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The wars & local soldiers, 1924

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Shanghai in Danger Leaderless, Armed Soldiers on City Boundary Inducements to Disband Are Ineffectual Fears That Foreign Settlement May Be Attacked or Native City Fired. Shanghai, October 17

The Daily Express · Monday 20 October 1924 · page 1

The diplomatic body at Pekin has Instructed the authorities of the International settlement at Shanghai to deport General Hsu Shu-cheng, whose…

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China’s War. the Canton Fire Shanghai, Oct. 30

The Daily Express · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 2

The fire at Canton was confined to portions of the Western district and was extinguished wit[?] twenty-four hours…

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Hedjaz War Food Supply of Mecca. Comic Opera Situation. London, October 19

The Daily Express · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 1

The “Daily Chronicle’s” special correspondent at Jeddah says ' the Hedjaz war has assumed a Gilbertian character…

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Campaigns in Morocco and Hedjaz. Correspondent Sees "Humorous" Side of War. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 1

"The Hedjaz war baa assumed a Gilbertian character. Nearly all the food upplies destined to Mecca come through Jeddah to which place King Ali has…

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Wires and Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Any Other Paper Till To-morrow a Fierce Battle on Shanghai-kuan Front Large Numbers K1lled and Wounded Pekin

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 1

A fierce battle raged on the Shanghai-Kuan front. Changstolin's forces are making continuous attacks, which were…

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Soldiers Enquiry Secures Evidence in Sydney. Wine Growers Fear Prohibition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 2

We extract the following from the "Labor Daily," of Saturday last:—Because of the recent reduction in the number of wine license, a gloomy…

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Enquiry Into Soldier Settlement on M.I. Areas Only Generalities Dealt With Apples, Pears and Figs The Wine Grape Position (Contiued from Last Issue.)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 2

Mr. Such continuing his evidence in reply to the Chairman said there is not likely to be any further plantings of sultanas. Settlers were…

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China’s War. [?] Fierce Battle. Shanghai, October 20

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 October 1924 · page 1

A message from Chanwang[?] dated yesterday states that a [?]ce [?] raged throughout the day on the Shanghaiknan front…

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Returned Soldier Husbands Many Questions in Assembly. Immigration Loan Agreement. Mr. Kilpatrick Attends to Country Interests

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 October 1924 · page 2

Ministers were bombarded with questions at yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Assembly—some of them interesting, some important, and some frivolous. Country interests were, however, well looked after by…

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Chinese War. Retreat and Advance. Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Pekin correspondent reports that no Chinese official reports were , given out to-day, but a foreign telegram from Chinwangtao says that…

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China’s War Chang’s Troops -Retreating. Shanghai, October 22

The Daily Express · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 1

No Ch[?] [?]cial reports have been given to-day, but a foreign telegram from Chinwangwo says that Marshal Chang T[?]lin’s troops have…

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Waterside Workers Trouble Brewing Soldier Preference Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 2

The Interstate Waterside Workers' Conference, after skiing in Sydney for ten days, decided this morning to place the annoying question of the…

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A Soldier’s Honor Claim for Damages. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 2

Harry Nelson, a carpet maker of Botany, 62 -years of age, to-day before Mr. Justice James and a jury of four, claimed £1,000 damages for slander…

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Welcome Home

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 2

Mr. Wm. Wrightson, on arriving at Griffith from his trip to Europe on Friday afternoon last, was extended a welcome by a number of his…

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Organising the Soldier Settlers on Civilian Blocks

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 2

With a view of getting their evidence to place before the Soldiers Enquiry, Mr. Spencer Taylor, care Eillott's Store, is organising all the…

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China's War Peking Isolated. Mysterious Situation. Shanghai. October 23

The Daily Express · Saturday 25 October 1924 · page 4

An American Naval wireless received from Pekin this evening confirms a report that the city is completely isolated, telegraphically and…

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Chinese Struggles. Order for War to Stop, But Wupei Carries On. Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 October 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Pekin correspondent reports that it seems that Fengyu-hsiang has has requested Tsaokun to issue two mandates, the first ordering the…

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Welcome Home Mr. Brummell's Return Farming in Other Lan[?]

The Daily Express · Tuesday 28 October 1924 · page 2

Mr. Anthony Brunskill, “Sq[?] of [?] [?] of the Forest Hill Mutual Improvement Society, and the So[?]…

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Hope at Last Wagga War Memorial Committee Meets Again

The Daily Express · Tuesday 28 October 1924 · page 2

With the passage of years Wagga's War Memorial has become to the public something that was once talked about worked for, and then for…

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Victim of the War Pathetic Tale of a Vagrant

The Daily Express · Tuesday 28 October 1924 · page 4

"I am neurasthenic and was only discharged from Callan Park hospital a fortnight ago. I am suffering from war wounds which necessitated 40…

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