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The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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War Memento Dominion Battleplanes LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

An illustrated volume has been published commemorating the gift of battleplanes to the Government from Australia, and 53 from Malaya. The…

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War Photos Cameras in Front Line Exhibition in Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

The opinion of the Sydney newspapers, said Captain W.D. Joynt, V.C., is that if the public knew the excellence of the collection of war…

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Soldiers' Preference Council Summoned

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 5

Alleging a broach of section 12 of the R.S. and S. Employees' Act. 1919, Mr. F. W. Stallard, assistant secretary of the West Maitland R.S. and…

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Witness Wounded Dublin Court-Martial LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

There was a sensation during the court-martial in Dublin of the young men who were charged with the murder of officers on November 27. The…

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Mysteries of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 8

Lord Sands, delivering the opening lecture of the St. Cuthbert's Literary Society in Edinburgh on the subject of "The Mysteries and Might-Have-Beens of the War,"…

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War Photographs. Remarkable Pictures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 8

An exhibition of uncensored war photographs in natural colours was opened by Alderman R. G. Kilgour, the Mayor of Newcastle, in the Soldiers' Memorial…

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Not for Australia Haig's Visit Imperial Soldiers' Link LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

Field-Marshal Karl Hale will shortly proceed to South Africa, but he stoics that his prospective, engagements will not permit him to visit…

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Uncensored War Photographs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 6

The Diggers' exhibition of uncensored war photographs at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall drew a record attendance on Saturday. In addition to the wonderful…

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War Photographs Record Crowd on

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 5

Huge crowds are Hocking to the Digger's exhibition of uncensored war photographs at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, a record an[?]odance being [?]…

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Germany's War Debt. She Must Pay. Lloyd George Outspoken. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

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

Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, has been presented with the freedom of the City of Manchester. He said that Prince Bismarck, forty-two…

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The War Debts. Britain's Fine Offer Declined by America. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

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

Mr. Austen Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking in Birmingham, said he would have preferred if, at the end of the war, the whole of the…

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Soldiers' Homes

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

The Assistant Minister for Repatriation has informed Mr. Charlton, in regard to the recent decision to restrict, as for as possible, the purchase of ready erected…

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Square Deal for Soldiers. Sydney

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

Mr. A. S. Rodgers, Assistant Treasurer, who is acting as Minister for Repatriation, arrived in Sydney yesterday on his way to Queensland. He spent a very busy…

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Uncensored War Photographs

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

The Rev. H. K. Vickery, who enlisted as a "Digger" in the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, will to-night explain some of the events which happened at…

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War Photographs Clergyman as a Digger

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

The Rev. H.K. Vickery, who was one of the clergy to set aside his black cloth to wear khaki as a Digger, has undertaken to lecture on his…

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War Photographs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 8

The lecture on the Gallipoli series, which was given last night by the Rev. H. K. Vickery, drew a large audience to the Soldiers' Memorial Hall. Stories of…

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War Trophies Indignant Soldiers Maitland Will Find Room

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 7

A leader article appeared in "The Newcastle Sun" on January 29 regarding the attitude of the Sydney City Council and the State…

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Extraneous War Debts

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

The value of anything said is frequently decided by the position of the person saying it. While private individuals alone were prepared to argue that the…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Preventing War

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

With the incoming of a new administration in the United states, curiosity will intensify as to what attitude it will adopt towards the world generally,…

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Science in War. Address by Sir John Monash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 11

Some of the wonders accomplished by science during the war were outlined by Sir John Monash in an address before the annual meeting of the Institute of Patent…

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