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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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Fight for Baby Doctor's Tug-o'-war Husband and Wife Conflict

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 6

A doctor's and his wife's tug-of-war with their child in the street wan described in the London Divorce Court when Mrs. Elsie Maud Westwood…

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To Show Cause Captain Ward Summoned Anzac Day Collision Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 5

The Marine Court to-day found that the collision between the ferry steamer Halgowlah and the steamer Manuka on Bradley's Head, on Anzac Day, was…

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War Service Homes Newcastle Progress Mayfield Settlement

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 3

Building operation in connection with the programme of the War Service Homes Commission in this district are proceeding slowly. Work at…

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Germany's War Secrets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

Log books of liners taken over from the Germans are providing interesting sidelights on the late war. In the record of the Cunard-Anchor…

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Naval Competitions First Since War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

During the visit to Newcastle on Tuesday of the flagship of the Australian squadron, H.M.A.S. Melbourne, for coaling operations,…

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Would End Civilisation Anglo-american War Disarmament by Agreement VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 1

A message from New York states that Mr. Weeks, United States Secretary for War, in a speech, declared that war between Britain and the…

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Work for Ex-soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that 150 unemployed British ex-service men are being employed as an experiment on the areas…

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Soldier and Actress in Dock Together £1500 Theft Alleged LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 1

Describing the case as a story of drunkenness and debauchery, Mr. Muske[?], Police Prosecutor, opened the Bow-street Court proceedings against…

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Waratah and Mayfield News Mayfield Mud Drainage Problem War Homes Area

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 8

"Forty years ago Hanbury-street needed Kerbing and gattering, said a resident of that locality yesterday. It is being done now. While this work…

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Greco-turkish War. Will Britain Join? Constantinople Report. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 5

It is reported from Constantinople that there is considerable activity in British naval circles. It is anticipated that British warships…

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The Victory in the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 12

In a remarkable article in the Revue de France, Marshal Foch has explained the moral and technical reasons of the German defeat. He draws a paralled…

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Cessnock War Service Homes. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

Mr. Rodgers, the Minister supervising War Service Homes, was interviewed to-day by Mr. Charlton, M.H.R., who complained of the action of the deputy…

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"Kissing Doctor" War-time Incident Action Against Neighbors

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

Dr. Arthur W. Wilson, known as the "Kissing Doctor," of Tu[?]nell Park road, N., consented, in the king's Bench, to judgement being given…

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Soldiers' Pensions. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

On Wednesday, at the Federal Parliament House, Messrs. Cameron, Lamond, Story, Blundell, Lister, Marr, and Mackay, Ms.H.R., in company with the president…

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Our Soldiers' Memorials

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 4

The illustrations published of the prize-winning designs in a Queensland soldiers' memorial competition bring forcibly before the public again the question of the artistic value of the memorials now being placed in their sites right through the country…

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The Young Idea Notes from the Schools Soldiers' Children

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 3

The Educational Board appointed by the Repatriation Department to supervise the education of the children of soldiers who were killed in the war, is…

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Struck by Train Old Warrior's Death Enlistment at 60

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

"Death must have been instantaneous," said Dr. John [?] Government medical officer, giving [?] n[?] at the inquest yesterday into the death…

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War Against Disease Tubercular Cattle Alderman Creer Hits Out

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 5

F. C. Higgins, of Raymond Terrace, writes:— Will you kindly permit me to ask Mr. Cr[?]r one or two questions that…

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Turco-greek War. Britain Neutral But May Change. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 7

The Australian Press Association understands that there has been no departure from Britain's policy of strict neutrality in the Turco-Greek war Britain…

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The British Soldier. Army History Traced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 9

Mr. J. W. Fortescue, lecturing at the Royal Institution, London, recently, on "The British Soldier Since the Restoration, in Peace Time," said it was only…

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