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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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Woman Shot Dead Wounded Man Dies in Hospital Society Tragedy Violent Quarrel in Fashionable Home SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 5

Swift tragedy swept, into a house in Shirley-road, Wollstonecraft, this morning. Mrs. Paul, widow of Dr. G. Paul, who was killed in a motor accident a few years ago, was fatally shot, and Rene van…

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War Clouds. U.S.A. Senate Wants Cruisers WASHINGTON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 8

The menacing clouds in China gave a spur to serious discussion in the U.S.A. Senate to-day, with the result that it rode rough shod…

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Between Two Aries Stirring Story of a Siege in China Refugee in Sydney Chinese Soldiers Cannot Shoot Straight SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 8

Stirring stories of fighting in China were related by travellers who arrived to-day by the steamer Taiping. Mr. B. Burgoyne Chapman, principal of the Central China Teachers' College, near Wu Chang, who saw much of…

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Soldiers' Children Newcastle R.S.L Wants Help Finding Employment

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 5

Assistance in finding employment for Newcastle district children who have been beneficiaries under the soldiers' children education scheme is…

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Traffic War Conflict at Adamstown 'BUSES v. Tram Men

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 6

Adamstown Council lost night received a complaint from the Motor 'Bus Owners' Association concerning the obstructions caused by the trams…

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No Chinese Parley Until Troops Called Off "Planning War" Chinese Charge Against Britain Coersion Feared Why Mr. Chen Declined Terms SHANGHAI

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 1

"We won't negotiate with you until you withdraw your troops' from Shanghai," it the effect of the Chinese Nationalist Government's reply to the British Government's offer to settle the trouble in China. THE statement of the Chinese leader (Mr. Eugene Chen) to the British envoy (Mr. O'Malley), breaking off negotiations for a…

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The Civil War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 7

The military situation at Chekiang is somewhat obscure. There have persistent reports during the past few days that Sun Chuan Fang's forces have…

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Hands Off China Newcastle Labor Protest War Feared Sending of Troops Opposed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

"Hands off China" is the attitude of Newcastle trade union organisations. A motion objecting to any…

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The War Guilt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 6

For the last three years German propagandists have been busy in flooding the world with books and pamphlets arguing that the "war guilt" with which…

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"Handicapped" Britain's War Babies Scholars' Inertia

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

"Children born during the war and in the years immediately following it are suffering from enormous physical and mental handicaps. They are…

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Attempted Suicide Returned Soldier Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 5

On a charge of having attempted to commit suicide at Cessnock on Saturday night, a young married man appeared before Messrs. G. Wheeler and…

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Jap. War Boats Ready for Trouble in Shanghai Gloomy Despatches Chinese Reds Get Upper Hand Terms Suppressed Agitators Sent to Stir Up Trouble

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 1

That the Japanese Government has disquieting information in its possession regarding the situation in China, is indicated by the ordering of 300 marines, three destroyers, and a cruiser to be ready to depart at short notice for Shanghai…

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War on Reds Chang Tso Lin's Policy LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 4

In a long statement of his policy, Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, ruler of Manchuria, who dominates the Pekin Government, says that his present…

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"Behind the Front" Herbert's War Comedy

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 9

"Behind the Front," the Paramount war comedy. in which Wallace. Beery. Raymond Hatton, and Mary Brian are starred, is the principal attraction…

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"Cant Afford It" Soldiers'Dinner to Duke No Liquor Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 7

The Victorian Prohibition League, congratulated the state executive of the Returned Soldiers' League last night on its decision to cut out liquor…

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Don't Scrap Her Preserving H.M.A.S. Sydney Soldiers Appeal Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 7

Though the State executive of the Returned Soldiers' League was unsuccessful in its endeavors to prevent the destruction of H.M.A.S. Australia, it…

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The Civil War Shanghai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 5

Wu Pei Fu has replied to Marshal Chang Tso Lin's telegrams in connection with the Fengtien advance to Honan, requesting Chang Tso Lin to state the…

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The Civil War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 5

Interviewed at Pekin by the representative of a Japanese newsagency, General, Yang Yu Ting, who is Marshal Chang Tso Lin's chief of staff, said that the…

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Mosquito Week Hamilton on War Path

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 7

The health inspector of Hamilton Municipality (Mr. A. W. Cobbett) has started the campaign in his area against the mosquito pest…

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Amazing War Story

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 7

An amazing war story comes in long despatches from Bertry, a small village north of St. Quentin, whence Trooper Patrick Fowler, of the 11th Hussars, was…

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