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The wars & local soldiers, 1927

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Guerilla War Suppressing Anarchy Attitude of Cantonese Commended in London

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. —There is a distinct tendency in official circles to commend the behaviour of the Cantonese at Shanghai. News…

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Mount of Olives Allied War Memorial

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.— On May Lord Allenby will unveil on the Mount of Olives at Jerusalem a war memorial to all the Allies. New Zealand…

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Chain of Graves British Empire's War Victims London

Northern Star · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 5

How the graves of 1,075,038 of the Empire's dead form a chain around the world is graphically described in the seventh report of the Imperial Graves Commission…

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Queen of the Carnival Miss Van Gelder Crowned. Belated Memorial to Fallen Soldiers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 2

As a termination to the carnival to raise funds for the Casino War Memorial Hospital movement, the crowning ceremony in connection with the…

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Eating Less Flour Lesson of the War

Northern Star · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 6

During the war the reasons for a decline in wheat-flour consumption in the United States were obvious; but this decline set in long before the war and has been accelerated…

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Fired On. British Ships on Yangtse. Kiangwo Seized for Troopship. Soldiers Disarmed by British. Horrifying Tales From Nanking

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 3

SHANGHAI, Sunday.—Apart from being constantly fired on British ships on the Yangtse River continue occasionally to be seized. The Cantonese…

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Raw Materials Importance in War Germany's Sacrifices

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 6

The great need for British ships in war time was the theme of a lecture delivered in London recently by Mr. C. Ernest Fayle, the author of "Sea-borne Trade in War." The…

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Plot Discovered United States War on Mexico Forged Documents Crisis Narrowly Averted New York

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 5

The New York "Times" Washington correspondent says that the United States has narrowly escaped from a serious crisis in its relations with Mexico…

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"The Next War." American Writer's Views

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 4

Contemplation of the next war, writes H. Wilson Harris in the London "Daily News," seems an appropriately encouraging subject for future…

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Mexico's Civil War Mexico City

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 5

Sixty rebels were killed and 100 captured and 34 Federal soldiers were killed in an encounter in the State of Jalisco last week. Goulburn City Council agreed at its last…

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War Pensions £58,000,000 PAID

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 1

War pensions paid to ex-members of the forces and dependents from April, 1918, to June 30, 1926, for physical incapacity, or death, aggregated £58…

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Empire's Dead Over a Million War Graves. Graphic Record

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 6

The seventh report of the Imperial Graves Commission contains a graphic description of how the graves of the Empire's 1,075,038 "war dead formed, a…

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Cablegrams. War with Mexico. U.s.a. Nearly Involved

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--The New York "Times" Washington correspondent says that the United States has narrowly escaped from a serious crisis…

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A "Digger" Now Returned Soldiers' Guest

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 3

"The British Empire has passed through a bad time, but the time of prosperity is coming, and I am sure Australia and other parts of the Empire…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 4

Though only a small portion of the present year has elapsed the membership of the Lismore branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has nearly reached last year's total,…

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Anzac Day. Tweed Celebrations a Big Day

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 2

With a dual objective--to honor the memory of the fallen and to celebrate Australia's birth as a nation by conducting a sports programme the…

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Modern Red Indians Powder As "War Paint"

Northern Star · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 6

"Gone Longfellow's Minnehaha—she who used to roam the forest. In her place has come a flapper, who can powder, who can rouge" (writes the Chicago correspondent of…

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The Little Duchess. a Memory of War Time

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 3

We are welcoming to-day the Duke and Duchess of York, and all those who during the war enjoyed the charming hospitality of the Earl and…

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Business Failed Returned Soldier's Suicide Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 5

The body of Robert Henderson (31), a returned soldier, was found in his shop at Sandringham yesterday with a bullet wound in his head. Deceased was propped up in…

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Last of Soldier Settlers. Bathurst

Northern Star · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 4

In 1917 ten soldier settlers were allotted blocks in Montavella Orchard, but one by one they have left the settlement after losing all they possessed in fighting bad…

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