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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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Result of the War Weather Affects Diggers Gassed Men's Troubles

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 November 1921 · page 5

The present spell of muggy weather has been trying for all Newcastle people, but those who feel it most are Diggers, who were gassed at the war…

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Put to Death Useful No Longer Fate of War Horses

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 6

A terrible revelation has been made in the British Parliament. The War office has too many horses out in Mesopotamia, where there is not enough for…

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Feather Weight Balance Irish Peace or War Sir James Craig in London Issue Rests with Ulster London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 1

The Ulster Premier, Sir James Crai[?] has arrived in London. He called at Downing-street yesterday afternoon, and had an interview with…

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Promises to Soldiers. Premier's Views. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 5

The foundation stone of the Penshurst Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial Hall was laid yesterday by Mr. Dooley, the State Premier. The building will be completed…

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District News. Wallsend Soldiers' Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 8

The Wallsend Diggers' third annual picnic took place at Toronto on Saturday. Invitations had been issued to war widows, mothers of deceased soldiers, and also to…

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Unfaithful Wife Soldier Resorts to Killing Unaccepted Promise London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 November 1921 · page 5

Nottingham Assizes adjourned the hearing of a painful case in which Lance-Corporal Johnson, of the Sherwood Foresters, was tried on a charge…

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The Story of Anzac

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 6

"The Story of Anzac—The First Phase," constitutes volume one of "The official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918," and tells the story from the…

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Greco-turkish War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 5

Mr. S. S. Cohen, the Consul-General for Greece in Sydney, has received the following message from Athens:— There has been scattered infantry fire…

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German War Material. Work of Destruction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 5

One of the topics which came up at the recent meeting of the Supreme Council in Paris was that of the duration of the Inter-Allied Missions in Germany. The…

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Too Many Women Result of War Menace To Civilisation

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 6

"The preponderance of women in the world as a result of the war threatens a social debasement perhaps worse by far than any previous historic…

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McCAUGHEY BEQUEST Educational Provisions £250,000 for Soldiers' Children

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 November 1921 · page 6

At the request of, and by agreement with,the executors of the estate of the late Sir Samuel Mccaughey, the administration of the McCaughey bequest…

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Wounded His Wife Assault at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 November 1921 · page 7

At the Cessnock Police Court yesterday. James Patrick Hagey was assaulting with assaulting his wife. Mary Eliza, on October 18, thereby…

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British War Pensions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1921 · page 7

Mr. Lang, the State Treasurer, has been notified that the Imperial Army Council has decided that re-enlisted or commissioned service in the late war during the…

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Exhumation of Soldiers. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1921 · page 7

Referring to the exhumation of the remains of Australian soldiers in France, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, state, to-day that Mr. Shepherd, the Acting High…

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Distressed Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1921 · page 7

The "Daily Chronicle" states that the acuteness of the distress due to unemployment is shown by the fact that pawnbrokers state that a large…

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Unfortunate Soldiers Families in Distress

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 November 1921 · page 3

At Carrington Council meeting last night Alderman Montgomery moved that the council protest against the unjust treatment meted out to…

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Soldier and Sailor

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 November 1921 · page 6

Having gained some experience of railway work in America, the Right Hon. Sir Eric Geddes, Minister of Transport, travelled to India to take…

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War on Rats Sydney Prosecutions SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 5

At the Central Summons Court to-day a number of storekeepers, including several Chinamen, were fined amounts ranging from £5 to £10, on…

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Pros and Cons Conference From All Sides Rush to Washington Pacific and War Debts Problems Vancouver

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 November 1921 · page 1

A message from Washington states that the Senate has adopted a resolution requesting that the Disarmament Conference should have open sessions when the full delegation is sitting, and also that a complete record of the proceedings be kept…

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Greco-turkish War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 November 1921 · page 5

It is reported that pourparlers for a Greco-Kemalist armistice are imminent. Mr. Harmsworth, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs,…

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