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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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Mosquito War Maitland Council Ads to Spend £50

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 October 1927 · page 7

A sum of £50 was voted by Welt Maitland Council for the purpose of combating mosquitoes. The Northern Area Railway…

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Limbless Soldiers' Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1927 · page 8

The executive committee of the Limbless Soldiers' Aquatic Club and Provident Fund appeal, report further progress in the effort to raise £50,000 for this…

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Sidelight of Chinese War

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 9

The picture shows White Russian troops in a curious gun emplacement near Shanphai…

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Aviation in War New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 7

Mr. Anthony Fokke addressing the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, said that aviation was the[?]eapest and most efficient method of [?]ling people…

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Soldiers' Dependents' Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 8

A fancy fair, in connection with which there are new games and shows, in being conducted in Darby-street (just off Hunter street), in aid of Newcastle district…

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"What They Owe" Lloyd George's War Work LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 1

Mr. Lloyd George, leader of the Liberal Party, unrolled at Finchley, a suburb of London, a statue which was presented by Viscount…

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The Empire's War Records

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 5

There has been a notable increase in the number of visitors to the imperial War Museum, South Kensington London, since the opening recently of the…

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The Chinese War Steamer Sunk Advance on Hankow (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 5

The steamer Irene, belonging to the China Merchant Company which had been taken by pirates, and shelled and set on lire by the British submarine…

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The Chinese War Advance on Hankow (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 5

Sixty thousand Nankingites are advancing on Hankow by land and water, for the purpose of subjugating the latter who are reported to have reverted to the…

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Mosquito War East Maitland Action

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 4

The Mayor of East Maitland (Alderman Garrett), in a minute submitted to the council. lost night, asked that, with a view to minimising the…

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"Cannot Go On" War Cripple's Suicide Could Not Walk Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 5

A wife for three days—then a widow. In a nut shell that was the story told by Evelyn Catherine Halton. a…

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The Chinese War Bandits on the Yangtsze Attacking and Looting (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 7

Taking advantage of the troops being engaged in military operations to meet the menace raised by the advance of Nankingites on Hankow, bandits are…

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War on Pests Hamilton Opens Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 5

The Hamilton health inspector, Mr. A. W. Cobbett, referring last night to the circular of Dr. Wallace on public health, said that he was taking the…

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The Chinese War Execution of Students Firing on Foreign Ships (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 5

Ten youthful Chinese students, including a girl were executed to-day at the Pekin military headquarters, for plotting disturbances in the capital to harass the…

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Germany's War Debt London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 7

It is reported from Berlin that addressing the Reichstag's Budget Committee, Herr Kochler, Finance Minister, ridiculed the fears that the Government…

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The Chinese War Advance on Yangtsze Marshal Chang's Progress (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 7

AS the result of the entrance into the Yangste welfare of General Yang Sen, who is advancing downstream towards Hankow to co-operate with the…

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Limbless Soldiers' Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 7

The executive committee of the Limbless Soldiers' Aquatic Club and Provident Fund Appeal reports further progress in the great effort to…

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Reform at the War Office

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 14

An important redistribution of duties at the War Office, due mainly to the growth of the mechanised army, and the addition to the war organisation of a…

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Higher Prices? Meat War Terminated LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 1

Smithfield salesmen predict an early rise of 2d to 3d a pound for chilled meat in consequence of the cessation of the meat war…

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The Chinese War Capture of Chochow. Shanghai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 5

Japanese advices report that Marshal Chang Tao Lin's forces attacked Chochow, a largo city in Northern Shangsi, early this morning…

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