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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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Blinded Soldiers Deputation at Canberra. Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 4

Sir Neville Howse received a deputation to-day from the fifth conference of the Blinded Soldiers' Association, which is meeting here, consisting of the following…

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Trades Hall War Seamen and Labor Council Johnson's Letter

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 9

A letter of complaint, it was stated at a meeting of Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night, had been sent to the general secretary of the…

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The Chinese War Northerners Resisting the Southern Advance (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 7

Dictator Chang Too Lin's announcement of his determination to stand and fight the Southerners has seemingly altered the complexion of Northern affairs…

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Passenger Offers Aviator £10,000 for Trip to Australia in an Airship Australia Invited Negotiations to Ban War As a Nation Keen Interest in Diplomatic Circles LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 1

Australia, together with other Dominions, has been invited to participate as an individual nation in the projected negotiations at Washington, which aim to conclude an anti-war treaty…

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War Outlawry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1928 · page 5

The Japanese Cabinet has approved a reply to the proposals of the United States for a conference to declare against war…

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The Austral Scots in Edinburgh Castle Honour to War Dead (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1928 · page 5

The members of the Australian-Scottish delegation yesterday stood reverently facing the Scottish National War Memorial, in the quadraugle of Edinburgh Castle,…

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Soldier Settlement Statement by Mr. Bruce. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1928 · page 5

Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, in the course of a lengthy statement to-night, upon soldier settlement, said that the Commonwealth recognised that there were…

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SNAKES! Kill More Than Tigers India's Jungle War Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1928 · page 1

Last year 1691 persons were killed in the Central Provinces and Berar by animals and reptiles. Snakes were responsible fur 1339 deaths, and tigers…

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Peace Parley? Chinese Civil War Diplomatic Pact Hostilities May Cease TOKIO

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1928 · page 1

Japanese reports Indicate that efforts are being made to arrange a cessation of hostilities in China en the basis of diplomatic…

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Increased Pensions War Widows' Demand PARIS

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1928 · page 4

War widows who have re-married have formed an organisation and are claiming increased pensions. Already there are 15,000 members…

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Soldier Settlement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1928 · page 6

The statement by Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, that the Federal Government is prepared to grant a further measure of assistance to the…

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War Reparations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 5

The Hague Arbitration Tribunal has returned a verdict against Germany's claim that she is entitled since 1924 to deduct from the Dawes annuities the…

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The Chinese War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 5

Telegrams from Chinese centres anticipate that an extensive battle is developing along the line Paoting-Hokien and Tsangtow, which lies about 70 miles south of…

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U.S.A. GRAFT New York War Scandal Time New York

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 1

"Graft must go or heads will fall." This announcement by Major "Jimmie" Walker is something new for Tammany…

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War Outlawry Coolidge's Speech on Gettysburg Field (Australian Press Association.) New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 5

Standing on one of the most sanguinary battlegrounds in the Civil War—the field of Gettysburg-President Coolidge, at a memorial day celebration, expressed the…

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The Chinese War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 7

It is reported from Tokio that official advices point. to the withdrawal of Marshal Chang Tso Lin and the speedy evacuation of Pekin and Tientsin, leading to…

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No Drinking on Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 10

Anzac Day is a compulsory publicans' holiday, so far, at least, as this State is concerned. Hotels and other licensed premises where intoxicating liquor is vended…

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War Outlawry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 5

It is reported from Washington that New Zealand and the Irish Free State have replied to the American Note, inviting them to become original parties…

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Is War Beautiful?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 6

War is violent it is distortionate, it is diseased; the negation of all harmony and all balance. It is a periodic eruption in nations, similar, biologically, to what takes…

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The Chinese War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 5

A message from Shanghai states that Marshal Chang Tso Lin-plans to leave Pekin. A Japanese report states that the…

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