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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Man Wounded in Sydney at a Shooting Gallery an Arrest Made Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 1

As the result of a shooting affray which occurred in a shooting gallery in George-street north last night William Francis Robertson (55) is in…

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History of the War Work by Mr. C. E. W. Bean Will Take Nine Years More

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 2

Engaged in writing " The history of Australia in the W[?] 19[?]918," Mr. C.E.W. Bean [?] that he will be busy on the work for nine…

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Anzac Day Prime Minister's Wishes Regarding Observance Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 1

In a letter to the general secretary of the Federal executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' league. Mr. S. M. Bruce, the Prime Minister,…

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Subnormal Ex-soldiers League and Federal, Govt. to Take Combined Action Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 March 1926 · page 4

The Commonwealth Government is to be asked by the Returned Soldiers' League to appoint, a committee of medical and other experts to act in…

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Anzac Day Monday, April 26, a Holiday Other Arrangements Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government has informed Mr. J. T. Lang, the Premier, that it is arranging for the celebration of Anzac Day to be held this…

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French City Council to Keep War Souvenir (Reuter's Message.) London. March 9

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

The Amiens municipal authorities have decided not to sell "Big Bertha," but to keep her…

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Alleged French Spy Shot During the War Innocence Now Proved (Reuter's Message.) London, March 9

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

Renter s Paris correspondent reports:— A moving ceremony took place on the occasion of the rehabilitation of an…

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Panic at Hospital Delirious Soldier Murders a Patient (Reuter's Message.) London, March 9

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

Reuter's Parts correspondent reports:Panic-stricken patients ap a Bordeaux hospital fled by way of the…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, March ll, 1926. the Seamen's Civil War

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 2

THE main principle of unionism is combination to resist aggression from without. Union means strength, the welding together of a smaller or larger…

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Unhappy War Marriage Couple Found Shot in Taxi (Reuter's Message). London, March 11

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 4

The war marriage of a Russian woman and a Scotch advertising manager culminated in a taxi-cab tragedy in Trafalgar-square to-day. A man and a…

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Unhappy War Marriage Couple Found Shot in Taxi (Reuter's Message). London, March 11

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 1

The war marriage of a Russian woman and a Scotch advertising manager culminated in a taxi-cab tragedy in Trafalgar-square to-day. A man and a…

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Man Wanted by Police Fatally Wounded in Chase Was Shot in the Back Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 2

The chase and shooting by the police of a man at Lindfield on Friday night had a sensational ending yesterday. The police were searching…

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A Hidden Mine British War Cemetery Blown Up at Thiepval (Reuter's Message.) London, March 8

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 2

Hundreds of graves have been destroyed at the British war cemetery at Thiepval the scene of terrible fighting on July 1, 1916…

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Sydney Clairvoyant Foretells Another War (Reuter's Message.) London, March 16

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Scales, a Sydney clairvoyant, whose appeal to the Privy Council on a claim for £50,000 fro[?] her late husband's estate has been…

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New South Wales Taxi-cab War in Sidney. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 4

A taxi-cab war in Sydney is likely to begin in real earnest from to-morrow when the Yellow Clubs Company intend to charge a minimum fare of 1/. At…

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Causes of War Economic Says Ambassador (Reuter's Message.) New York, March 17

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 4

A Chicago message says:— The next world war, Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador at Washington, told the Chicsgo Association…

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The Next War New Type of Plane for Great Heights (Reuter's Message.) London, March 17

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 4

The "Daily Express" says:—Realising that the next air war will be fought at a height of 10 to 12 miles above the ground, the Royal Air Force…

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Causes of War Economic Says Ambassador (Reuter's Message.) New York. March 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 8

A Chicago message says:— Tho next world war Sir Esme Howard the British Ambassador at Washington told the Chicago…

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The Next War New Type of Plane for Great Heights (Reutor's Message.) London, March 17

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 8

The "Daily Express" says:— Realising that the next air war will be fought at a height of 10 to 12 miles above the ground,the Royal Air Force…

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War Indemnity nAUSTRALIA'S Share to Date Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 4

Dr. Earle Page Federal Treasurer, says that up to the present Australia's share of the war indemnity paid by Germany amounted to £270,000. He…

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