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

The wars & local soldiers, 1921

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Goulburn War Memorial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 2

The hon. treasurer acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the following additional donations:—Mrs. A. Mitchell, £2 2/; John Hunter and…

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Has Young Forgotten? Sacrifices of her Sons. a Town Without a War Memorial. (To the Editor)

Young Witness · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 2

Sir.—I feel ashamed to have to refer, through the columns of your paper, to the poor response to the subscription list for sufficient funds…

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Another Balkan War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 4

Albania has commenced a general mobilisation in reply to frontier encroachments by the Serbs. Fighting has occurred already. The Albanians…

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Protests in London War Graves London

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 2

Mr. W. A. Windenmere proposes to call a meeting of influential Australians in London to protest against the cessation of exhumations of war…

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Young District Soldier Settlers' Council

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 2

A special meeting of the above was held on September 20th, at the School of Arts The secretary stated that the meeting had been called specially at…

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Crookwell and District Soldiers' Memorial

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 4

A meeting of the Soldiers Memorial Committee was held in the Literary Institute on Monday night. Cr. M. McDonald presided. It was resolved…

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Soldiers' Memorial Country Sub Committees Formed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 4

The Crookwell and District Soldiers' Memorial Central Executive have appointed district Sub-committees for the following…

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Welcome Home. HON. W. M. Hughes at Melbourne. Melbourne

The Yass Courier · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 4

There was a tumultuous scene at Spencer street railway station on the arrival of the Prime Minister (Mr Hughes) from Adelaide. About…

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Advice to Returned Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 2

Sir Talbot Hobbs addressing the State conference of the Returned Soldiers League at Perth, said that every soldier should belong to the League, as their…

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Death of an Ex-soldier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 4

On Monday afternoon a young exsoldier named Rex Gammell, an inmate of the Red Cross Sanatorium, Bodington, King's Tableland, in error got into a…

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Love Scorned a Tragic Sequel. Four People Wounded ROCKHAMPTON

Young Witness · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 1

A returned soldier, named William Hayues, who had been paying attention to his niece, a girl named Murlel Lamb, whom he said he was…

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U. S. and Japan. Reference to Possible War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 4

Prince Tokugawa, head of Japan's delegation to the Washington Conference, expressed hope for the success of the conference. Every effort, he said, must…

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Brutal Attack Returned Soldier's Misfortune. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 1

Leonard Wainwright, who was brutally attacked by four men, said, "I got two of them, anyway, but they kicked me on my leg which was…

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Shipping Freight War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2

It is stated that America is embarking. on a ruthless ocean rats war[?]a e against British shipping. This is the result. of the American failure to…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 October 1921 · page 4

Cr. Moreton McDonald presided over a meeting of the Committee held in the Literary Institute on Monday night. The chief business dealt with m…

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War on Weeds Councils in Conference Weeds Worse Enemies Than Rabbits

Young Witness · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 2

"The Young Pastures Protection Board considered the problem of noxious weeds so serious that it decided to call together a conference of the…

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Soldiers' Preference Act to be Repealed Not Worth Paper It is Written On SYDNEY

Young Witness · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 1

The Returned Soldiers and Sailors' preference Act will cease to operate from December 31. This announcement was made…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 4

The N.S.W. branch of the Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League has been [?]dvised by the Premier's department that it is the intention of the Government to…

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War Graves. Startling Allegations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 October 1921 · page 1

London, Oct. 8.—The visit which Mr. W. A. Windeyer, of Sydney, has just made to the French and Flemish battle areas, on which the Australians were…

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Goulburn and District War Memorial Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 October 1921 · page 2

The hon. treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the following additional donations:-F. Blomfield, Sydney, £2 2/6 ; Mr and Mrs A. M. Barton, £2…

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