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The wars & local soldiers, 1931

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Miniature War. in New York City. 250 Police Besiege Criminals. New Yore

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 4

Terrified residents of a fashionable section of the city to-night witnessed scenes worthy of the most melodramatic cinema. Detectives searching an…

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The Milk War (To the Editor.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 2

Sir,-I have read with interest your report of the price-cutting dispute in Friday's "Mercury," in which all the speakers inferred that Singleton was…

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Bread War in Sydney Sold at 3½d. Per Loaf

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 3

Though the fixed price of bread is 5d per loaf over the counter, bread is being sold in many suburban shops between Annandale and Burwood at 3rd…

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The Milk War Singleton Blamed for Price-Cutting Denial by Company's Secretary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 2

It is stated in Sydney that owing to an abundance of milk, in the dairying districts, and the desire of Singleton farmers to get rid of the whole of their milk, an acute price war is at present raging in. the metropolitan district. Milk is being retailed at prices ranging,…

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Mmechanics' Institute and Returned Soldiers' Club

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1931 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the committee of the above was held last night. Present: Messrs H. Sercombe, (President), E. G. Bracken, F. A…

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War on Signs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1931 · page 2

War on illegal signs along the highways has been declared by the Department of Highways in Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) Destruction of…

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A Word for Britain. Who Is Paying for the War?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 7

The United States pays £120,000,000 annually in interest charges on war debts, Germany pays £96,000,000 in reparations, and Great Britain pays…

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Returned Soldiers' Badges

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 2

The Newcastle branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League is to approach the Federal Government with a request that the…

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SINGLETON Postponed Meeting Anzac Day Sports

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1931 · page 12

The postponed Anzac Say sports meeting, held on Saturday, was a great success. The proceeds were approximately…

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One Dead Another Wounded Close Friends

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1931 · page 2

In a shooting incident near Newcastle on May 7, alleged to be the outcome of a misunderstanding, Harry Brooks…

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Milk War Amendment of Act Camden Motion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1931 · page 10

The price-cutting war in the milk trade is far from ended, according to remarks by General G. Macarthur Onslow, chairman of the Dairy armors'…

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Economic War Russian Dumping Serious Warning London, May 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1931 · page 1

"This is not trade it is an economic war, much, more dangerous to the Empire than a war of arms," said Mr. Stanley…

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Milk Prices War On in Sydney SOME 4d. a Quart Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1931 · page 5

An abundance of milk in the dairying districts has led to an acute price war in the metropolitan district…

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Extremist Talks Wildly at South Coast Meeting DEFIANT! Communists Stand Class War Wollongong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1931 · page 1

Extremists on the South Coast are still in a defiant mood. They have been heartened to an extent by the…

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Singleton Denies Responsibility for Milk War Dairymen Meet Price-Cutting Deplored Big Assemblage Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 May 1931 · page 5

The charge that Singleton was responsible for the milk war in Sydney was strongly denied at a meeting of…

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Dairy Farming Menaced by Milk War. Singleton Dairymen's Stand. "No Surrender" policy Brings Prices to a Low Level and Threatens the Stability of the Trade

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1931 · page 5

The milk war in Sydney has brought Singleton into the limelight, and it seems that the struggle for a place on the Sydney market will cost…

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The Milk War Case for Singleton Company Who Cut the Price? Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1931 · page 2

That the cutting of prices in the milk trade in Sydney was insanity and ruinous to producers, was the declaration of the Milk Board Chairman at a large meeting of dairymen in Singleton yesterday…

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District Suppliers Meet Milk Board Stand Solidly Behind Directors Singleton Not Responsible for Milk War

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1931 · page 2

The interest that dairymen are taking in the milk position was apparent when about 600 Singleton suppliers were present in the Strand Theatre yesterday morning to meet the Chairman and members of the Milk Board, and also representatives of the big…

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"Inhuman Edict" War on Opossums SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1931 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Sanders asked Mr. Baddeley, in the absence of the Chief Secretary, whether he had soon a…

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Transport War Trust v. 'Buses Fine Legal Point Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1931 · page 7

Another scene in the war between the Transport Trust and 'bus owners was staged in Newcastle Summons Court…

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