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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Civil War in New York

The Uralla Times · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 2

Newt York, Monday.—Sympathisers with the Fascisti and Italian Social [?] fought a bloody battle in New York. Before the police were able to end…

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Mother Dies at Grave of Soldier Sows

The Uralla Times · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 1

Mrs James, while visiting the grave of her two soldier sons near Mons, was so overcome that the collapsed and died at the graveside…

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Another Civil War (Published by Arrangement.)

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

"Real war is now in progress between the Government of the united States and the rum runners," writes the London "Daily Chronicle's"…

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Telephone War Magpie Against Linesman. Nest in the Wires

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 7

One little magpie on the North Coasthas been waging an almost hopeless war against the Telephone Department for weeks…

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A War Hero

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 6

Mr. W. H. Reeves writes from Delungra to the Inverell papers: It would be hard to find a man who saw more hard fighting in the Great…

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War Service Homes. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 6

Up to June last the War Serv[?] Homes Commission had provide nearly 27,000 homes for applicant under the act…

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In War at 13. An Adventurous Recruit

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 9

Stephen William Harvey, who has just enlisted in the 10th. Hussars (Prince Henry's regiment now at Aldershot) would probably be…

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War on Indelicacy. Watchers at First Nights

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 9

A new campaign against indelicate stage plays is being organised in London. A number of women, dissatisfied with the results of the present system…

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Heroic Soldier. Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 6

A returned solider named Tasmania Keating, aged 30, was run over by a farm waggon at Calliang East, yesterday. Although severely injured…

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Cattle Poisoned Soldier Settler's Loss

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 4

To have lost 64 head of cattle during nine months is the unfortunate lot of Mr. J. T. Nugent, a returned soldier. who is farming at Moleville,…

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Dead in the Bush. Returned Soldier's End

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 4

John Woods, aged 30, a returned soldier, who has been missing from, his home at Marrickville, was found dead in the scrub at La Perouse last night…

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Spain at War Enemy Launches Counterattack. (Reuter's Calbe). London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 4

A meeting from Moraco states that Abdel krim has appearly launched a counter-stroke to the landing at Alhucemas-According to…

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Desecrating the Soldiers' Memorial. To Editor of "Armidale Chronicle"

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 9

Sir,—I have never been an admirer our Soldiers' Memorial, in the Cenal Park, but at the same time I honit for what it represents— the…

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DANGEROUS. War Against Mercantile Marine. LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 4

Mr. Allen, chairman of the Shipping federation, in a letter to the press asks: "Do the public realise the so-called seamen's strike is really a…

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The Motor Buses—war, or Co-ordination?

The Uralla Times · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 4

Just at present interested parties in the State are waiting to see what will be the policy of the Government in regard to the motor…

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£5000 for His Story Sydney Newspaper War Grows Keener

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 6

A bitter newspaper warfare is in progress in Sydney, when "Smith's Weekly" and "The Daily Guardian,' both official organs for Sir Joynton…

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Cablegrams. [Through Reuter.] Abdel Krim Wounded. In Engagement at Bibbane. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 4

A message from Madrid says a Spanish newspaper reports that Abdel Krim was seriously wounded in the left leg while fighting at Bibbane. He is lying…

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"War, Not Peace." Union on Shipowners' Attitude

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 8

J. S. Garden. in an interview on Saturday, made an attach on the shipowners, who he said, by their attitude, had left themselves open to a…

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War in Morocco French Offensive Planned. (Reuter's Cable). London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 4

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that the "Echo de Paris" war correspondent in Morocco states that eighty battalions will shortly participate in a…

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Red Cross Society. Gift of £5,000. For Tubercular Soldiers

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 2

Advice of a donation of £5,000 for the maintenance of tubercular returned soldiers in the Red Cross Sanatorium, "Bodington", near…

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