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The wars & local soldiers, 1925

750 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 38

New War Greeks. Attack Bulgarian Forces Sudden Balkan Blaze Fighting Follows on Heels of Ultimatum

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 1

War has again broken out in the restless Balkan region, where the Greeks Issued an ultimatum to the Bulgarians and launched an attack without waiting for the ultimatum's expiration. Several Bulgars wore killed in the first clash, and the Greeks are…

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Europe Stirred All Eyes Centred on Balkan Crisis War Clouds Darker Will Jugo-Slavia Join Forces With the Greeks? SOFIA, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 5

The Bulgarian Cabinet is holding a special meeting, and will probably declare war on Greece to-night. Fears are expressed that Jugo-Slavia will become involved…

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War Fruit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 10

If the question were set—"What is the worst thing about war?" how would it be answered? A dozen might answer it different and any answer be the correct…

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The War-time Story

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 5

A controversy has arisen concerning the reported speech in New York, in which Brigadier-General Charteris is alleged to have declared that the wartime…

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Morocco War the Allies' Position Reported Insecure (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1925 · page 5

It is reported from Gibraltar that the position of the Spaniards at Melita, and of the French on the eastern front, is not so secure as has been represented by the…

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War Stories British General's Denial New York

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 October 1925 · page 1

General Charteris, who was chief of the British Intelligence. Office during the war, indignantly denies the statements broadcast by an American news…

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Forgetting War "Shameful and Unworthy" Dean Crotty's Plea Gosford

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 October 1925 · page 6

Dean Crotty, of Newcastle, laid tin foundation-stone of the Matcham memorial church yesterday. The sits was presonted by Captain Heyne…

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Chinese War Alliance Against Chang Battle Expected (Australian Cable Association). SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 October 1925 · page 5

The Fengtien forces have recovered Hsuchow, driving out the Chekiang detachment. Chang Tso Lin is sending four divisions,…

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Soldiers' Settlement Bill Writing Down Advances Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 7

The Returned Soldiers' Settlement (Amendment) Bill, which was read a first time in the Legislative Assembly to-day, provides for the relief of soldier settlers and…

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Soldier Won't Pay "War Service Homes"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 3

That he would not pay for "the bungling of the War Service Homes' Commission," was the reason given by, Mr. R. R. Gray, in a letter to…

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Aeroplanes in War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

A message from Philadelphia states that Admiral Hilray Jones, of the Navy General Board, speaking on the National Navy Day celebration, said that ships and not…

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War's Horrors Corpse Factory Story LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 1

A Tank Corps officer, in a letter in the "Weekly Dispatch," recalls that during the battle of Mont. St. Quentain in 1918 there was found an…

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Modern Surgery Advance of Antiseptics War Discovery (Australian Cable Association.) PHILADELPHIA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

Dr. Hugh M. Young, of the Johns Hopkins Medical College, who is the Chairman of the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Antiseptics,…

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A Soldier's Misfortune

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

General Sir Charles Harington, the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Command, on the eve of going to Sheffield to unveil the war memorial, received a…

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Woodale's Escapes Lapstone Hill Tragedy War Memories Penrith

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 5

The sole survivor of the terrible motor accident at Lapstone Hill. in which three men were killed. F. woodale has on two previous…

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Limbless Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 8

The Limbless Soldiers' Association No. 2 art union will close on November 11. The previous art union by which nearly £5000 was raised was conducted on…

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Some Really Hard Worked Men Soldiers on the Election Battlefield

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 10

Mr. Bruce 2 Mr. Charlton: 3 Dr. earle page 4A. Gardiner. N.S.W. (Senate. L.); 5 R.F.H. Green. N.S.W. (Richmond, C.P.): 6A. G. Manning [?] (West sydney. L.): 10A. Campebell, N.S.W. (Home, N.): 11 J.B. Greene, N.S.W. (Richmond, N). 12 J. A. Fibelly Q. [?]…

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Anzac

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 10

Say not that they are dead who fell By Anzac's storied cove; The bettor part or thorn shall dwell Within the land they love;…

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A War Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 4

But France could do justice to Australia, and so far as paying as honour goes has just given a very signal proof of it. This is in the very fine memorial…

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A Symphony of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 14

The Army manoeuvres this year were expected to demonstrate the supreme value of tanks and transport in present day campaigning, but it has been found…

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