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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

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Anzac Day in Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 1

Apart from the religious service, the feature of the Anzac Day observance in Newcastle was the milliary parade along Hunter-street. The photograph shows the march past the soldiers' monument in front post office. The Naval Reserve Band is at the head…

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Disgrace to Name Wyong's Anzac-Avenue WYONG

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 5

Commenting on the street known in Wyong as Anzac-avenue, which is principally noteworthy through the increasing complaints to the shire…

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A War-time Murder Plot. Lord Birkenhead's Recollections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 4

Public memory is notoriously short, and probably many have now forgotten the thrill of horror and surprise that was caused in the first days of 1917 by…

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Limbless Soldiers' Art Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 8

If there is an art union deserving of the support of the public the Limbless Soldiers' Great Austral No. 2 Art Union is certainly the one. These men have…

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In Holy Land Soldiers' Graves Impressive Ceremony LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 1

THE Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem consecrated the cemeteries at Gaza and Deer-el-belah to-day. In the former there are the bodies of 99…

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American War Game

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

The representative of the Australian Press Association on board the battleship Pennsylvania, off Honolulu, reports that the Hawaiian war games ended yesterday,…

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War Legacy Government Trade Venture LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 1

Tho final account of the British Wheat Commission shows a loss of £138,000,000…

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Anzac Day Politics Waverley Diggers Protest SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 5

The introduction of political argument into speeches at the Anzac Day service at Waverley on Saturday was strongly criticised by the secretary of…

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Gold Exports First Since War LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 4

The first gold exports since the war were made to-day. They were as follows: To Switzerland, £291,000; India, £87,000; Holland, £15,000;…

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The Artillery in Action War as it is in Training

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 8

AWAY AGAIN.—Wheeling the guns to a new position. GALLOPING INTO ACTION.—The First Battery of the R.A.F.A. at Practice at Moore Park, Sydney. THE LEADERS.—They seem to have had some personal difference. A bag of bad feed sometimes brings this on…

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Best Defence 'Planes and Airships Horrors of War London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 1

The Air Chief Marshal, Sir Hugh M. Trenchard, addressing the Cambridge University Aeronautical Society, said: "Although the Empire is…

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The Causes of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 10

The possibility of future wars is discussed in the "Hibbert Journal" by General Sir Reginald Hart, V.C. He makes the point that in the world's history man…

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Best Since War Flyweight Fight LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 1

The European flyweight champion, Clark, knocked out Young Johnny Brown in the twentieth round. The "Dally Mall" states that it was…

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Debt Repudiation Red Labor Man's Drastic Proposals Workers' Lot Great Britain Pays Away £1,000,000 a Day in War Interest LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 1

In the House of Commons a bill to fix the maximum working hours in all industries at eight hours was moved. In moving the second reading Mr. Buchanan said that there had been a followership in the trenches between the employers and the…

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Film Casualties Reproducing a Battle Maori War Auckland

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 6

Tho filming of the historic picture at Rotorua, detailing tho Rewis' last stand in the Maori War, resulted in several minor casualties…

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Another Little War French Clash With Riffs Heavy Casualties London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 1

HOSTILITIES between the French forces in Morocco and the Riffs have broken out. "The Times" correspondent at…

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Famous Reliquary Saved by a Soldier Returned to France (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5

The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that there was a public demonstration in Amiens Cathedral when the Bishop announced the…

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Limbless Soldiers Need of Assistance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5

The following letter from Mr. O. Beyers, the general secretary in Sydney to the Limbless Soldiers' Association, to Mr. F. Hogue, has been sent for publication by…

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War Against Liquor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 7

A New York telegram reports that over sixty vessels, mostly motor craft, of great speed, and equipped as for battle, have been mobilised at the Staten…

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War on Whisky American Offensive Suspected Spies Vancouver

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 1

American revenue cutters have started seawards, prepared for a war to the death against the whisky Armada. The patrols expect the…

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