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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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The Mosul Dispute 50.000 Turkish Troops Near Iraq Boundary No Talk of War. (Reuter's Message.) London, January 1

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

The "Daily Telegraph" diplomatic correspondent discloses that according to most reliable estimates 50,000 Turkish troops are now in the vicinity of…

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70,000 Returner Soldiers in Receipt of Pensions Estimated Annual Cost £15,000,000 IN 10 YEARS. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

At a meeting of the executive of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League Mr. J. W. Cox said that the number of soldiers receiving…

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A Mutilated Soldier Has Had 48 OPERATIONS (Reuter's Message.) London, December 31

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

The correspondent of the "Daily Express" at Geneva tells a tragic story of the 48 operations which were performed on Albert r'Froidevaux, once…

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Long Duration of War Fault of the Allies Admiral Tirpitz's Opinion (Reuter's Message.) London, January 3

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

The "Daily Express" features an extraordinary special article from the pen of Admiral von Tirpitz. a former German Minister of Marine, in which…

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Imigration Reply by Senator Pearce to Soldiers Deputation Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

Senator G. F. Pearce, Minister for Home mill Terr[?] to-day informed a Jteturncd Soldier League deputation that it would be [?] to [?]…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, January 7, 1926 Prolonging the War

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

Admiral Von Tirpitz, the Commanderin-Chief of the German Navy during the Great War, has contributed an article to a London newspaper in…

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Scouts Welcome Home

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 1

A welcome home was tendered the party of Life Saving Scouts at the Salvation Army Citadel last night. Mr. H. E. Mew, on behalf of the…

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Man Wounded in Foot at Mt. Murchison Station

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 1

Mr. J. Bushell, an Englishman who is gaining experience at Mount Murchison Station, met with a serions gun accident yesterday, he being shot in…

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Soviet's War Strength Commissar Orders Census (The "Times" Message.) London, January 12

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 8

A ce[?]sus of the Soviet war strength is to be taken. According to the Riga correspondent of the London "Times." it is stated that the…

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1925 War Loan £1,000,000 Is Unclaimed Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 1

The recent notifications that about one million pounds worth of the 1925 war loan has been unclaimed have not brought about any rush of bond owners…

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"Home From Boer War" a Strange Wooing

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 4

One of the strangest wooings on record was that of Mr. Ernest George Foster, who on Tuesday "came back from the Boer War." in which be…

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Unrest in Syria France Seeks Peace But Will Accept War (The "Times" Message.") London, January 21

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 1

The Paris correspondent of the London "Times" reports:— "We seek peace, but if only war is offered we accept it." is how M. de…

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Troubled China Chinese Soldiers Seize a Russian Train Soviet Ambassador Protests to China (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, January 22

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 2

Reuter's Pekin correspondent reports:— M. Karakan (Soviet Ambassador) has addressed a Note to the Chinese…

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Soldier Advocates German Colonists (Reuter's Message.) London, January 21

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 1

Germans as colonists for Australia were advocated by several speakers at a discussion by the Ladies' Imperial Club, in which Mr. A. A. Somerville,…

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Latest News Issue General Cable British War Pensions. (Reuter's Message.) London, January 23

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

The fact that 96,800 war widows have re-married since 1917 is disclosed by the Ministry of Pensions in a report for the year ended March 31,…

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The War Preparations Are Actively Going on Soviet Planning Campaign (Reuter's Message.) London, January 21

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 1

Reuter's Paris correspondent reparts:— Messages received at Paris indicate that Russia is actively preparing for…

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Cardinal Mercier Dead Showed Much Courage During the Great War (Reuter's Message.) London, January 22

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

Reuter's Brussels correspondent reports:— The death is announced of Cardinal Mercier in his 75th year. The late…

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Troubled China Japanese Govt. Thinks Soviet War Threat a Bluff (Reuter s Message.) Tokio, January 2"

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

Despite rumors to tho contrary the spokesman of tho Japanese Foreign Office has stated that the Government does not intend to mediate in the…

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Germany's War Collapse Politics Did Not Cause the 1917 Kiel Mutiny (Reuter's Message.) Landon, January 23

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 4

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports:— A blow to the Monarchists contention that a mutiny on a German ship…

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Murder at Collingwood Returned Soldier Charged. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 4

Martin Rupert Knopp, aged 29 years, a returned soldier, was charged at the City Court to-day with the murder of Walter Stanley Richards at…

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