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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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Soap-box War Minahan Fights Lang Hostile Reception Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 September 1927 · page 7

"After to-night it will be an open go between Jack Lang and myself for this seat. It will be an open go from the soap-boxes of Auburn." declared…

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The Eternal War

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 4

A TYPHOON And tidal-wave swept down on the Island of Kyushu (Japan), and 10,000 people are homeless, and hundreds drowned. A hurricane at Salina Crux, in Mexico, hurled 75 feet breakers far upon the land, with a death-roll which is said to be enormous…

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War's Toll French and German Monuments Verdun's Glory Hindenberg Again Denies His Country's Guilt LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 September 1927 · page 1

The battle-scarred heights above the Meuse were the scene of a moving ceremony, when the first coffins were placed in the gigantic ossuary, erected as a memorial to the Battle of Verdun along the crest of the ridge near the ruined Douaumont fort…

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U.S.A. INVASION Ex-Soldiers in Paris Big Parade London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 1

The grand parade of 15,000 members of the American Legion, who are visiting the battlefields of France, from the statue of…

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Chinese War Nationalist Troops Fight Each Other (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1927 · page 7

Disaffection among the Nationalist troops, and the jealousy of the various commanders, seeking to fill the post vacated by Chiang Kai Shek, which have…

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League of Nations Declares War on Drug Evil Menace of Drugs "Millions Have Fallen Victims" Tons of Opium Appeal to Nations for United Crusade

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1927 · page 1

Alarming statistics of the drug consumption of the world were given at the League of Nations. Opium statistics in tons, those of heroin and morphine in thousands of ounces, startled the sub-committee considering the…

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Her Man O' War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 6

William Boyd and Jetta Goudal play the leading parts in "Her Man o' War," to be shown at the Lyric Theatre on Monday…

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Wounded Vice-consul British Official Arrested LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 1

The Madrid correspondent of "The Times" says that Alexander Harrison, the British Vice-Consul at Almeira, has been arrested on a charge of…

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"Mons" on Screen Famous War Picture Royal Attraction

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 2

"Mons," the famous war picture from the Goldwyn studio, will be shown at the Theatre Royal next Thursday…

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Gay Paree. Many Changes Since War Waiter's Franc Frankness

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 7

For anybody who was ever anything of an old-timer in Paris it is quite a considerable shock to re-visit the way city to-day…

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Germany's War Guilt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 5

In an interview with the correspondent of the Paris "Matin" Dr. Stresemann the German Foreign Minister expressed surprise at the sensation which had been…

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Lyric Theatre "Her Man O' War"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 6

An inside view of the workings of the German Intelligence Department during the days of war forms the for tense drama, suspense, and…

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Speed of Five Miles a Minute Expected in Big Air Race War's Legacy Hindenberg Opens Old Wounds Depression at Geneva French and German Relations Strained

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 1

Relations between France and Germany have again become strained. President Von Hindenberg's recent speech, when unveiling the Tannenberg memorial, in which he repudiated Germany's war guilt, has spoilt the atmosphere in which the GENEVA, Sunday. THE shadow of Tannenberg hangs over Geneva. Ordinarily this session, whose objective is the…

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Germany's War Guilt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 4

It is little surprising that Marshal von Hindenburg's declaration that Germany had "entered the war with clean hands and a pure heart" should…

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"War Hawks" British Fliers Annoyed LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 1

The film censors have granted a certificate for "War Hawks," the American film, purporting to illustrate the Royal Air Force's wartime exploits,…

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German War Guilt France and Belgium Reply to Hindenburg. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 5

The declaration at Tannenberg by Marshal von Hindenburg, the President of the German Republic, that Germany entered the war "with clean hands and a…

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Straight Speech Ryrie's Advice to League Delegates "Talk Sense" War Guilt Discussions Have Been Dropped

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 1

"This big bluff Australian is giving the League of Nations what it needs, commented several foreign journalists, after hearing a straight speech by the Australian delegate, Sir Granville Ryrie yesterday…

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For Soldiers More Mayfield Homes Government Assistance

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 7

The War Service Homes Commission intends shortly to make available a big area of land in Crebert-street, Mayfield, for…

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The Chinese War Shanghai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 7

The Northern advance southwards continues unresisted. Foreign observers anticipate that the Northerners will reoccupy Pukow in a…

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War. Film London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 1

The British War Office has sanctioned a British company's production of a war film "Victory," for which Boyd Cable is writing the story…

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