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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Brave "Snottie" New War Story LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 1

Rear-Admiral Stephens, when presenting the prizes at the Folkestone school, thrilled the boys with a story of how Admiral Sir Roger Keys…

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Preventing War Victorian A.L.P. Debate Close Secrecy Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 8

The questions of a proposed pan-Pacific congress to prevent war, and the defence police of the Labor movement figured prominently in the…

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Price of Freedom Distressed Limbless Soldiers SINGLETON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 6

A letter was received by the Singleton Council from the Great Austral Art Union, No. 2, requesting co-operation and support in the effort to…

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Recreation Area War Service Homes Stand

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 3

"This is a very extraordinary position to take up," said Alderman McGregor at Waratah Council meeting last night, when a letter was read…

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Westward Ho U.S.A. Armada Sails War Game Starts San Francisco

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 1

THE fleet flagship, seattle, bearing Admiral Coontz and the umpires for the approaching manoeuvres, sailed from the Golden Gate this…

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Limbless Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 6

Amount previously acknowledged, [?] 2s 6d; F. and H. Langwill, £1 1s.Total, £9 3s 6d. Alderman Light, the Mayor, will be…

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King's Colors West Maitland Battalion Anzac Day Ceremony

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 5

The King's colors of the 13th (West Maitland) Battalion will be consecrated and presented to the unit, in Anzac park, West Maitland, on Anzac…

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Origin of Great War Publishing the Records Aiding the Historian

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 3

A collection of official documents bearing an the European situation out of which the war arose is to be issued by the Foreign Office. These…

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The War and Its Price

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 4

IN declaring that "No country has been so generous as Australia in the treatment of its returned soldiers." the Assistant Minister for Repatriation (Sir Neville Howse) his spoken no more than the simple truth…

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The Next War Air Frightfulness M. Fokker's Picture London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1

M. Fokker gave the special representative of "The Sun" a vision of the next air war. In which, he declares, unheard-of engines of…

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Limbless Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 5

At a meeting in the Council Chambers, yesterday, in connection with the appeal for Limbless Soldiers, Alderman Light, the Mayor, stated that the appeal was meeting…

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Anzac Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 6

Anzac Day services will be held as advertised on Saturday next. At Newcastle Cathedral holy communion at 7.30 a.m., and the Dean of…

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Anzac Day Hotels to Close SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 5

The Government has decided that licensed Premises shall close during certain hours on An[?] Day…

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Limbless Soldiers' Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 6

An orchestral and vocal concert for the limbless soldiers' appeal will be held in the Central Hall on Anzac night, April 25. In addition to numbers by Miss…

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Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 7

Racegoers will have a spell from racing next week-end, as Saturday, Anzac Day, now a public holiday, will to kept as far as possible free…

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Tragedy of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 6

A pathetic colony of ex-service men has been discovered by an English writer in the solitude of East Anglia, where the one conspicuous noise is that made by…

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Limbless Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 1

The arrangements for a concert on Anzac night at Central Hall, in ald of [?]mbless solders, are now well in hand. Miss Ruby Guest's orchestra…

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Anzac Day

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

A new agreement having been completed with the shop assistants, Anzac Day has been made one of the holidays in lieu of Prince of…

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Another Little War Honduras Has Revolution WASHINGTON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 1

Tho Central American Republic of Honduras is suffering from the revolutionary virus to such an extent that "Uncle Sam" has landed 150 men…

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Limbless Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 6

Arrangements in connection with the concert in aid of the limbless soldiers, on Anzac night, are well forward. One of the closing rehearsals will take place…

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