke Anzac Day Contract. Soldiers' Secretary Concerned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 5

The secretary of tho Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. Stagg, is considerably concerned over a report that a number of hotelkeepers kept…

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