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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Singleton Letter. Mechanics' Institute and Returned Soldiers. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Mechanics' Institute and Returned Soldiers' committee. Mr. R. G. Ferguson presided…

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Plane Crash Five Soldiers' Killed. Middueton (Penn.) Jan, 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 13

Five soldiers were killed and three seriously injured when an Army transport airplane crashed here on Friday…

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Dismissed Officers Independent Inquiry Asked For. Returned Soldiers Indignant SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 5

Mr. Stagg, State Secretary of the Returned Soldiers League, said to-day that the War Service Homes Commission was working at high…

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"I'm Shot." Young Woman Wounded. Detectives Hampered. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

Roy Bruhn who the police say had been keeping company with the girl Mona Ryan, who was shot last night, was remanded at the City…

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Current Events the Conquest of War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

Speaking of the Kellogg Pact at the tenth anniversary meeting of the League of Nations Union Mr. Baldwin said:—"The conception is so…

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On War Path Seeking Afghan Rebel Leader. Sympathy for Amanullah. CALCUTTA, Jan. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

Ex-King Inayatullah, and members of his family, have left Peshawar for Chaman and Kandahar. It is reported that Baccha Sakao,…

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Soldiers' Sports. Saturday Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

Cattle drafting, motor car and cycle events, footrunning and many other interesting competitions will be staged at the Diggers' Anniversary Day sports to…

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The Afghan War Amanullah Supported. New King's Death Reported

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 2

Calcutta, Tuesday.—Ex-King Inayatullah and members of his family have left Pashawar for Chaman and Kandahar. It is reported that Baccha Sakao,…

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War Declared on Lightning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 8

Declaring that not until science has found an adequate way to combat the ravaging effects of lightning on transmission lines will all the benefits and…

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Tragic Blunder Bombs Dropped on Cavalry Men. Eleven Killed: Many Wounded. Calcutta, Jan. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 7

Three Indian officers, and eight cavalrymen, of the Poona Horse Indian Cavalry Regiment, were killed and many wounded…

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Policeman Wounded Fight with Robbers. London, Jan. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

wo armed men, who were concerned in a robbery at Brussels on January 16, and who, when pursued, turned and fired, mortally wounding a…

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The Soviet War on M. Trotsky, "Must Be Sent to Turkey," London, Jan. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 5

Coinciding with 150 arrests at Moscow and other places in Russia, the Communist party at Moscow has issued a statement declaring relentless…

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Irish Valour. Marshal Foch's High Tribute. "World's Greatest Soldiers." "They Never Failed Me." "France Will Never Forget"

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

Marshal Foch, generalissi[?]o of the Allied Forces during the Great War, sends the following Armistice Day message to the people of Ireland:—…

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Returned Soldiers Dismissal Prom Service Homes Commission. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 5

Arrangements are being made for a deputation from the N.S.W. branch of the Returned Soldiers' League to wait on Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.H.R.,…

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Those Dismissed Diggers Enlisting Aid of Mr Hughes. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

Arrangements are being made for a deputation from the N. S. Wales branch of the R.S.Li to wait on Mr W. M. Hughes, M.H.R., to enlist his…

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Scrapping of H.m.a.s. Sydney Protests From League Sub-branches. England Has the Victory, Australia Wants War Cruiser. Executive Says Too Late

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

The State Executive of the R.S. League has received, a letter from Katoomba and Mascot sub-branches protesting against the destruction…

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Anzac Memorial Hyde Park Site. Premier Will Do Utmost Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

The Premier (Mr Bavin) told a deputation that he would make the utmost endeavour to secure Parliamentary sanction to the gift of a Hyde Park…

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Blame for War Ex-kaiser in Defence Germany Wrongly Blamed. LONDON, Jan. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

Coincident with his birthday the sex-Kaiser has become commuicative. In an interview published by the Sunday "Express," he declares that…

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The Afghan War Ex-king's Stepbrother Prime Minister. New Cabinet Rumoured (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Peshawar

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

Habibullah Grhazi is reported to have formed a Cabinet from the Mohmadzai Clan, to which Amanullah belongs. The latter's stepbrother Kahirumbin is the…

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Took Strychnine. Death of Returned Soldier. at Howe's Valley. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

Walter E. Merrick, of Howe's Valley, a returned soldier, about 32 years of ago, committed suicide yesterday morning…

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