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The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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The Treaty. French Opinion. Renouncing War. Peace of the World. LONDON, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 15

News from Paris says that French opinion of the proposals made by the United States Secretary of State (Mr. F. Kel[?]gg) for [?] pact renouncing war has changed. [?]…

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American Scheme for Ban on War Broadly Approved in Official Quarters in London Points to Clear London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 4

A copy of the Note which the American Secretary of State (Mr. F. Kellogg) recently sent to France on the proposal to outlaw war has…

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Returned Soldiers' Employment Bureau

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 6

"Fifty-fourth Battalion" writes: -- The method in which the employment section of the Returned Soldiers' League is managed calls for some…

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T.B. Soldiers' War Battle Tomorrow Over Hughe' Appointment Demand Digger for Job

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1928 · page 22

TO-MORROW NIGHT will see the opening of the action in which Returned T.B. Soldiers are to fight out the appointment of Mr. A. C. Hughes—son of the famed William Morris Hughes—as a non-soldier to the job of Organising…

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War Relics in Parks London

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1928 · page 3

Regarding them as useless and repulsive, the committee of the Manchester Corporation has decided to remove all war relics from the parks, and to sell…

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War in the Air Navy's New 'Plane London

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1928 · page 1

The Admiralty is replacing the present single-seater Blackburn "Dart" aeroplane with an improved type of torpedo-carrying 'plane,…

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The Way to War Back to the Old Diplomacy the Treaty Menace

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1928 · page 3

Specially written for "The Sunday Sun" y Sisley Huddleston). We are back to the old diplomacy. Perhaps We have never got away from it. But, at any rate, all pretended that their new policies…

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War Cloud Poles Surprise Letts Frontier Clash Russia Stirs Up Trouble Warsaw

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1928 · page 1

Polish and Lithuanian frontier guards engaged in a skirmish near Kozaczyna. It is reported that the Poles surprised…

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Like Drilled Soldiers

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1928 · page 8

Leaving the barrier the horses that contested the Three-Year-Old Handicap at Warwick Farm yesterday knew their marching orders. The picture shews them all in step as Starter Mackellar released the, barrier. Reading from left to right: Lady Dudley's March, Songster, Black Duchess (tho winner), Valley (second), Spatium, Royal Ranger, and Tressillian (third). The other two, Starpoi and Sunny Empire, stepped out of the picture altogether…

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Like Soldiers at Drill

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1928 · page 10

This is how to do it. A special team of surf instructors and demonstrators just back from West Australia, made it clear at the "Sun" Cup carnival at Bondi yesterday…

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Taxi Man Wounded Shot From Pea Rifle

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 11

WHEN James Vo[?], of Lane Cove-road, Chatswood, was driving a taxi along French's Forest-road, on Saturday, he was shot in the right arm. A…

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Test for Bisley Candidates Five Days' Trial at Anzac Shooting Conditions

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 3

CANDIDATES for inclusion in the New South Wales quota of the Australian team which leaves for Bisley in May, will be…

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Wounded by Arrows. Patrol Officer and Police Boy. Rabaul, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 13

Patrol Officer Samson was wounded by an arrow in the ankle and a police boy in the neck while on patrol in Bougainville. Both wounds were slight. The disturbance is un…

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Councils at War Can Go to Court

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 9

IN view of threatened Equally action in Rockdale Council, to restrain K[?]rah Council from using a dump in the former municipality [?]…

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"Renounce War" Pact French Wants All Nations to Join PARIS

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 4

In his reply to Mr. Kellogg's proposal for a pact between the United States and France to renounce war, M. Briand recalls…

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Treaty Making. France and U.S.A. Renouncing War. Washington, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 11

The reply made by M. Briand, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Note from Mr. F. Kellogg (United States Secretary of State) changes his proposal into one for…

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Owners Desire to Run Their Own Ships War on Waterfront Spreading -- Vessels Tied Up 'Defying Masters'

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 2

The shipping trouble was brought to a head on Saturday, when the inter-State passenger steamers, Canberra and Ormiston, were tied…

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Amazing Allegations By Garoubra's Lessee Whereabouts of Mare Unknown Gun Barrel Blows Split Open E. Trew's Head Wounded Man Tells of Strange Happenings Which Led Up to Disappearance of the Horse

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 27

Additional startling details of the disappearance of the racing mare Garoubra have been supplied by E. Trew, in whose nomination the horse won many races in the Cessnock district…

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Limbless Soldiers' Appeal Concert at Fullers' Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 4

The first concert of the new year in aid of the Aquatic Club and Provident Fund Appeal for Limbless Soldiers, was held in Fullers' Theatre…

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Welcome Home Party

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 19

TO welcome home Mrs. George Saywell, who returned on Saturday by the Niagara, after a twelve months' trip abroad, Mrs. R. A. Peach and Mrs…

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