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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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War Memorial Being Built in Canada

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 8

Canada's natinal war memorial to her 68,000 dead is being set up on a temporary base in a square in the heart of Ottawa while further…

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A May fair Notebook Staging Fashion Pageants-The Evening Hat War-Carpet Making at Home. LONDON, Sept. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 5

HIS is the week of London Dress Shows, which are being held at the rate of three and four a day…

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War 'Plane Plans Stolen

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 1

The secret plans of a warplane device have disappeared,from the Parnell aircraft factory, Tolworth, Surrey. All ports and air fields are being…

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WAR-POLITICS Thirty Chinese in Court Ship Trouble Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 5

War and politics were mentioned in the Police Court to-day when 30 Chinese members of the crow of the Steamer, S[?]ksworth, were…

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Fierce Fight Renewed in Chinese War Zone Heavy Losses Japanese Sorely Pressed Shocking Toll of Death Nanking, October 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 1

Heavy losses on both sides are reported from the battle area in North Taiyuan, where 5.0,000 Japanese were surrounded on Saturday, The Chinese attempted an annihilation…

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Soldiers' Benefits Considerable Extensions Mr. Lyons Explains

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 4

The Government has given proof of Ha solicitude for the interests of the soldiers of the Great War and their dependents, said the Prime Minister…

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Heavy Losses on Both Sides in North China Campaign Japanese Forces Sorely Pressed. Chinese Report Capture of War Material. Heroism of Defenders at Woosung. NANKING

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 2

Heavy losses on both sides are reported from the battle area north of Taiyun, where 50,000 Japanese troops have been surrounded by the Chinese, who have attempted an annihilation drive before the arrival of Japanese reinforcements. They claim…

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War on Insect Pests and Weeds. Campaign To' Start Soon

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 2

With the completion shortly of experiments carried out by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, parasitic insects will…

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War Talk Discounted by Banker Amazed at Great Britain's Progress

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 2

The president of the Rural Bank of New South Wales, Mr C. R. M'Kerihan, who returned to Sydney on Monday by the Awatea after a world tour,…

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Rheims Cathedral Re-opened for Worship. War-ruined Building Restored

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 2

After an interruption of 23 years, Rheims Cathedral, which was badly damaged by German shells in the Great War, but which has now…

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PRESENTATIONS Muswellbrook Returned Soldiers MUSWELLBROOK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 5

Prior to his departure for Newcastle, Mr. L. F. Davies, re[?] secretary of the Muswellbrook branch of the Returned Soldiers' Club, was…

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War Memorial Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 4

With the placing of a contract for the completion of the National War Memorial in Canberra for an amount of £ 151,616, the project, which has…

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League War Cry LONDON, October 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 1

The "Kangaroos" gave the aboriginal war cry before the King and Queen at Halifax to-day. At a signal from Mr…

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War-time Disaster. Salvage Operations on Cruiser

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 5

Wrecked by a mysterious explosion on New Year's Eve, 1915, with the loss of more than 400 lives, the 13,550-ton cruiser Natal has lain at the bottom…

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Stalemate in Shanghai War Zone. Japan's Prestige Suffers

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 1

The fact that a stalemate still exists in the Shanghai war zone, after 10 weeks of fighting, has resulted in Japan losing much prestige as a military power. British and American naval and military officers are…

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War on Insect Pests and Weeds. Campaign to Start Soon

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 2

With the completion shortly of experiments carried out by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, parasitic insects will be…

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Weston Soldiers' Settlement Residents Wants Streets Completed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 3

Kearsley Shire Council had before it last night a petition from a number of persons living in the Soldier Settlement…

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Japan's Holy War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 6

A message from Tokyo this week announces that Japan is conducting a "holy war" in China, the object, being to prevent the…

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War May Be Caused Over Postage Stamp American Intervention

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 2

The Unitod States have joined with Venezuela and Costa Rica in the effort to settle the threatened war between Nicaragua and Honduras…

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British Sentry Post Machine-gunned British Soldiers Reply with Lewis Gun Fire. (Australian Press Assn. Message) SHANGHAI

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 1

A strong British protest is likely to result from the machine-gunning of a British sentry post by a Japanese 'plane, involving the death of a…

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