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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

51 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

Returned Soldiers’ League

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 1

A meeting of the Queanbeyan Sub Branch of the R. S. and S. I. L. was held on Tuesday night at the Manse, under the chairmanship of Rev. C. Wearne…

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“The Tong War”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 4

Florence Vidor is to play with Walace Beery in his latest Paramount production, “The Tong War,” according to recent announcement from…

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Hotelkeepers at War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 2

Following the action of certain hotelkeepers in pledging themselves last week to assist the police in observing the licensing laws, a…

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“The Tong War”

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 1 November 1928 · page 3

Production has just commenced at the Paramount studios of “The Tong War,” the second picture of the year in which Wallace Beery appears in a…

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Unionists Attack Police Three Men Wounded. One Seriously Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 1

About 2,000 Unionists attacked the police at Port Melbourne this morning. The police fired a number of shots over the men’s heads, but as…

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“This Tong War”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 6

Having recently finished a part in the Paramount all talking picture “Interference,” which is now showing in New York, William Powell is…

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“The Tong War”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 3

Nicholas Soussanin, Russian player who has appeared in many Paramount pictures, notably with, Emil Jannings in “The Last command”…

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The Great War Official History Royal Australian Navy Work in the Great War

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 November 1928 · page 1

Volume nine, the seventh to be issued of the 12 volumes planned to chronicle Australia’s part in the Great War) has been published by…

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“The Tong War”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 6

Warner Oland has been added to the cast of “The Tong War,” the Paramount production co-featuring Wallace Beery and Florence Vidor…

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“The Tong War”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 6

William Powell, who has just, completed a part in the-first Paramount 100 per cent talking, picture, “Interference,” has been assigned a role…

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“The Tong War”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 December 1928 · page 6

Nicholas Soussanin will play a role in “The Tong War,” Paramount’s dramatic picturization of Chinese life in a modern city. Wallace Beery…

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