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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Chinese War Position Near Shanghai General Lu May Retreat (Australian Cable Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1924 · page 7

There was hardly any fighting at the week-end on the Hwangtu-Liuho front. General Lu Yung Hslang's decision to hold on is obviously to assist Marshal…

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Kurri Soldiers' Memorial Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1924 · page 8

The inclement weather partly militated against the success of the ball organised by the Kurri Kurri Soldiers' Memorial Ball Committee in the Royal Picture…

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Chang Advances Chao Yang in Danger Chinese War Tokio

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 1

The Mukden forces of General Chang Tso Lin, Governor -General of Eastern Manchuria, continued their advance on Monday, and captured the…

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The Chinese War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 7

It is reported from Muldden that Marshal Chang Tso Lin states that in the event of his bombing Pekin the President's Palace will be his objective, and that be…

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Chinese War Decisive Fight Likely Jumpy Nerves Tokio

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 1

Reports from the Chinese civil war front indicate that the whole of the armies are jockeying for positions for a decisive battle in…

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League and War Hopeful French View Council's Power Geneva

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 1

M. Loucheur (France), addressing the first commission of the League of Nations, in support of Dr. Benes's protocol, expressed the view that…

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The Chinese War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 5

A message from Pekin states that after a meeting of the diplomatic body, which did not include M. Karakhar, Russia, the following memorandum was sent…

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Imperfect World Can War be Ended? French Doubts London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 1

Paris is beginning to ask whether all the disarmament talk at Geneva is worth while. The "Times" Paris correspondent says that while on one…

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Seaman Wounded

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 September 1924 · page 1

Edward Reyes, a Chilian seaman on the steamer Eastern Moon, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Saturday suffering from a wound in one of his…

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The Chinese War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1924 · page 5

A message from Pekin states that Marshal Wu Pel Fu has issued a manifesto in which he says: "Friendly nations on more than one occasion have declared…

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Claim for £25,000 War Service Homes Newcastle Case Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 September 1924 · page 5

Mr.Justice Campbell and a Jury of four were to-day engaged In the l[?]aring of a claim for £25.000 by Do[?]ns, Ltd.. brick manufacturere, of…

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War Memorials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 5

It is reported from Paris that Marshal Foch has unveiled a memorial to the Fifty-first Highland Division at Beaumont Hamel, commemorating the fight…

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Sunspots and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 5

The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the Abbe Moveux, a noted astronomer, who is the director of Bourges Observatory,…

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Newcastle Brickmakers War Service Homes Sued Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Campbell and a jury of four, in No. 3 Jury Court to-day, Charles Dean, John Dean, and Henry Dean, trading as Deans, Limited, brick…

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Ten Per Cent. Cut Freight to Melbourne Interstate War Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 6

An interstate shipping freight war is commencing. The steamer Mawatta will leave Sydney on October 10 for Melbourne with…

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Japan Excited Intervention in the Chinese War America Denounced "Preparing to Defend Hawaii With Australia's Aid" TOKIO

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 1

Anti-American feeling in Japan is again running high, and the Government is being asked to prepare for war. Japanese propagandists in Manchuria are engaged in stirring up the populace against America…

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The War in China

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 7

The warfare in Central North China, which has been practically featureless during the past week, is now becoming more decisive. Several bridges have been…

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Rates Unpaid Waratah War Homes Who Is Liable?

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 6

The town dork Informed Waratah Council last night that £170 was owing in rates on Commonwealth war service homes in the municipality…

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Heavy Fighting War In Manchuria Front Extending Mukden

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 1

A war communique from Chang-Tso-Lin, dated September 25. which has now been issued, states: "Troops from Jehol (116 miles N.N.E. of…

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Not a War Mosul Border Trouble League to Act London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 October 1924 · page 1

A Geneva message says that England and Turkey have agreed that the League council shall fix the Mosul frontier, and have consented to…

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