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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

753 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 38

German Nationalists Deny Germany Caused War Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 5

The German Nationalist party is introducing in the Reichstag a bill that will tender any foreigner living in Germany liable to three months' imprisonment, at…

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£8,000,000 France's War Against T.b

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 6

A sum of £8,000,000 is to be asked from the French Parliament to wage war on tuberculosis, which takes a total of 100,00 lives a year in France…

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Returned Soldiers' Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 4

Mr. A. A. Jeffery, Secretary to the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Benevolent Fund Committee, stated yesterday that upwards of 100 applications for assistance…

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War Homes Rumpus Dismissal of Diggers SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 December 1928 · page 3

The arrival in Sydney yesterday of the War Service Homes Commissioner (Mr. Walters), and the dismissal of two Digger employees, one of whom…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1928 · page 4

The action of the State Government in shelving the bill to enable the Anzac Memorial to be built in Hyde Park, Sydney, was the subject of criticism by…

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Aeroplanes in War Discussion in France Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 December 1928 · page 5

The suggestion that the use of aeroplanes in war should be outlawed, and that commercial aviation should be internationalised, was made in the Senate yesterday…

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Blamed War Ex-soldier's Swearing

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 December 1928 · page 6

The war has been held responsible for ninny things. To-day Oswald Osprey Lewis, of Adamstown, blamed it for teaching him to swear…

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Indispensable Mica Use in Peace and War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1928 · page 3

When we come to look closely into the uses of mica, first in peace time and then in war time, we are surprised to find that in peace time the comforts of almost every…

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French War Pensioners Two and A-half Millions Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1928 · page 7

Two and a half million persons, of more than 6 per cent. of the population of France, are still war pensioners. Of these 625,000, are widows, and nearly…

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Natives in Dispute One Wounded with Rifle Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1928 · page 5

An aboriginal named Cecil Edgel found his wife in a native camp at Katanning, whither he had forbidden her to go. He picked up a waddy to emphasise his…

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Shot Fired Sequel in Police Court Police Allegation Wounded Man Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 December 1928 · page 5

The sequel to the admission to Maitland Hospital last Friday of Leslie Oliver Rend, 30, a farmer, of Woodville, was the appearance…

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Shipping War Britain and America. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1928 · page 5

What is regarded in some quarters as tantamount to a shipping war between Britain and the United States for the South American trade has taken a more…

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Soldiers' Holdings Forfeiture Power No Surrender Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 December 1928 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (.Mr. Ball) intends to continue the use of his powers for the forfeiture of soldier setters' holdings…

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