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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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New Zealand's War Debt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1924 · page 12

A bill was introduced into Porliament last night making better provision for the repayment of the public debt. It is not proposed to go on with it this…

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"The Soldier"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1924 · page 3

The current number of "The Soldier," the official organ of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League in New South Wales, efficiently fulfils its primary…

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Returned Soldier's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1924 · page 3

Sir,—Scarcely a week passes, but one reads of a sad ending of some poor unfortunate returned soldier. And in Thursday's "Newcastle Morning Herald"…

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Soldiers' Memorial Celebration at Weston

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 November 1924 · page 1

Councillor A. E. Houston was chosen to lay the foundation stone of Weston Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts this afternoon. It is being…

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Teddy Bears Parade Soldiers in Making SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 November 1924 · page 2

Up from the Domain at 11.30 a.m. came the measured tread of squeaky "teddy bears" teasing tender corns, past the saluting base at the Mitchell…

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The Chinese War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 November 1924 · page 5

It is reported from Pekin that the mandate of General Feng Yu Hsiang appoints General Li Lieh Chung, Dr. Sun Yat Sen's follower, Chief of the…

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W.E.A. DEBATE League of Nations and War

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 November 1924 · page 6

A well attended debate took place on Saturday night in the Y.M.C.A. building, Newcastle, between teams representing Sydney and…

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Re-built in Heaven Spiritualist Claim for War Destruction Armistice Services Amazing Communications at Service of Remembrance LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 November 1924 · page 1

There ware countrywide armistice services in the churches and processions to war memorials, where wreaths were laid. A VAST crowd assembled in the Queen's Hall at a spiritualist…

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War Millionaires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1924 · page 5

A new race of financiers has sprung up in Europe, men of mystery, pocket Napoleons, ex-clerks, ex-shop assistants (says a Paris letter). They have…

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Moroccan War France May Intervene Border Crossed London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 November 1924 · page 6

The possibility of a French campaign in Morocco is foreshadowed of Marshal Lyautey, the French Resident General, in a statement…

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The Chinese War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 November 1924 · page 7

General Feng Yu Hsiang and Marshal Chang Tso Lia have arrived in Tientsin for a conference. They are accompanied by a body guard of several thousand…

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Germs in War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 November 1924 · page 3

The terrors of the use of gas and germs as armaments were vividly pictured in the report of the League of Nations Committee set up to inquire into the…

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How War Ended Last Days Recalled Allied Mercy London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 November 1924 · page 1

In an article in the "Daily News," Sir Frederick Maurice, telling how the war ended, recalls that the Germans found it impossible to retreat through…

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"Bonser Time" Scouts at Jamboree Welcome Home

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 6

"We had a bonser time," Troop-Leader Lambert said, in real Australian language, at the civic "welcome home," given at the Council…

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The Spanish War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 7

Intelligence has been received in Madrid from Morocco, that the Spanish troops at tacked large enemy forces near Wadlau, assisted by artillery and aircraft…

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War on Cancer London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 1

It is reported from Karlsbad that Professor Lewandevsky and a number of German clinics hace reported favorably on a Karlsbad doctor's…

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New Canute War on Cigarettes SINGLETON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 4

Stolen fruits are always the most luscious. It is much the same with a boy's cigarette…

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Persian Troubles Civil War Expected CALCUTTA

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 1

The trouble between the Persian Government and the Shiekh Mohamerah seems to have taken a more serious turn…

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Incapacitated Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 1

An application from Hamilton Red Cross Society to Hamilton Council to have Gregson Park closed on Saturday afternoon, December 8, so that a…

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The Spanish War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 7

Extensive operations are now proceeding in Morocco in accordance with the Spanish Directory's resolve to bring the campaign against the Riffs to a…

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