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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 33

Limbless Soldiers' Tickets

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 2

Limbless soldiers with rate course concessions are requested to call at the Newcastle Jockey Club in future for their passes which will available…

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War Against Rheumatism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 7

Not cancer nor tuberculosis must be reckoned the chief cause of death in our country. We rightly discuss and fight those dread diseases, but we wrongly…

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War's Horrors False Glamor Deprecated HOBART

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 7

"Soldiers hate war," declared Mr. C. E. W." Bean, Australian war correspondent and historian, addressing a meeting of the Hobart branch of…

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Another War! Invasion of Albania Mussolini's Message

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday Morning. Alleging that an Invasion of Albania by Yugo Slavia is impending, Mussolini has informed…

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Chinese War (Continued from Page 1) "Shanghai on Tuesday" Southerners Make Headway Nankin Doomed Shanghai

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 8

British and American naval intelligence officers believe that the capture of Nankin by the Southerners is a matter of hours, or at the most a…

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Building, Engineering & Machinery War Service Homes Crebert-street Site Drainage Question

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 3

The Crebert-street portion of the War Service Homes Commission subdivision has on the recommendation of the engineer, Mr. Rudd, been…

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Albanian Conflict May Involve Other Nations War Talk Balkan Powder Mine Again Italy Charges France Great Indignation in Jugo-Slavia

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 1

Italian accusations of warlike intentions on the part of France and Jugo-Slavia are angrily denied by the newspapers of those countries. Fascist papers declare that Jugo-Slavia, backed by France…

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War Debts Problem of Cancellation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 6

The increasing hostility of Europe toward the United States is discussed by Mr. Philip Dexter, an Amreican citizen, in the current number of the "National…

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Old Bill Again Royal War Comedy "The Better 'Ole"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 6

"It you know a better 'ole, get," Old Bill was told. But he knew of no better 'olo so he stayed, declaring that "an 'ole he knew was better than an…

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Debit Balance Britain and War Debts U.S.A. ADVANTAGE Churchill Explains Position LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 1

The total annual payment to Britain of German reparations and Allied tear delta will be considerably less than Britain's payments…

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War Debts Britain's Great Burden (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 5

Replying, in the House of Commons, to a series of questions regarding war debts, Mr. Winston Churchill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that during…

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War in China (Continued from Pose 1) Safety First Shanghai Precautions Nankin Murders Shanghai, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 5

In Shanghai guerilla warfare between the Communist elements and moderate Nationalists continues, but in view of what has happened at…

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Soldiers' Day Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 8

Alderman R. Gibson, the Mayor of Newcastle, has received the following donations: Amount previously acknowledged £20 3s 6d, Colonel Ranclaud 10s—£20…

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The Anzac Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 13

There is divided opinion as to whether Melbourne's memorial to the Anzacs shall take the form of a square in front of Parliament House or a Shrine of…

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The Next War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 6

There are questions which a great many men of wide vision are asking themselves. They are questions prompted by the enormous and, to some extent,…

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The Sun Stop Press War Ix China

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 1

"The Canton commander-in-chicsays that his forces are ready march, on Pekin.—"Sun" cable…

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Soldiers' Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 3

A farewell was tendered by the residents of Soldiers' Point to their home missionary, Mr. Reeks, who was presented with a miniature bark canoe, containing…

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Disabled Soldiers Visited by Royal Pair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 4

There was a good deal of sadness in the Royal inspection of the Prince of Wales Soldiers' Hospital at Randwick to-day. The Duke and Duchess were taken…

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Ninety-four Killed Mexican Civil War Mexico City

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 1

It was officially reported here to-day that 60 rebels were killed, 100 captured, and 34 Federal soldiers killed in an encounter in the State of…

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Soldiers' Mothers, Wives and Relatives Victory Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 4

May it please Your Royal Highness to gaciously accept from the mothers, wives and relatives of the men of this State, who fought in defence of their King and…

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