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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 29

BAILED-UP Bank-Teller Wounded £500 STOLEN Desperado With Revolver MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 5

An armed man bailed up the Commercial Bank in Mailing road, Canterbury, shot and wounded the teller and decamped…

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Second Marriage War Widow's Troubles Divorce Wanted Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 8

Before her marriage with Arthur William McAlister, Ruby McAlister was a war widow. McAlister, she told the Judge to-day,…

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Death in Hospital Carrington Ex-Soldier

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Winterbine, who died in Newcastle Hospital yesterday morning, was a resident of Carrington. He was 35 years of age, and was in…

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A Bank Robbed the Teller Wounded. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 5

An armed men entered the branch of the Commonwealth Bank at Canterbury, and held up Alfred Chittock, the teller, during the absence of the manager, who…

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Admitting Germans Opposition by Soldiers Wealthy Tourists Brisbanh

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 3

At the last general meeting of the Bris[?] sub-branch of the B.S.S.I.L. a motion was possed that it he [?] re-[?] to the [?]…

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Awaiting the Deluge Cheap Foreign Goods for England McKENNA Duties Gone Helping Frenchmen Who Pay No War Taxes LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 1

Business men expect an immediate flood of cheap Continental watches, clocks, planes, and motor cars, resulting from the removal of the McKenna duties to-morrow. Sir Thomas Henley says that people are fools to spend millions in…

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Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 10

It has been a vexed question for a long time as to whether Anzac Day should be declared a close holiday on the anniversary of the actual day on…

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New Zealand's Dead War Memorial Unveiled LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 5

The King of the Belgian unveiled the Now Zealand Memorial in the presence of many Belgians and New Zealanders. including…

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Preparing for War Japanese Seek More Strength in Air "America Started It" National Objections to Greater Elevation of Guns WASHINGTON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 1

Britain and Japan have presented formal objections to the proposal to elevate the guns of American battleships because, they allege, it could be a violation of the naval disarmament treaty. TOKIO. Friday…

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Declaration of War Tenth Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 5

To-day is the tenth anniversary of Great Britain's declaration of war against Germany. On August 1, 1914, press cable messages had brought the…

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War Anniversary Unfulfilled Promises Haig's Reminder London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 6

The newspapers direct attention to the length anniversary of the war and publish numerous articles and reproduce photographs depicting the…

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War Reminiscence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 5

General Smuts, interviewed by a representative of the Cape "Argus," on the tenth anniversary of the war, related an interesting incident at the end of July,…

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African War Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 5

A gathering, such as has rarely been witnessed in Capetown, assembled on Sunday, on the occasion of unveiling Capetown's war memorial, situated at…

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War Homes Probable Sale At Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 5

Cessnock Shire Council received a letter at its meeting this morning from the War Service Homes Commissioner in reply to one sent by the…

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Wounded Teller Out of Hospital MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 7

Alwyn Chittock. teller of the Canterbury branch of the Commercial Bank, who was shot in the hand and foot when £500 was stolen from the…

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The War Debts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 7

A message from Washington states that President Coolidge is much encouraged by the progress of the inter-allied conference in London in regard to the Dawes plan,…

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A War Museum and Its Moral

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 4

Every man who has any brains at all hates war. „ Thus far this paper will go with Alderman Bramston, the champion of pacifism, who wishes to dump all war, trophies over the Gap. Why hatred of war, however, should lead to the hatred of war…

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Incapacitated Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Stagg, the secretary to the Returned Soldiers League, writes: "The question of the employment of partially incapacitated returned…

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Soldiers' Medals Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1924 · page 2

The activities of the Returned Soldiers' Medal Distributing Branch, as far as New South Wales is concerned, are about to terminate, but before doing so…

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War Against War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 13

This is the heeding of a manifesto issued by the Trades Hall Council of Victoria, in connection with great demonstrations to be held on Sunday, September…

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