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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Blue Jackets Landed (Continued from page 1) No Question of War Egypt's Troops Ejected France Neutral London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 5

Great Britain is handling the Egyptian crisis with referring firmness, teaching the Nationalists that the British lion is very much alive…

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Newcastle Scouts Welcome Home Social

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 November 1924 · page 2

Scoutmaster R. Stigant, Assistant-scoutmaster R. East, and Troop-leader Lambert, who have been attending the Imperial Jamboree, were given…

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Clydeside Rent War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 7

The Clydeside rent war is assuming large aspects. Cambuslang and Clydebank are storm contres. The tenants of both districts are determined to resist…

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Bank Robbery the Teller Wounded. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 5

The branch of the Commercial Bank of Australia at Hampton was entered by two men to-day, who ordered the teller to put up his hands…

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The War on Cancer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 14

The appalling death rate from cancer not only in this country, but all over the Empire, resulted a year ago in man distinguished surgeons, physicians, and…

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Bank Teller Dies Wounded by Armed Men Two Men Charged Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 6

William Charles Alemeda, the bank teller who was wounded by armed men at a bank at Hamilton last night, died at 7 a.m. to-day…

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TUG-O'-WAR Won by Fire Brigade Team

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 6

In the presence of a large crowd of spectators, the tug-of-war in connection with Hammilton Shopping Week came off this afternoon in Beaumont-street, near…

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War in Sudan Machine-gun Fighting Many Killed London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 6

The "Daily Mail's" Khartourn correspondent reports that two platoons of the 11th Sudanese Infantry attacked a military hospital on the…

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War Service Homes Waratah Sewerage Question Board Puzzled

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 December 1924 · page 8

The Water and Sowerage Board, at its last meeting, considered a letter from Mr. C. Johnson, Waratah, applying for the extension of the sewer…

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Who Lost War? Attack on Ludendorff 'Completely Failed' London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 December 1924 · page 1

CRITICISING the part played by Ludesdorff in the war, Professor Delbruck, in a speech in Berlin, declared that Ludendorff, more…

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Do It Now! Joy for Soldiers' Children Toys for Christmas

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 December 1924 · page 4

Fifteen hundred little people are looking forward with much glee to December 23, when they will be given a small remembrance of the great…

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Wounded Foot

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 5

Robert Harder, employed as a marker at Lyanghts, was taken to Newcastle Hospital this morning by the Newcastle Ambulance Brigade,…

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No Peace Yet War in Morocco Obdurate Krim London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 1

SPANISH peace negotiation with Abdel Krim, lender of the Rifftribesmen, have apparently been abandoned for the present owing to…

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Disabled Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 5

Hamilton Red Cross Society has completed arrangements for a programme of amusoments in Gregson Park on Saturday afternoon. There…

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War Debts Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 7

The diplomatic correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" states that confirmation of the reports that France has begun preliminary negotiations for…

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War's Genesis Central European History Records to Be Published London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 1

The Foreign Office has decided to issue a collection of official documents bearing on the European situation out of which the Great War…

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War on Cormorants Tumut

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 1

A half-day's cormorant shoot, organised by Tumut Rod Fishers' Association, resulted in 200 cormorants being secured, and 50 eggs destroyed…

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Battle of Waterloo Heavy Fire of Insults War-like Mayor Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 December 1924 · page 1

A battle was fought at Waterloo last night. It was merely a battle of words, and the combatants were the local aldermen…

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War Debts Britain's Heavy Burden Allied Debtors London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 1

When the House of Commons discussed the Interallied war debts, Mr. Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, explained that Britain did not…

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First Steamship-of-war

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 6

How many persons, naval students included, could mention off-hand the first steam vessel of war, the date at which she was built, and her salient features,…

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