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The wars & local soldiers, 1923

503 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 26

Returned Soldiers Newcastle Diggers Active

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 5

Mr. W. Owens presided at the annual meeting of the Newcastle Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' imperial League, at the Anzac Memorial…

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Less Death Dues Gift to Soldiers Big Cut Out of Bequest SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 5

When the late Mrs. Dewar, of Palmer-street, city, who left an estate of £150,000 bequeathed the balance of her residuary personal estate to the…

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The War Ministers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 4

It is the distant critic who sees. We note what the British and American press have had to say on Mr. Hughes. The most untrammelled opinion would be the…

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German Shot Dead Cafe Brawl British Soldier in Custody LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Cologne says that a communique has been issued stating that a British soldier shot dead a German civilian, stated…

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Brush with Police French Officers Wounded Westphalian Scene London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 6

A Berlin message says that a motor car containing two French officers with a German chaffeur was held up at Gelsenkirchen, in Westphalia, by…

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Post-war Nerves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 4

Windsor castle has been the scene of a strange incident, says a London paper. For some time an unknown woman has been living the Royal town, and a few…

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Border Battle Fighting in Lithuania Polish Invasion Many Killed and Wounded LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 1

Serious fighting has arisen in the territorinl dispute between Poland and Lithuania, according to an official message from…

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Another War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 7

The French Ambassador at Warsaw reports that the situation in Poland is most serious. An artillery bombardment is…

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Soldiers in Distress Dominions Men Missed Repatriation LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 1

Sir Philip Richardson declared in the House of Commons that there was considerable unemployment among ex-service men in Great Britain who…

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Crumbling Communism Gaols Crowded with Unemployed Undermining the Soviet Mob Pleads to Soldiers to Shoot London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 1

"The Times" correspondent at Riga says that the crumbling process in the Communist party is continuing with increasing speed. The rapidly growing influence of the workmen's truth and other opposition groups is causing the central authorities…

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Russia Wants War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 5

A telegram received in Stockholm from Moscow state that at an extraordinary session of the Council of the People's Commissaries, M. Trotsky declared that…

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Mayfield War Service Homes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 5

At a meeting of the Tarro Shire Council, at East Maitland, yesterday, Mr. E. Branch, health inspector, reported that on the 13th inst., the made an inspection…

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Germany's War Maetrial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 14

German professors have ascertained that the amount of barbed wire made in Germany during the war would be sufficient to make a barbed wire hedge 70ft high,…

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War Service Homes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 4

The decision of the Federal Government to abolish the protfolio of Minister for Repatriation has been followed by the transfer of the War…

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The Great War America's Part Tribute to Dominions (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 5

Mr. Bonar Law, the Prime Minister, speaking at the luncheon of the English speaking Union, on the occasion of Washington's birthday, said that although the…

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Maitland District. East Maitland Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 5

A massive concrete [?]lock, to be encased in sandstone, will serve as the base of a [?]rachyte column, to be erected in William-street, near its intersection with…

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Battle of Eggs Produce War Forcing Up Values SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 7

Sussex-street merchants are not believers in the slogan of "produce more." Just now they are earnestly wishing that hens will produce fewer eggs. For weeks…

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War Service Homes Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5

Mr. Charlton, M.H.R. to-day made strong representations to the Minister for Works and Railways in regard to the ejectments from war service homes…

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To Evict Diggers Out of War Service Homes Newcastle Cases Knotty Legal Problems

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 7

Albert Walder, a clerk in the employ of the War Service Home Commission, applied at the Newcastle Summons Court…

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"Deceived So Often" Kemalist View of England Hopeless War Preferred Strength of British Force Breaking the Convention LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 1

Mr. Ward Price, the "Daily Mail's" correspondent at Angora, summing up his impressions after conversations with many leading Turks, says that…

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