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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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The War After the War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 6

THE speech by Sir Robert Horne at the London meeting of Empire Industries Association makes a strong plea for straight-out scientific protection in Great Britain. It seems inevitable that in a few years the country in which the last…

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War Outlawry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 5

Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada commenting on the proposals of the United States for the outlawry of war, expressed the view that…

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Bacon War Move Against Abattoirs. Coastal Opposition

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 7

A movement has been started by North Coast co-operative bacon factories to prevent Newcastle Abattoir Board from curing hams…

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The Chinese War Northern Retreat Armies Collapsing Shanghai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 5

The Northern military and civilians are steadily evacuating Tientsin and Pekin in expectation of the Southerners' arrival. All reports point to Marshal Chang Tso…

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Idle Ships Waterfront Dispute Peace or War ? Motions at Conference MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 7

When the conference of maritime unions, summoned by the Waterside Workers' Federation, resumed this morning, there were…

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War in China (Continued from Page 1) Civil War Chang May Quit Peking Final Struggle Tokio

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 9

While unconfirmed Japanese military reports from Mukden state that Chang Tso-lin has left Poking for Tientsin, it is not believed at the…

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The Chinese War Peace Efforts Not Yet Possible (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 7

Replying to questions in the House of Lords last evening, Lord C[?]shenden, the British representative on the Council of the League of Nations, acid Sir Austen…

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Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League Claim for Appeal Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 10

Had not the Federal Government made the issue a party one, we believe that the House of Representatives would have definitely committed itself to the…

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"Tll Shoot" Girl Accosted by Man Wounded in Arm Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 3

"If you aqucal, I will shoot," said a man to Miss Molly Cant, 23. milliner, according to her story to the police. She added that on her way…

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Chinese War Attack on Pekin Martial Law in City (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 5

The Northerners are reported to be holding a line from Paotingfu, on the Pekin-Hankow railway, across country to Tsangchow, on the Tientsin-Pukow…

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Progress of the War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 5

It is predicted that the final struggle between North and South will take place at Shunhaikwan, where the Great Wall of Chin meets the sea…

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War Outlawry Britain's Reply Its Reservations (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 5

The following is the text of the British reply to the United States Note on the proposed peace pacts. The suggestion for the conclusion of a…

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War Service Homes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 4

The executive of the War Service Homes Occupiers Welfare Association will meet Mr. Vatkins, M.H.R., at the Anzac Memorial Hall, Perkin-street,…

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No-war Pact America Pleased Britain's Reply Influence on Other Nations OTTAWA

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 1

Indications are that the British and Dominions' attitude towards the proposed no-war pact has distinctly encouraged the…

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War Outlawry Britain's Reply Approved by the Press (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 5

The London newspapers comment farvourably upon the reply of the British Government to the proposal by the United States for the conclusion of a pact against…

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"NEGOTIATING" Chang Tso-lin Changes His Mind War in China "An Orderly Retreat Without A Showdown" TOKIO

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 1

Marshall Chang Tso-lin, the Northern War Lord, who had previously indicated his intention of staking all on a last desperate stand before Pekin, is now reported to be negotiating with Japan in an effort, to arrange an orderly retreat…

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War Outlawry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 7

Optimistic views are held regarding Mr. Kellogg's proposed conference on the outlawry of war. It is reported from Paris that the…

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To Be Wound Up Soldiers' Benefit Fund SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 6

Of the £125,000 left by the late German Verge, a New South Wales grazier, for the benefit of returned men and their dependents, only £6500…

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War Outlawry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 5

The British Foreign Office baa concurred with the action of Washington in referring the peace poet direct to Canada and the Free State, because both are…

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The Chinese War Northerners' Stand Defence of British (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 5

In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Lockyer Lampson, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, announced that the Southern forces had…

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