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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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Shots Fired Annandale Sensation' Wharfie Wounded

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 7

TWO revolver shots were field at the corner of Johnston-street and Parramatta-road, Annadale, to-day, one of the bullets striking Sydney…

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Outlawing War

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 8

"The American proposal to "outlaw war" harmonless excellently with the seasonal wish to outlaw all sorts of disagreeable things, such as sin, poverty, disease, and sorrow. And, like…

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Pea Rifle Victims Two Boys Wounded Lithgow

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

PEA-RIFLE accidents were responsible for two victims entering hospital for treatment. Jim Atwell, 9, from sunny Croner, had to undergo an…

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French War Memorial

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 16

Two tablets have been unveiled at the Pantheon in Paris with the names of 560 French writers killed in the war. The many Jewish…

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War on Mosquitoes Lidcome Comes Into Line

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 14

An intensive campaign for the extermination of mosquitoes in the municipality was decided upon last night by Lidcombe Council…

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Nasty Tangle America's Little War "Unconstitutional" Washington

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

With 20 soldiers of the American garrison in Nicaragua killed, and three light cruisers and two battalions of…

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Indian Terror Plot Revealed War on Government Calcutta

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

WIDESPREAD conspiracy, involving murder, terrorisation, and the securing of arms with which to wage war on the Government,…

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War-- Outlaw? Britain Waits and Wonders France Hangs Back London

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

Something from a Wild West show or a genuine attempt to get rid of the war bogey? England is asking itself this question, and many others like it, when it considers the pact proposed by America to…

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Conquest of the Air This Century's Achievement. Great Post-war Advances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 8

So commonplace has air travel become that people often forget that It was only In 1903 that the Wright Brothers first flew In their box-kite machine; and that,…

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World Peace. Proposed Pact. Outlawing War. United States Attitude. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 9

The Secretary of State (Mr. Frank Kellogg) has published the text of the Note sent by him to the Government of France with reference to a pact outlawing war. Mr…

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War Extends on Waterfront Idle Steamers Now Include Bombala and Goulburn Union's Policy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

The industrial strife on the waterfront extended yesterday to Brisbane, where the Howard Smith steamer…

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Tragic Waste in Piling Up Armaments Great Navy Is Useless Rothermere Attacks British Government "War Renaissance" London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

Wh[?]aught be done to rehabilitate agriculture and industry generally with the £39,000,000 which is being spent by the British Government on the wanton construction of armaments? Of what value are the huge battleships which Britain has placed…

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Blithering Blazes on the Gramophone ? Shall Posterity Hear the Immortal War Cry of W.M.H. ? Record Makers' Views

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

Shall posterity have an opportunity of hearing Mr. W. M. Hughes in the height of that invective, of which he is master?…

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U.S. Suggests Way to Abolish War Again Pledges Faith in Arbitration by All Powers Text Suits France Washington

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 4

Mr. F. Kellogg (Secretary of State) has issued the text of the Note sent to France on the proposal to outlaw war…

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V.c. Applicant ? T.b. Soldiers' Secretary

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 22

In continuing their appeal for a conference with members of the T.B. Soldiers' Association to discuss the appointment of Mr. A. C. Hughes, a…

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Cooked Fingers Chopped Off by Himself Mad Soldier's Order Casablanca (Morocco). Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 5

TWO soldiers of the French Foreign Legion being refused service at a restaurant, to-day, one of them chopped four fingers off his own left hand…

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My Book of the Week Great War Figure Genius of Political Strategy "Lawrence and the Arabs" His Strange Likes and Dislikes

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 12

IT MAY be taken that this book about Colonel Lawrence and the Arab campaign is the authorised version, for in giving his content to Mr. Graves writing it, the hero stated that he hoped that its publication would end or discourage any…

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To Close Hotels Anzac Day Move

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 8

AT meeting of the Association of Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Clubs last night it was decided to [?] the co-operation of all soldier organisations,…

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Outlawing War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6

AS an expedient for preventing future wars the American proposal is simplicity itself. "Get the leading Powers to say…

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"Money War" U.S. Senator's Challenge Nicaraguan Crisis Washington

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

News of Col. Lindbergh's arrival at Managua to-day was followed by another stinging resolution…

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