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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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Three Years' Gaol War on "Dope" Importers SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 7

Imprisonment for three years or a fine of £100 are the penalties which can now be incurred by anyone illegally importing cocaine into Australia…

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REPRISALS Japan's Army Will Take the Aggressive War in China British Residents in the Danger Zone Are Safe TOKIO

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 1

An official report from Tsinan, capital of Shantung, announces that the Japanese troops will drop the defensive and assume the aggressive from Monday, carrying out reprisals against the Chinese Nationalists…

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Wage War? Organised Labor Prepares Sydney Conference Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 5

To discuss the attitude of organised labor towards the feared general attempt at wages reduction and the introduction of the Federal Amending…

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New Champion Davis's Welcome Home Snooker Record London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 1

Joe Davis, who last week defeated Tom Newman for the billiards championship, received a civic welcome on his return to his native town…

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Welcome Home Dinner to Sir Hugh Denison Impressions of U.S.A. SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 7

"America will pay greater heed to the commercial interests and possibilities of Australia when we have at Washington a representative, who is…

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No More War What Britain Thinks Statement To-morrow U.S.A. Proposal for Peace LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 1

Cabinet this afternoon concluded its consideration of the proposals made by the U.S.A. Secretary of…

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War Service Homes To-morrow Night's Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 4

Many inquiries from War Service homes occupiers have followed the publication in "The Newcastle Sun" of the objects of the War Service Homes…

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House of Representatives Soldiers' Repatriation. Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 6

Answering various Labour questions on the subject of unemployment in the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, said the…

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Five Police Wounded in Strike Clash

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 1

CALCUTTA. Friday. ("Sun" Special).—As the Lillooah striker? demands were again rejected by the railway authorities, the men adopted a policy of holding up all traffic in the neighborhood of Howrah station. Fighting broke out this morning when the police began to…

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War Pension Appeal Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 12

Sir.—Returned soldiers, backed up by the Federal and State Congresses of the Returned Soldiers' League, are pleading, both moral and constitutional rights, in…

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No More World War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 5

"I believe in my mind and heart that great numbers of the common people of Europe, by which I mean the working men, and women whose lives would be…

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War on Locusts 45 Flame Guns Used London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 1

The fight against the plague of locusts in Jerusalem is still at its height. An official bulletin states that…

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British Attitude Egyptian Question War Outlawry Debate in Commons Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 5

In the House of Commons last night. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, the leader of the Labour Party, asked for information regarding the recent crisis in Egypt and…

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Injured Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 4

That Australia has not been unmindful of the duty it owes to the soldiers who fought for it in the Great War, and has acted more liberally…

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Chinese War Northerners Retreat Tisinanfu Now Quiet Shanghai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 4

The Tisinanfu affair has been relegated to the background in view of the latest reports front the north, stating that the Southerners are completely evacuating…

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Prince As Pilgrim Visit to War Graves LILLE

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 1

Captain Coxon has arrived at Lille to finalise arrangements for the pilgrimage of the British Legion to the war graves. He told the newspapers…

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War Outlawry Chamberlain's Policy General Satisfaction (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 5

Sir Austen Chamberlain's Parliamentary statement regarding the British attitude towards the American proposal for the renunciation of war, and his forecast…

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"Profit Out of Soldiers" Charge Against Commission Occupiers Organise Move to get Grievances Redressed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 7

Allegations that the War Service Homes Commission was making a profit of £50,000 a year out of the occupiers of the homes, were made at a well attended meeting of the war Service Homes Occupiers' Association, held at the…

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Peace Pact "Britain Should Accept" Outlawing War London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 7

"The American proposals for a multi-lateral treaty denouncing war as an instrument of national policy has been said to amount…

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The Chinese War Position at Tientsin Defence of Foreigners (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 7

Conclusive proof that the Southerners had planned the Tsinanfu attack is alleged to have been discovered by the Japanese military, in the shape of…

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