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The wars & local soldiers, 1922

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Shots in a Lyons Cafe 2 Men Killed & 2 WOUNDED (Reuter's Message.) London, January 2

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 1

Reuter's Lyons (France) correspondent reports that a man entered & cafe and onptied his revolver at a customer with whom he had quarrelled. Ali the…

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Bookmaker Fatally Injured in Brighton Board Nc-house Two Others Wounded

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 1

While scores of people in North Brighton were waiting up to see the old year out, five revolver shots were fired in a weatherboard villa, and in…

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Soldiers' Souvenirs. Collections of Curios Both Merry and Morbid

Western Grazier · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

Almost every soldier back from the Front brought with him some souvenir to serve to show his children in future years what father really did…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Last Edition. Washington Conference Position of the Great Four in Event of Future War (United Service Message.) Washington, January 5

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

An agreement is indicated between Great Britain, United States, Japan, and France by which an exchange of clarifying Notes will exclude the…

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Salvage Work During War Man's Escape From Submarine Related by Sir Fred. Young

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

Commodore Sir Frederick Young, R.N.R., lecturing at the Portsmouth Town Hall upon "Salvage Work During the Great War," told many stories of…

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Belfast Bomb Outrage Six Children Wounded While Playing in Street (Reuter's Message.) London, January 11

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 1

There was another bomb outrage at Belfast last night. A bomb was exploded in a street where many children were playing. Six were wounded by…

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Seized German Steamer Survives Many War Perils

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

An object of interest at the old railway pier. Williamstown, where she has been loading wheat, is the steamer Alesia, which was one of the first…

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Completing War Records Work Will Take Years

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 1

Though the war is only a memory. the work of the base records office at the Defence Department will go on for many years (says the Sydney "Sun")…

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War on Women in Belfast (Reuters Message.) London, January 12

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 1

War on women is the latest phase of the Belfast outrages, which continue with savage ferocity. Some men knocked at Mrs. Mary Hogg's door…

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Seizeo German Steamer Survives Many War Perils

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 4

An object of interest at the old railway pier, Williamstown, where she has been loading wheat is the steamer Alesia, which was one of the first…

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Unknown Soldier's Grave Proposed for Canberra Opposition in Melbourne Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 1

The proposal to bury the remains of an unknown Australian soldier at Canberra is already meeting with opposition in Melbourne. Officials of the…

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Unknown Soldier's Grave Proposed for Canberra Opposition in Melbourne Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 2

The proposal to bury the remains of an unknown Australian soldier at Canberra is already meeting with opposition in Melbourne. Officials of the…

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War Criminals Surrender by Germany Recommended by Jurists (Reuter's Message.) London, January 15

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 4

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that the Allies' Commission of Jurists, which was invited by the Supreme Council to give an opinion on the…

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Temporary Federal Hands to Be Replaced by Soldiers Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 1

To meet to some extent the complaints of returned soldiers whose services were dispensed with in Federal departments at the end of the year…

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Dismissed Ex-soldiers From Defence Dept. Work Hopes of Reinstatement Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 1

The returned soldiers who were dismissed from the Defence Department at the end of the year are working hard for reinstatement, and have good…

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Charges Against Soldiers British Court Judgments to Be Followed in Adelaide Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 1

Mr. Justice Parsons, in referring yesterday to the criminal cases in which ex-soldiers were concerned, said that he would follow the judgment of the…

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Conspiracy to Steal Guns Soldiers and Accomplices Sentenced to Imprisonment ("The Times" Message.) London, January 18

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 4

On a charge of being concerned in a conspiracy to steal arms from the barracks at Windsor and Chelsea in November last Sergeant Michael Roche,…

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Preparations in China for a War with Japan Canadian Officer's Story White Men Training Army

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 1

The reports of an imminent outbreak of civil war in China, and the danger it represents to the settlement of the international rivalry in that region, are…

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Burial of Unknown Soldier in Australia Is Proposed Varying Views Are Held Opposition in Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 3

It was recently announced in "The Miner" that it had been proposed that an unknown soldier who had died on a battlefield should be buried in the…

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Soldiers Fought Corns with Ether Drug

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 4

Military Boots Caused Pests, but Easily Withered Up so They Lift Out with Fingers. Hundreds of our soldiers returned…

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