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

The wars & local soldiers, 1920

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Ireland. Soldiers' Lorry Blown Up. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 2

The Times published to-day Monday an official report of the Tulsk attack on soldiers. A bomb blew up a lorry full of soldiers, eight of whom…

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Scarred War Trophy

Young Witness · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 2

There arrlved at the Yeung railway station yesterday the 105 M.M. gun allocated by the War Trophies Committce to Young. It is a war-scarred…

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Goulburn's War Trophies. Two Guns Arrive

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 2

Two captured guns arrived in Goulburn a few days ago and they have been placed at the Sloane-street end of Belmore Park for the time being. They are a German…

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Patriotic Wallendbeen. Soldiers' Memorial Obelisk. Unveiled by Brigadier- Con. Miller

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, 13TH OCTOBER, can well be referred to as a Red- Letter Day at Wallendbeen, because on that day the very important…

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Soldiers’ Memorial. Wonderful Achievement.—Over £2500 Already !

The Yass Courier · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 3

Since Saturday last £2500 has been collected for the Memorial Hall, and a lot more money is in sight But this is only one fourth of the…

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Soldiers' Land. Mr. Rex Denies Dummying Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 2

Arthur Rex, manager of the Soldiers' Settlements at Montabelia and Kingsvale, gave evidence" yesterday afternoon before. Mr. Justice Street…

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Patriotic Wallendbeen. Soldiers' Memorial Obelisk. Unveiled by Brigadier-general Miller

Young Witness · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 4

Wednesday, 13th October, can well be referred to as a red-letter, day at Walleadbeen, because on that day the very important patriotic function of…

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Soldiers' Club for Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 4

In a statement issued by Captain N. P. Morarty and Mr. Boreham, president and secretary respectively of the local branch of the R.S. and…

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Ulster and the South Cannot Be Left to Fight Would Mean Civil War. London, October 17

Southern Morning Herald · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 1

Mr. Churchill, at Dundee, said it would be madness to put ourselves at the mercy of such terrorists as De Valera and his gang of…

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Britain's Industrial War Miners Resort to Force Two Million Workers Involved Government Can Cope with Situation. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 1

There is every probability that over two million workers will be affected by the British Coal Strike The matter will be brought before the Imperial Parliament at once. The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) has issued an appeal to the…

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STOCKINBINGAL. Soldiers' Re-union

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 2

The last of the soldiers to return to Stockinbingal were welcomed on Wednesday night at a banquet, and there was a re-union of all returned…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 October 1920 · page 2

Cootamundra Monday.—At Wallendbeen a granile obelisk 35 feet high, and costing 1300, and hearing the names of 90 soldiers, of whom 18 were killed, was…

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Honours for War Workers

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 2

The Order of the British Empire was created by the present king in 1917 as a reward to those who had rendered service to the Empire. A…

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yass Soldiers’ Memorial

The Yass Courier · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 3

Give yonr shillings to the .Yass Soldiers’ Memorial, but don’t think in shillings. The Honor Boll of Givers to the…

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Harden District Soldiers. Memorial Avenue to Fallen. Cottage Hospital

Young Witness · Saturday 23 October 1920 · page 3

Our Harden correspondent writes—An important ceremony took place on Wednesday. It will be remembered that the Local Repatriation Executive…

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A Boy’s Letter from Condoblin. Subscribes to Yass Soldiers’ Memorial

The Yass Courier · Monday 25 October 1920 · page 3

We reproduce hereunder a letter received by the Yass Soldiers Memorial Committee from a boy at Condoblin, Henry Harmer, formerly,…

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Waterside War. Conference Fails. Abolition of Loyalists. Refused by Ship Owners

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 October 1920 · page 4

Waterside war is probable in Sydney owing to the ship owners refusing to accede to the demand of the Waterside Workers' Federation and abolish the Labour Bureaux and thus the Loyalists of 1917…

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War Trophies. Distribution to Dominions. LONDON

Young Witness · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 1

Excluding tanks, the British War Office distributed 103,958 war trophies, whereof the Dominions and India received 11,369. Australia's share is…

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Soldiers' Lands. Bryant's Evidence Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 1

Giving evidence at the Soldiers' Land inquiry yesterday, Mr. Bryant said that he had borrowed sums of money from Arthur Brown which he…

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Soldiers' Memorial Vote to Be Taken Movement for all the Community. "Fourteen months ago the matter of erecting a memorial to the soldiers from Young first came forward. For various reasons the memorial has fallen flat. At the request of the Chamber of Commerce, this meeting is called to reconsider the matter," said the Mayor to a good public meeting in the Town Hall yesterday

Young Witness · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 1

Among those present were—Messrs. Metcalfe, T. A. Tester, J. Rintoul, W. J. Millard, T. C. Perry, T. J. Reilly, T. A. Tester, J. Rintoul, W…

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