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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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Shooting Accident Youth Wounded in Neck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 16

William Adams, aged 18, of parramatta, was admitted to hospital, suffering from a bullet wound in the neck…

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Shots Fired Man Wounded at Annandale. Early Morning Encounter SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 5

Sydney Herman Nelson, aged 31, a wharf labourer, informed the police that while on the way to Concord this morning, at five o'clock, he left…

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War Memorial Carillon. Bells Due Next March

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 11

The executive committee of the University War Memorial Carillon announces that the bells are expected to arrive in Sydney on, March 6 next,…

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Outlawing War. United States Proposals. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 2

Opinion in Franco regarding the United States proposals for a pact outlawing war has not yet crystallised. The newspapers express…

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Scout Movement Communists' Declaration of War. London, Doc. 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 13

In a letter to a Scout conference held in London, Lieutenant—General Sir. R. S. Baden—Powell said that the highest tribute to the Boy Scout…

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German Ships Returning. Amazing Recovery Since War. Berlin, Dec. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 12

Figures have been issued showing the amazing post—war recovery of the German mercantile marine. The tonnage before the war was…

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Marshal Foch. Was Not Tired During Whole War. Paris, Jan. 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 3

Marshal Foch, according to an interview in the newspaper "Petit Journal," was able to sleep soundly at will and was not tired during the…

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War Debts. United States Attitude, No Further Reduction. Montreal, Dec. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 12

A Washington mesage states that Mr. F. B. Kellogg, Secretary of State for America, expressed surprise at the Paris press reports, indicating…

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'Plain Bill' Sir Granville Ryrie's Old War Horse. London, Jan. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 7

Major-General Sir Granville Ryrie is trying to remember the brand on his old charger, which is now "somewhere in England."…

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Renouncing War Franco-american Treaty. Change in American Sentiment. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 5

The scorning shift of sentiment in French Government circles in favour of the principle of the American proposal for a multi-lateral treaty…

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War Debts New American Scheme. To Replace Dawes Plan. BERLIN, Jan. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 2

ThE "Deutsche Bergweiks Zeltung" says that a new scheme for German reparations and war debts settlement has been drafted by…

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Outlawing War Pact Between France and America. M. Briand's Conviction PARIS, Dec. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 12

"It is my fervent conviction that 1928 will be marked by a solemn pact between France and America outlawing war,"…

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Non—soldier Appointed Secretary to T B Association. League Up in Arms. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 5

In continuing their appeal for a conference with members of the T.B. Soldiers' Association to dismiss the appointment of Mr. A. C. Hughes,…

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Economy Campaign Tempoeary Soldier Postal Employees. League Protest. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 7

The secretary of the Returned Soldier's League stated to-day that dismissal notices would be served on an additional 200 returned soldiers,…

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Returned Soldier's Death. Found with Throat Cut

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 3

Lorne Francis Cameron, aged 33, told his wife that he was going for a walk as he left his home in Station—street, Naremburn, on Tuesday…

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Stray Bullet. Taxi Driver Wounded. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 4

When James Voss was driving a taxi along French's Forest-road, he was wounded in the right arm by a pea-rifle bullet, which was extracted…

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Wounded by Arrows. Patrol Officer and Police Boy. Rabaul, Jan. 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 3

Patrol Officer Samson was wounded by an arrow in the ankle and a police boy in the neck while on patrol in Bougainville. Both wounds…

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Renouncing War. France and United States. a Stumbling Block. Washington, Jan. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 8

The reply made by M. Briand, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Note from Mr. F. Kellogg (United States Secretary of State)…

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Woman Wounded. Alleged Razor Attack

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 3

At the Adelaide Police Court William Walter O'Connell was charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on Myrtle Taylor, aged 37…

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Race Club's Splendid Gift. £100 to War Memorial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 2

At a meeting of the Denman Race Club last night it was decided to donate the sun of £100 to the Denman Memorial School of Arts. The donation,…

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