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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

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Sea Murder on Christmas Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 December 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: A U-boat sank the steamer Stanholme, 2473 tons, without warning on Christmas morning, three hours…

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"Mass Murder"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 5

CAPETOWN, Wednesday: Eight survivors have been landed from the meatship Navoata, 8795 ton which was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay…

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Woman Cook Goes To Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 1

Few people can serve potatoes in more ways than a homely-looking 50-year-old woman, known as "Hannah the Cook,"…

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Glorifying Mass Murder

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 5

SHANGHAI, Thursday: The Japanese army and navy jointly, it is stated, carried out the greatest mass air raids during the war at…

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