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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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Returned Soldiers' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 6

A meeting of returned men will be held in the Anzac Institute to-night, when members of the State executive of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial…

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Paris War Damage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 5

A Paris message states that a Commission has investigated the war damage in Paris and the neighbourhood through the aerial raids and the bombardments by "Big…

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Returned Soldiers' League Meeting in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 May 1921 · page 4

There was a good gathering of returned soldiers and their friends at the Anzac Memorial Hall on Saturday night, when members of the executive of the New…

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War Criminals Trials Open at Leipzig LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 May 1921 · page 4

Reuter's Leipzig correspondent wires: The trial of war criminals has been opened. Cinema operators waited outside…

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Murder of Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 5

The energetic action of the Allied Commission secured the cessation of hostilities between the Poles and Germans. It is a alleged that when the Poles…

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'Bring Daddy's Slippers' While Father Was at War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 4

The familiar story of the Digger who returned to find his wife living with another man was unfolded before Judge Hamilton to-day when…

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Prisoners of War Treatment by Huns General Defends System LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Leipzig reports that the most important and interesting feature of to-day's p[?] in the trial of [?]…

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Engineers on Top Science in War Sir John Monash on Defence MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 3

The triumph of engineering science in modern warfare and the need for developing Australia's resources for defence purposes, were dealt with by…

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"Blighty Brides" Wife Ordered Out Soldier's Homecoming

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 5

Because her husband brought a "Brightly bride." to Australia and lived with her Selma Frances Marion Judd sought a divorce from William George…

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Schools and Guns Mr. Mutch Supported Unionists and War

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 6

A motion of agreement with the attitude of the Minister for Education towards war relies and the schools [?] to a lengthy discussion upon war [?]…

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Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. War Gratuity Bonds Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 5

In the House of Representatives to-day Sir Joseph Cook, the Acting Prime Minister, told Mr. Catts (N.S.W.) that he knew nothing of alleged obstacles…

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Anglo-jap Alliance Effect on America No War Obligations VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 5

The United States newspapers are devoting much space to the coming Imperial Conference, and its probable influence on the American-Japanese…

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Honor Promises Soldiers' Pensions Attack on Commissioners MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 6

The Labor attack on the Government in connection with the methods of the Soldiers' Pensions Commission came off yesterday, much earlier than…

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Soldiers in the Late War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 10

Major-General Sir Andrew Russell, the very brave and brilliant leader of the New Zealand Division on the Western front, gave a chatty lecture here the other…

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War Criminals the Second Trial Prison Camp Brutality LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 7

Advices from Leipzig state that the second trial in connection with the arraignment of war criminals has opened, the accused being Captain Emil…

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Tighe's Hill Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 1

The members of the Tighe's Hill Welcome Home and Presentation Committee handed the surplus of their funds amounting to £11 13s to the…

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A Welcome Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1921 · page 5

On Saturday night the Mayor and Mayoress of Stockton, Alderman T. Griffiths and Miss Griffiths, welcomed home Lientenant A. H. gain and his…

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Friends—not Enemies Who Wants War ? Australia and U.S.A. Mr. Hughes on Pacific Policy London, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 May 1921 · page 1

Speaking at Tonions, Mr. Hughes, referring to the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, declared that neither Japan nor America, nor Britain, wanted war. Australia certainly did not intent to do anything which might lead to war…

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Sailors and Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1921 · page 4

The hon. treasurer, Mr. Charles A. Earp, has been notified of the following further donation:—Amount previously published, £7141 8s 5d; Tighe's…

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Big and Little Men Their War Behavior

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 6

"Sir William Orpen, R.A., the witty and gifted Irishman who spent the best part of two years in France as official war artist, has written…

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