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The wars & local soldiers, 1926

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Too Costly Kemal Against War LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 1

The Angora correspondent of "The Westminister Gazettle" states that the President, Mustapha Kemal, when conferring with the military leaders,…

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Morocco War French Refusal to Treat with Abdel Krim (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 5

Replying in the Chamber of Deputies to M. Cachin the Communist, in regards to the visit to Paris of the British Captain Canning an envoy from Abdel…

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Mosul Difficulty Turks Send Troops But No Talk of War (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 7

The diplomatic correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" discloses that, according to the most reliable estimates, there are 50,000 Turkish troops…

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Back to Old Love Rumanian Prince Gives up Throne Pre-war Infatuation Remarkable Revelation of a Secret Romance London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

The Vienna correspondent of the "Star" says that it is rumored that Prince Charles is seeking a divorce from Princess Helen of Greece, for the purpose of re-marrying Zizi, the daughter of the Moldavian professor at Odessa, to whom he was married in…

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Girl Strangled Wooden-Legged Soldier Fled New Year Crime London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

A PRETTY 17-year-old Camdentown girl, Polly Walker, a chemis[?] cashier, was found strangled with a piece of cloth tied…

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German View Duration of the War Fault of the Allies (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

The "Daily Express" features an extraordinary special article from the pen of Admiral von. Tirpitz, in which he declares that the…

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Prince and Anzac LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

The Prince of Wales will attend an Anzac Day lunch on April 26…

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No Agreement British Coal Dispute. "War Declaration" London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 1

The published summary of the report of the Coal Commission, under the chairmanship of Sir Herbert Samuel, which was appointed to inquire…

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War Dreams Ex-Soldier's Suicide LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

At the inquest concerning the death of Albert Witchett, who committed suicide by drowning, a brother gave evidence that Albert was depressed…

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Wipe Them Out Caillaux on War Debts "Europe Enchained" London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 1

M. Caillaux, the former French Finance Minister, in an article in the press, declares that the economic stability of the world will be…

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Building, Engineering, Machinery and Industry War Memorial Chance for Architects Designs Invited Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 2

Competitive designs are invited for Australia's oversea monument, to the memory of soldiers who died in France…

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Likely Settlers Addresses to Soldiers LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 1

Mr. Barnes, who is addressing meetings of possible immigrants for Australia, had big audiences at Aldershot and Tidworth, including 300…

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War Memorial Port Said Site LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 1

The special representative of the "Sun", understands that the Casino site at Port Said has been secured for an Australian war memorial…

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"Whitewash Book" Germans in Search of War Scapegoat Tirpitz Blamed Ambassador's Reports of British Alarm Ignored

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 1

The German Foreign Office is devoting 39 volumes to the purpose of fixing the blame for the Great War on someone else. A scapegoat is wanted, and Admiral Von Tirpitz, the shape of whose beard perhaps fits him for the role, has been picked as the goat…

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Red Studies Chinese Learning Gentle Soviet Arts New "University" Russia Takes Census to Ascertain War Strength

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 1

Two hundred and fifty Chinese students have entered a new University in Moscow to study the theory and practice of revolution. They include 40 women. The Soviet it taking a complete census of Russia's man-power to…

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Drowned Off Stockton Beach Returned Soldier's End

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 7

Stockton Beach was the scene of a surf fatality yesterday afternoon, when a man, Charles Frederick Humphries, aged 45 years, a returned soldier, lost…

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Honoring Pledge War Graves Endowment Prince Gratified London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 1

THE PRINCE OF WALES, as president, has written to Sir Laming Worthington Evans, chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission,…

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£1,000,000 UNCLAIMED Casual War Bond Holders MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 4

Owners of about £1,000,000 of 1925 Federal stock and bonds, bought by Australian, investors in the early war years, are "wanted" by the…

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Moroccan War Big Tribe Surrenders LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 1

The "Times" correspondent at Tangier says that the important Anjera tribe in Northern Morocco is reported to have made peace with the…

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Before the War Wilson's Peace Efforts Envoy's Diary London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

Colonel House, who was President Wilson's personal representative in Europe during the war, is publishing his diaries in the "Observer,"…

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