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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1928

753 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 38

A War Profits Story

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

A Previously unknown story of practical patriotism in connection with the Great War has been disclosed by a correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle"…

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Boy Shot Wounded in Leg Kearsley Case Clipper Before Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 7

Following the admission on Sunday night of Wilfred Smith, aged six, into Cessnock Hospital suffering from gunshot wounds in…

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Eviction Order War Service Home

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 6

The War Service Homes Commission proceeded in Newcastle Summons Court to-day against William Clive McCrohon to give up…

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Soldiers' Reunions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 10

The thirteenth annual reunion of the 4th and 50th Battalions will be held in the Maccabean Hall, corner Darlinghust-road and Barton-street, Darlinghurst, on…

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Married Germans 630 British Soldiers LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 1

The Secretary of State for War, Sir Lamington-Worthington Evans, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, stated that 630…

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Soldiers' Settlement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 6

On behalf of the Weston Soldiers' Settlement Progress Association. Mr. G. Booth, M.P., has made representations to the Department of Education, urging…

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School Wanted Weston Soldiers' Settlement

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 9

Mr. Booth, M.L.A., has made representations on behalf of the Weston Soldiers' Settlement Progress Association to the Department of Education,…

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Killing Coal Industry. Mr. McDONALD'S Warning. Return to Pre-war Conditions. Readjustment Necessary. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 6

Mr. C. M. M'Donald, chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, who is also the president of the Employers' Federation, to-day warned those engaged…

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Fall in Birth-rate Due to War Prayer Book Revision

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 7

"I attribute the fall in birth-rate largely to the shadow of war, parents not caring to rear children to be smashed in the prime of life by high…

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Proud Soldiers Visited by Duchess Cheers and Chatters

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 7

When the First Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was introduced to its colonel-in-chief recently, the Duchess of York, who…

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A War Memory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

A message from Brussels states that there has been an indignant outburst from war veterans and patriotic societies against Louvain University's proposal to…

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United States War Renunciation Treaty with France (Australian Press Association.) New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

The latest Note received by the Senate Department from France signifies conditional acceptance of Mr. Kellogg's proposal for a multilateral treaty of outlawry…

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Welcome Home Newcastle's Waratah Rep. Merewether Function

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 10

Syd. Malcolm, Newcastle's representative with the Waratah Rugby Union football team, will be welcomed home at 7.30 p.m. in the pavilion at…

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Haig's War Confidences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 9

Confusion caused by the publication of Earl Haig's will bearing on his secret war documents has been cleared up (says the "Daily Chronicle"). He left a…

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Sporting News TUG-OF-WAR Newcastle Tournament for Hospital

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 2

Interest is keen in the tug-o'-war championships to be held at the Sports-ground on April 14 and 21. Many teams are entering. The prize…

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Weston. Soldiers' Settlement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 8

Mr. G. Booth, M.P., has protested against the action of the Lands Department in threatening to evict tenants on the Weston Soldiers' Settlement for…

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Chinese War Nationalist Advance Marching on Pekin (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 5

Heavy fighting is reported to be progressing between Marshal Chang Tso Lin's forces and the Shansi Provincial Army, It is believed to be the initial step in…

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Outlawing War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 3

"There never was a time in human history," writes Lord Thomson in the "Century Magazine," "when public opinion was more ripe for the outlawry of force…

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Industrial War Soviet on the Alert LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 6

The Riga correspondent of "The Times" says that the Soviet is proclaiming a general war on bureaucratism. He asserts that the…

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For Hospital Fire Brigades' Display Boys' Tug-o'-war

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 4

The Fire Brigades' display and competitions on the Sports Ground next Saturday will provide one of the biggest and most spectacular…

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