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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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South Australia Boy Wounded in Chest White Examining Rifle Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

At 7 o'clock on Tuesday night Roy Merkel (16), who lives in Spence Avenue, Glen Osmond, was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital in a serious…

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Chamber of Manufactures Has Fears of a Civil War Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 1

Never before has any representative body spoken with such emphasis as the New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures, which yesterday issued a…

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Vissels Loaded by Soldiers' May Go on "Black" List Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 1

The steamer Opawa, which was loaded by soldier unionists, and the Medic, which was also loaded by them, are due to leave Sydney for the…

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Statement by Agent of the Soldiers' Bureau Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. W. A. Wakeling, agent of the Waterside State Labor Exchange, otherwise the Returned Soldiers' Bureau, informed the Country Press…

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SHIPPING (Continued from Page 1.) Sydney Soldiers' Bureau Enrolling Hundreds Daily Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

On the waterfront to-day most of the labor required to handle cargo was obtained from the Returned Soldiers' Bureau, where applications for…

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Notes and Comments Civil War in China

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 2

It is said that the onlooker sees most of the game, but probably many of the people in the Foreign Settlement at Shanghai would prefer to…

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Old-timers Versus A.I.F. Pellew and Murray Invited to Play with Soldiers. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 1

In connection with the old-timers' cricket match against an Australian Imperial Forces team, to be played on February ll, invitations have been…

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Civil War in China Shanghai Tranquil[?] Many Troops Interned (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, January 14

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 1

Some of Chang Yuan-ming's troops have done much looting in the past two days in Shanghai native city and surrounding villages, but now his army…

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Krupps After the War Nearly Half the Machines Have Been Smashed Up. (Reuter's Message.) London January 14

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports:— Krupps's first balance sheet on a gold basis since the inflation of the…

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Raid by Soldiers on a Camp Store £1250 Damages Awarded. (Reuter's Message.) London, January 14

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 1

In the King's Bench Division Charles Arthur Jarvis, now of Melbourne, claimed compensation from the Surrey County Council under the…

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Socilist Jaures's Tribute to [?] British Government Just Before the War

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

Dr. A. Shadwell, writing to the "Times," says:— The national honor paid by France to the memory of Jaures recalls an…

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Shipping Change of Policy Reported Among Soldier Laborers Preference Being Claimed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 9

Another important development reported in the shipping hold-up is that the Federation of wharf laborers has altered its policy radically. Wher[?]…

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Preference to Be Enforced for Returned Soldiers Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

A deputation from the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Waterside Workers' Union to-day complained to Mr. T. R. Bavin, the Attorney-General, that the…

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Shipping Change of Policy Reported Among Soldier Laborers Preference Being Claimed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

Another important development reported in the shipping hold-up is that the Federation of wharf laborers has altered its policy radically. Whereas…

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Civil War in Chiha Two British Steamers Shelled by Chinese. (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, January 19

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 1

The British steamer Wenchow, owned by Butterfield and Swire, was heavily shelled by a Chinese battery seven miles above Chinkiang on…

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Soldiers' League Protest About Domain Remarks Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 2

The State executive of the Returned Soldiers' League yesterday issued an official statement describing as grossly untrue the statements…

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Film Record of War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

A cinematograph record of the war is being prepared by the War Office. Experts are carefully inspecting hundreds of thousands of feet of films…

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A Mystery of the War Cleared Up After 9 Years Statement by Mr. Bean

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

"A nine years' war mystery concerning the disappearance of a number of soldiers belonging to the 51st Battalion was cleared up in France six…

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Civil War in China Measures Are Outlined for Defence of Shanghai (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, January 20

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

A conference of naval authorities at Shanghai and representatives of the Municipal Council yesterday considered measures for the defence of…

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Waterside Federation Take in 120 Returned Men. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 1

A total of 120 returned soldiers, former members of the old Overseas Shipping Labor Bureau, were admitted to membership of the Waterside…

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