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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

368 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 19

OBSOLETE U.S. Guns and Munition Nation Helpless If War Came. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 5

The Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Macinder, addressing the National Manufacturers' Association at Chattanooga, Tennessee, declared the United States…

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Chinese Students Ten Executed At Peking "The River War" American Destroyers Fired on Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 5

Ten youthful Chinese students, including a girl, were executed at military headquarters in Peking to-day, for having plotted disturbances in the…

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Fleece Brings £130 Sold and Resold for Soldiers' Fund. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 5

At the Wool Exchange, a fleece donated by a Riverina pastoralist realised £130 for the partially blinded soldiers' appeal. The fleece was sold and resold 13…

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Girl Leads Strikers Coal War in Colorado. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 5

A message from Trinadad (Colorado), states that cheering members of the I.W.W., led by a girl, aged 17, fought mine guards at Delagua Canyon. Dozens…

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Chinese Pirates Seize French Steamer Sixty Killed or Wounded Gallant Action of British Submarine Crew. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 5

News of a dramatic fight between pirates and military guards, on board the French steamer Kiangking, trading up the Yangtse .Gorges) on…

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Child Wounded While Father Was Shooting Snake. Cowra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 5

When a farmer named Kerns shot a snake which invaded his home at Billi- nari, pellets ricochetted and struck his young son. The boy was taken to…

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War Echo German General's Escape Aussies and Von Sanders. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 7

The one man who was mainly responsible for the escape of General Von Sanders from the clutches of the Australian Light Horse after the rout of the Turkish…

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Held Up Ship Unpaid Chinese Soldiers Two Ringleaders Beheaded Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 5

Two hundred disgruntled Nationalist soldiers, who had been shipped from Shanghai to Foochow by a Chines steamer, mutinied and overpowered the…

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War on Disease New Antiseptic Perfected London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 5

Presiding at the scientists' luncheon, Sir Alfred Mond announced the perfection of a new antiseptic derative coal tar called monsol…

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CO-OPERATION Britain And Dominions MR. L. C. M. Amery's Speech New Birth of Nation in War Travail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 5

The Secretary of State for the Dominions, Mr. L. C. M. Amery, was given a dinner in his honor, by the State Government, at the Wentworth Cafe last…

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Facing Both Ways £8,000,000 For U.S. Navy Anti-war Treaty with France President Coolidge's Week-end Decisions. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 5

While president Coolidge has just agreed to the expenditure of £8,000,000 on the United States Navy, he is reported to be planning negotiations…

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Anzac Fellowship of Women

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 4

About 17 Dreadnought boys were entertained on Friday night in the New State rooms by members of the Anzac Fellowship of Women. Music and…

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War Loans Mature. Cash for Bonds and Stock

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 4

The Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, announced recently that he is prepared to cash at once up to £4,000,000 of the bonds and stock of…

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Freight War Australian Coastal Lines Captain Patrick Interviewed. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 5

Captain Patrick, of the Patrick Steamship Company; who arrived at Adelaide yesterday on his return to Sydney after supervising the building of the cargo…

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Returned Soldiers Twelfth Annual Congress Increased Pensions Advocated Messages From Prince of Wales and Earl Haig. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 5

The twelfth annual Congress of the returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia commenced to-day. Delegates were present from all the States…

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Christmas Number of "War Cry."

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 4

The Christmas number of the "War Cry" for 1927 is one of the finest productions ever issued by the Salvation Army in this part of the globe. The…

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OVER 63 Millions British War Pension Payments London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1927 · page 5

The Ministry for Pensions has announced that war pensioners, including widows and children, number 1,666,000. The year's payments amounted to…

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Aggressors in War Should Be Ostracised Friendship Alliance Plan. St. Louis

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 November 1927 · page 5

Newton Baker, a former U.S. Secretary of War addressed the annual conference of the World Alliance on International Friendship…

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Warning of War Preparedness As Security Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1927 · page 5

Sir Charles Rosenthal, addressing a large gathering of Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, and Wolf Cubs, said they needed to remember the warning that the war…

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'Fairly Accurate' British War History Australians at Gallipoli. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 November 1927 · page 5

Sir Granville Ryrie, Australian High Commissioner, after an interview with General Aspinall, stated he had read the whole of the chapter relating to the…

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