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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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General Cables General Pershing's Views on the Great War (A.p.a. Message.) Vancouver, June 22

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 4

Speaking at the Princetown Univerisity. at Toronto. General Pershing. Commander of the U.S.A. forces during the war, said "If the Allies had…

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Soldiers' League Adelaide Officers' Visit

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 3

Mr. W. F. J. M'Canh, D.S.O., M.C., president of the South Australian Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. A. H. Dakiel, State…

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Anzac Day League and Hotel [?] Agree on [?] Sydney, Saturday

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 1

Arising out of the decision of the State Full Court declaring invalid the pr[?] for the partial closing of hotels on [?] the [?]…

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Soldiers' League Adelaide Officers' Visit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 4

Mr. W. F. J. M'Cann, D.S.O., M.C., president of the South Australian Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. A. H. Dalziel, State…

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Soldiers' League Adelaide Officers' Visit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 2

Mr. W. F. J. M'Can[?], D.S.O., M.C.; president of the South Australian Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. A. H. Da[?]el, State…

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Polician's Appeal to Returned Soldiers Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 1

Speaking at the Returned Soldiers' League annual smoke, social at Junee Mr. Hugh Main, M.L.A., apnealed to all soldiers to vote for candidates at…

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Soldiers' League Welcome Smoke Social to S. Australian Officers Addresses on League Work

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 3

One of the most successful socials yet held by the Returned Soldiers' teague was that held at the Hostel on Saturday night to welcome Mr. W…

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Hospital Visitors for the Soldiers' League

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 2

Messrs. W. V. England and W. Anstey answered the call of the president at the social of the Returned Soldiers' League on Saturday night for…

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Latest News Issue. Troubled China Explosion on Junk 200 Killed or Injured Chinese Soldiers Attack a British River Boat (A.p.a. Message.) Shanghai, July 3

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 4

Two hundred men, women, and children were killed or injured in the Vicinity of Nanking when a native junk carrying explosives blew up through…

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Man Seriously Wounded Police Seek Assailant Cairns

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 4

A man named Hynes was admitted to the Inisfail Hospital last night with a number of bullets in his right side and left thigh. A police detachment…

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High Commissioner Anzac Memorial Inspected at Port Said London, July 3

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 1

Majors-General Sir. Granville Ryrie, new High Com[?]er in London for Australia, landed at Suez to-day. He motored to Cairo accompanied by…

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Returned Soldier's Claim for Damages for Trespass Privy Council Appeal Favors Ex-s.a. Minister Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 1

Mr. A. J. Hannan, the Crown Solicitor, received a cable message yesterday statine that the judicial committee of the Privy Council had given…

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A Mystery Woman Travels in Arabia a War-time Story

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 6

Remarkable travels in the desert of a "mystery woman." the late Miss Gertrude Lowthian Bell, seem like an Arabian Night's romance. Miss Bell…

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Petition for Divorce Blind Soldier's Claim (A.p.a. Message.) London, July 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 1

A Prague (Gzocho-Slovakia) message states that a divorce petition which is believed to he without preoedent has been filed here. A soldier,…

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General Cables War Memorial Tablet Paris, July 10

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 1

General Sir Nevil Macready, on behalf of the Imperial War Graves Commission, inaugurated a commemorative plaque in Senlis Cathedral. It is…

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Another World War Marshal Foch's Opinion London, July 10

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 2

"The next war will be fought within 15 or 20 years. It will be a world war. Every country will participate. The combatants will include not only…

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Gibraltar Murder Case Condemned Soldier Granted a Reprieve (A.p.a. Message.) London, July 12

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 1

A message from Gibraltar says that Corporal Duffield, who was convicted of the murder of his superior officer and sentenced to death in June last, has…

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British Soldiers Shot in Ireland Two Men Arrested (A.p.a. Message.) London, July 11

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 1

Two men have been arrested at Cork in connection with the Queenstown shooting in 1924, when an armed party fired on British soldiers landing from…

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New South Wales Max Wounded in Face at the Ascot Racecourse Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 July 1927 · page 1

At the Ascot races yesterday afternoon James M'Culloch, of Kensington, had his face badly gashed with a knife. several stitches were inserted in the…

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Family Endowment Statement of Commissioner on War Pensions Effect Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 1

Mr. S. D. Alldis, M.L.A., has been advised by the Commissioner for Family Endowment that the Act-provides that when Computing a family income…

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