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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Man Fatally Wounded Young Man Arrested Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 1

Jealousy was believed to have been the motive for an attack on Arthur Lands (35), of Surry Hills, who was practically disembowelled by a…

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Returned Soldiers Poverty in Country Forbes

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 3

Pathetic stories of returned soldiers carrying swags on country roads and looking for work were related at the Forbes Returned Soldiers' Association…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 2

The executive of the Returned Soldiers' League met last night, Mr. R. B. Oliver presiding. Mrs. E. Polkinghorne wrote appreciating the…

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Indian Drug Smugglers Calcutta Police Official Is Seriously Wounded (Special to "The Miner") Calcutta, December 12

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 4

The drug smuggling problem, involving attack and counter-attack, is becoming more acute in Calcutta. A sub-inspector of the police force,…

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Indian Drug Smugglers Calcutta Police Official Is Seriously Wounded (Special to "The Miner") Calcutta, December 12

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 6

The drug smuggling problem, involving attack and counter-attack, is becoming more acute in Calcutta. A sub-inspector of the police force,…

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War Service Homes Federal Govt. Grant Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 December 1929 · page 1

Representations made by the Returned Soldiers' League to the Federal Government have resulted in a promise to make an additional…

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Wounded Miner Makes a Statement Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 1

David Brown, one of the men wounded yesterday morning, in an interview at the hospital stated: "I was off the Government road about 50…

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Two Wounded Miners Are in Serious Condition Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 1

To-day it is possible to reach the Rothbury colliery gates without being questioned or molested. No further deaths have occurred…

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A French War Scare a German Denial (Special to "The Miner.") Berlin, December 16

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 1

General Groener, Minister of Defence, ridicules the charges recently made in the French Chamber of Deputies regarding alleged German plans…

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Soldiers' League the Christmas Meeting

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 4

The Christmas meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League was held at the Soldiers' Hostel last night. Mr. J. Fisher presided in the absence of…

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Troubled China Looting by Soldiers Hidden From Consuls Shanghai December 16

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 4

An international train of foreign consuls and journalists investigating conditions on the western portion of the Chinese eastern railway line was…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 2

The ballot for officials for the Returned Soldiers' League resulted in the return of the following:—President, Mr. R. B. Oliver; vice-presidents,…

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Portuguese Soldiers in China Mutiny Revolt Suppressed (Special to "The Miner.") Hongkong. December 24

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 4

Portuguese artillery mutinied at Montefort. on the island of Macao, on Sunday evening. At a preconcerted signal four fortresses were to have…

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Woman at Ermington Is Fatally Wounded Her Husband Arrested on a Charge of Murder Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 December 1929 · page 1

With blood streaming from bullet wounds in her head and body. Mrs. Roma Mary Solomons (22) rushed from a house in Spurway-street, Ermington,…

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Woman at Ermington Is Fatally Wounded Her Husband Arrested on a Charge of Murder Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 December 1929 · page 1

With blood streaining from bullet wounds in. ber head and body, Mrs. Roma Mary Solomon? (22) rushed from a house in Spurway street, Ermington…

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Portuguese Soldiers in China Mutiny Revolt Suppressed Hongkong, December 24

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 December 1929 · page 6

Portuguese artillery [?]ed at Montefort, on the island of Macao, on Sunday evening. At a preconcerted signal four fortresses were to have…

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The Militia Over 7Ooo Enlistments Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 December 1929 · page 2

The voluntary enlistment in the Australian Military Forces is proceeding satisfactorily in New South Wales, and the numbers are increasing each…

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Aborigines Quarrel Two Men Are Wounded Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 December 1929 · page 1

A quarrel occurred last night among three male and three female aborigines at Saltpan. In the affray it is alleged that one of the men…

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A Chinaman Wounded at His Residence at Dubbo Developments Expected Dubbo

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 December 1929 · page 1

Alfred Tuck (36), a Chinaman. was shot in, the head yesterday afternoon with a revolver. It was stated that the wound was accidentally caused…

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