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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1924

574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 29

War Debts London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 5

The debate in the Italian Senate on the Foreign Estimates, Signor Mussolini, the Prime Minister, referring to war debts and reparations,…

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Life in London Topics of the Hour a Pre-war Election London, October 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 14

The election campaign just closed carried us definitely back to the prewar election days, when the gloves were off and nothing else mattered. In…

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Morocco War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 5

It is officially announced in Madrid that the readjustment of the Spanish front in the Ceuta-Tuan sector is practically completed, and that similar…

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Tragedy at Kenibah Three Persons Wounded Their Assailant Dead

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 5

Keinbah, a little hamlet on the South Allandale road, about six miles from Cessnock, was the scene of a tragedy on Sunday night, when one man, Claude…

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Week End "War" 35th and 2nd Battalions on Active Service

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 6

Interesting and instructive manoeuvres were carried out by the 35th Battallon during the week-end. The parade was voluntary, and 15…

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War Debts French Assurance Will Consult Britain (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 5

A message from Paris states that "Le Journal" states that in course of conversation with M. Clementel, the French Minister for Finance. Mr. Chamberlain,…

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Face Wounded Boilermaker Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 5

An accident befel Gordon street, 23, a single man, living at Kalisana-street, Mayfield, at the B.H.P. Steelworks today, where he is employed as a…

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Another War Guns Again Thundering in Balkans Albanian Upheaval Serbian Irregulars Attacking on a Wide Front LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 1

The Balkan powder magazine is on fire again, and fighting is in progress between the Albanians and Serbians. Whether a general explosion will again shake the Balkan Peninsula Is not known, but the fighting ls general along the whole frontier…

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War Monument Damaged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 7

The War Graven Commission hoe advised Australia House that the inscription tablet on the Australian Tunnelling Company's monument on Hill 60, has…

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Waging War Against Dirt

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 1

This is the sailor's daily training. A party ready to clean a launch on H.M.A.S. Sydney…

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Verdict Upset War Service Homes Bricks Newcastle Case Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 5

The Full Court, consisting of the Acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Street), Mr. Justice Ferguson, and Mr. Justice James, to-day delivered…

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Cross From France Unveiling at Adamstown Unknown Soldier

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 1

One of the features of the opening ceremony of the Trois Arbres Memorial Hall at Adamstown to-day is the unveiling of the cross of the…

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Soldiers' Passes

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 6

The rail and tram passes for 1925 for incapacitated soldiers living in the Newcastle district, will be used Mr. G. W. Kirkpatrick, president…

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How Bridges Died Official War History Story of Anzac

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 7

Mr. C. E. W. Bean has issued the second volume of the "Story of Anzac," the official history of Australia in the war. It deals with the…

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Medal That Made War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 6

"Medals were often of great political importance; the Dutch had a mania for numismaties, and a medal they struck of Joshua telling the sun to stop gave…

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War Office Supplies London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 1

"The Sun" learns that the War Office is inviting tenders for 1,600,000 12-oz. tins of corned beef, Tenders close on March 19, 1925…

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Sydney Wharf Workers Preference for Soldiers Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 4

A large crowd attended a demonstration held by returned soldiers in the Domain to-day, when the trouble on the wharves, as it affects returned soldiers…

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Publications Received Official War History

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 6

The official version of the story of Anzac has been given to the plblic. It forms the second volume of "The History of Australia in the War of 1914…

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War of Mosquitoes Merewether Takes Action

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 8

The Mayor of Merewether informed his council last night that Inspector Godfrey, of the Board of Health, had called on him and suggested the…

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France's War Debts

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

A message from Washington states that M. Jusserand, addressing a meeting, said that France, after a moratorium for a breathing spell, could and would begin…

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