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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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Shooting Case a Stevedore Wounded Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 4

A shooting affair occurred at South Melbourne last night when a man who had been refused admission to the house of Mrs. Molloy shot and wounded…

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A Shooting Case a Stevedore Wounded Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 8

A shooting affair occurred at South Melbourne last night when a man who had been refused admission to the house of Mrs. Molloy shot and wounded…

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Two Greeks Wounded Fisherman Is Remanded for Inflicting Injury Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 2

Shortly before midnight last night two Grieeks rushed from the Greek Club shoutmg out that they had been stabbed. They were taken to hospital…

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Two Greeks Wounded Fisherman Is Remanded for Infecting Injury Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 1

Shortly before midnight last night two Greeks rushed from the Greek Club shouting out that they had been stabbed. They were taken to hospital…

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New South Wales Wounded with a Knife Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 3

Josephine Haslett (39), of Regentstreet, City, was stabbed in the abdomen in George-street on Saturday night by a man who rushed at her…

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A Famous Wardrobe Given to War Museum London, July 29

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 1

A most interesting addition to the Imperial War Museum is the famous wardrobe in which Private Fowler was [?] for nearly four years by…

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Abyssinian Soldiers Attack a Caravan British Somalis Killed London, July 28

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 4

Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Acting [?] Minister, related in the House of Commons dowan unprovoked attack was made in June on a caravan, which…

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General Cables British War Pensions London. July 26

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 4

The cost of war pensions and their administration during the current year will amount to £61,442,000, being, the largest single vote of any public…

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Man Badly Wounded Refused to Divulge How Wounds Infli[?]ted Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 1

A man who gave his name as Harold Bernard Ward and his address as "everywhere and anywhere," was treated at the Sydney Hospital last…

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Red Cross Society Funds Locked Up in Queensland Soldiers' League Decision Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 4

At a meeting of the Brisbane branch of the Returned Soldiers' League it was stated that money raised by the Red Cross Society in…

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Man Wounded in Bed

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 August 1927 · page 4

Lying in bed at his home in Carlton on Tuesday night, Mr. John Ryan, a steeplejack, was shot at through the window (says a Melbourne message in…

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Methods of Bolsheviks in Training Soldiers London, August 2

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 August 1927 · page 1

The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that M. Doriot, the Communist Deputy, has revealed how Chinese secret societies are enrolled by…

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General Cables [?]Teran's Condemnation of Gruesome War Relics (Special to "The Miner.") London, August 3

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 1

A veteran among the thousands who Visited the South Kensington War Museum on the anniversary of the world war noticed the original trench…

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Repatriation Sir N.howse's Statement to Soldiers' Deputation Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 1

Sir Neville Howse, Minister for Repatriation, replying to a deputation from the Soldiers' League, said that although repatriation costs in all…

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Repatriation Sir N. Howse's Statement to Soldiers' Deputation Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 2

Sir Neville Howse, Minister for Repatriation, replying to a deputation from the Soldiers' League, said that although repatriation costs in all…

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Boycott in Australia of British War Epics Allegation in Newspaper (A.p.a. Message.) London, August 8

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 4

The "Daily Espress" cinema correspondent has written a sensational article under the heading, "Australia's Amazing Film Scandal," "Complete…

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Soldiers' Congress Address by Mr. Lang at Official Opening Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 4

Mr. J. T. Lang, the Premier, in opening the annual State congress of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League, said he did not think there…

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Soldiers' League Dinner Reference by Dr. Page to Charges on Govt. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 August 1927 · page 1

Dr. Earle Page, the Federal Trea surer, speaking at the annual congress dinner of the Returned Soldiers League last night, said there had beer…

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Man Wounded in Chest Another Man Arrested for Intent to Murder Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 2

A quarrel over a girl in a hotel at Macedon resulted in John Boswell, of Kyneton, being shot in the chest last night. He was removed to hospital…

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Soldiers' Conference Decision Made to Drop the Conscription Issue Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 1

The sittings of the annual conference of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League…

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