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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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Eight Hurt Anzac Parade Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 5

Eight persons were injured when a motor car skidded in Anzac Parade early this morning and crashed into a telegraph role. The car was badly smashed, and…

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Kyogle Railway Employment of Returned Men Inquiry Promised. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

The Department of Labor and Industry in a letter to the Returned Soldiers' League promises an inquiry into the complaint that preference is not given to…

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Outlawing War Proposed Peace Pact Speech by Sir W. Joynson Hicks Danger of Hollow Sham. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

Referring at a public meeting last night to the proposed peace pact the Home Secretary, Sir W. Joynson Hicks, said the British Government had given particular…

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Against War Attitude Of France the Right of Self-defence International Solidarity. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 5

France's reply to Mr. Kellogg's antiwar proposal, states that France will be happy to agree to the new provisions of the preamble, which provides that all the…

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ANTI-WAR Dominion Replies British Rights and Interests Pact May Be Signed in Paris. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 5

In the House or Commons, Sir Austen Chamberlain announced that replies of Britain, Australia and other Dominions, had been handed to the United States…

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Golf War Services Cup. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 3

The annual 18 holes bogey handicap for the War Service Cup, was held at the Kensington golf link to-day, and the winner was A. Cooper, who, with a plus one…

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To End War Multi-lateral Treaty British Note to U.S.A. "Will Be Glad to Sign." London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 5

Sir Austen Chamberlain (Minister for Foreign Affairs) has addressed a note to Mr. Kellogg accepting the proposals of the United States…

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ANTI-WAR U.S.A. Final Note Preparations in Paris Japan and Czecho-slovakia to Come In. Washington

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 5

Thirteen nations now having accepted the draft of the anti-war treaty, Mr. Kellogg has begun the drafting of the final note in the…

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Soldiers' Congress Some of the Motions Back Debts to Be Wiped Off. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 5

A variety of subjects is included in the agenda of the Returned Soldiers' League Annual Congress, which will be opened by the Premier on August 7…

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Fighting at Cheefoo Nationalists and Shantung Soldiers American Soldier Wounded London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 5

A sudden rising, the second within a week, took place last night at Cheefoo, in Shantung Province, between Nationalist troops and 5000 Shantung soldiers,…

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Anti-war Pact Last Week in August. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 5

Assuming that President Coolidge supports Mr. Kellogg's idea of signing the peace pact in Paris it is likely to be the last week in August when all the Foreign…

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Train Collision Soldiers Killed and Injured. Ottawa

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 5

A troop train and freight train crashed in a head-on collision at. Sandpoint, 61 miles from here. Two soldiers were killed and several badly injured. Fifteen horses…

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"Civil War" If Samoa Given Self Government. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 7

Speaking in New Zealand House of Representatives the Premier, Mr. Coates, stated that it Samoa were given self-government they would immediately have…

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A Trip Abroad Glimpses of Many Lands Scenes in the War Zone

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 3

Our Bucca Creck correspondent asked Miss Asprey, sister Of Mrs. E. C. Gates, to write a description of her recent tour of the world, and the following account…

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"The Last Post" Returned Soldiers' Proposal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 4

The State Executive of the Returned Soldiers' League decided to request the Minister for Defence to have a bugler detailed to sound "The Last Post" at…

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Soldiers' Pensions Independent Appeal Board. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 July 1928 · page 5

Speaking at Katoomba last night, Mr. A. G. Manning, M. H. R., Government Whip, said an independent War Pensions Appeal Board is to be constituted shortly…

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Gas Poisoning Two Returned Soldiers Verdicts of Suicide "Heart Torn to Shreds." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 July 1928 · page 5

The Coroner to-day held an inquiry into the deaths of two men from gas poisoning. The first case was that of George…

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Returned Soldiers Appeal Board Circular "Insulting and Untruthful. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 5

Sir Neville Howse, speaking at Bathurst, said the manifesto issued by the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was insulting, unwarranted…

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Returned Soldiers Proposed Appeal Board Mr. Hughes on Sir Neville Howse. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 4

Commenting on the manifesto issued by the Returned Soldiers' League, and which the Minister for Repatriation, Sir Neville Howse, described as insulting, Mr. W. M…

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'God Help Them' Soldiers Drifting Into Political Arena. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 2

Addressing the Petersham sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League Sir Neville Howse declared if the soldiers drifted towards the political arena God…

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