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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1919

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Returned Soldier's Reward

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 2

Newcastle, Wednesday.—Consequent upon a dispute over the employment of a returned soldier, 12 moulders ceased work to-day in the engineering works of Messrs. A. Gonninan and…

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Bribbaree Welcome Home at Bribbaree

Young Witness · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

A welcome home was tendered Trooper C. L. N. Carr on Friday, night last, when a most enjoyable night was spent by a large gat[?]ering…

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Welcome Home to Sergt. [?]Ullen, M.m., and Pte. Stewart

Young Witness · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 6

The Marenge Football Club tendered a welcome home to Sergeant Major Jack Cullen, M.M., and Private Stewart, on Wednesday night which was…

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Petrol Explosion Shocking Accident. Soldiers Killed. London

Young Witness · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 5

Reuter's Brussels correspondent reports that a petrol waggon at the railway station at [?]th exploded. Six British soldiers were burned to death…

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Election for Council Engineer Local Man Defeats Returned Soldier. Gundagai

Young Witness · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 3

Fifty seven applications were considered at a special meeting of the municipal council for the position of water works engineer. The…

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Employers and Returned Soldiers Existing Goodwill. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. Sykes, secretary of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Ship and Wharf Labourers Union, stated to-day that Lieut. G. H. Moss leaves for…

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House Rents Reduction Demanoed Dy Returned Soldiers. Perth

Young Witness · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 2

The Returned Soldiers' Association has passed a resolution demanding "the immediate reduction of house rents and the cost of living, falling…

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War Memorials in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 2

The Southern Churchman" states: The Cathedral Chapter two years ago decided to convert the south transept of St. Saviour's Cathedral into a war memorial chapel and at this…

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War Figures. 20,000,000 Casualties

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 1

London, Nov. 26.—A correspondent with the gift of figures has been giving. us some very striking totals bearing upon the cost of the war in various regards. Of the more than…

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High Profits During War. the Price of Clothing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 4

Melbourne, Thursday.—The Interstate Commission, presided over by Mr. A. B. Piddington, K.C., has found that the enhanced prices of clothing are directly attributable to the war,…

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Goulburn and the War. Pte. Percy Nelson Welcomed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 2

Private Percy Nelson was tendered a welcome home social at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Nelson, of Clifford street, on Wednesday evening. There was a…

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Goulburn and the War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Allen, of Shellharbour, have received a cable from Oxford, stating that their son, Keith Wickham Allen, is now a lieutenant, Lieut. Allen has just completed a…

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Possibility of New War Suggested

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

New York, Jan. 16.—Mr. Carl Ackerman, the New York Times correspondent at Pekin, interviewed Housu Shi-Chang (the President of Northern China), who said: "If the League of…

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The Ex-kaiser Responsibility for War. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent states that an official bulletin from the Peuce Conference puglished a report, upon the Karier's responsibility for the war,…

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Marengo Welcoming Our Soldiers

Young Witness · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 3

The local footballers set the public a good example in organising a welcome to those members of the Football Club' who have returned from the…

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Land for Soldiers Clifton Properties. Resumption Recommended

Young Witness · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

The Young Local Land Board gave tis reserved decision this afternoon in the matter of the Clifton Lands, which had been referred to the Board…

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Australian Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

The Australian Red Cross report that 2942 Australian prisoners of war have arrived in England. A further 158 have arrived, in neutral countries en route to England, leaving fewer…

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A Returned Soldier Unlucky

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

On the morning of the 13th, when Mr. A. S. Stephenson, of Wilga Park, was riding with men from Youngara to Wilga Park, he saw smoke. Mr. Stephenson thought that the fire…

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The Latest Australian Soldiers. Arrangements for Return. (United Service Message.) LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

General Monash's department had up to 15th January repatriated 19,472 soldiers and 1937 munition-makers. Australians serving with British units have,…

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Welcome Home

The Yass Courier · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 3

The members of the focal branch of the M.U.I.O.O.F. met last night for the purpose of welcoming Bro. W. Eager back home after lengthy…

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