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

The wars & local soldiers, 1927

183 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 10

Cash for War Bonds

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 6

The Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, announced on Thursday that he is prepared to cash at once, up to £4,000,000 of the bonds and stock of…

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Meat Supplies War Office Contracts LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 2

It is believed that two Australian firms—Borthwick's and Parker and Fraser—tendered to supply 8000 tons of frozen beef to the War Office for…

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State Wide Appeal for Limbless Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 6

We the undersigned holders of the Victoria Cross being members of the Limbless' Soldiers Aquatic Club and Provident Fund Appeal Committee make…

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Soldiers' Dinner Mr. Bruce Declines Objects to "Wet" Toasts CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 4

The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) has declined to accept the invitation to attend the Armistice Night dinner of the Federal Capital Territory branch…

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Armstice Day. At the Soldiers’ Club

The Yass Courier · Monday 14 November 1927 · page 5

Yass Soldiers’ Club celebrated Armstice Day at the club last night. There was a large attendance, and a merry evening was spent. The…

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Ten Years Duties Exceed Total War Debt CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 November 1927 · page 3

A return prepared by the Tresury Department shows that the total receipts from customs and Excise during from Customs and…

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China's Little War Shanghai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 6

The Hankow situation is quiet, but at Nanking troops are pouring in by land and water. An agreement between Hankow and…

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Swindling by Fire Many Insurance Frauds War on Incendiaries

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 2

A good deal of unrest has lately been felt in insurance circles in England on account of the many mysterious fires in certain insured premises…

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Echoes of the Great War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 6

How we look with vivid recollections of those terrible day's, and try to forget. But there are some that w[?] cannot forget. There are those who in…

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Anzac Tweed. How Soldiers Repatriated themselves

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 4

When the work of repatriation was begun by the State War Council in 1915, several returned disabled soldiers were instructed in the art of…

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Anzac Day Wet or Dry?

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 4

Has the State Government the power to close hotels during certain hours on Anzac Day? This was the question the High…

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Better Cars Result of Motor War SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 2

Raymond J. Moore, factory representative in Australia of the Paige. Detroit Motor Car Coy., returned today from a trip to America…

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War Conversion Loan

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 10

An opportunity for the [?] investor, Because it is proposed to obtain the large sum of £86,000.000 by the present War Con[?]…

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Federal House Questions on Finance Interest on War Loans CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 7

in the House of Representatives Mr. Cook (Victoria) directed the Government's attention to the fact that the waterside strike was preventing…

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Bandsmen Want a Rotunda In Our Load Park Could Be a Soldiers' Memorial

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 6

The following letter was read at the Council meeting on Monday evening last:-Boorowa Municipality of Burrowa. Dear Sirs,-At the last meeting of the committee of the Boorowa Town and District Band, the need of a…

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Armed Burglar Wollongong Excitement Two Men Wounded WOLLONGONG

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 4

Considerable excitement was caused at Wollongong on Saturday night by a fire which broke out in a butcher's shop, and an…

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Soldier Settlers Irrigation Area Losses Auditor General's Report

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 5

In his annual report on industrial undertakings, the Auditor-General (Mr. Coghlan) makes reference to the huge losses suffered by the State at…

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To-day's Cables Refuse War Service Britishers' Peace Move LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 December 1927 · page 6

Mr. A. A: Ponsonby, Labour M.P.. presented a "peace letter" to the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) signed by 128,700 British citizens, setting out:…

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War Pensions Increased Some Surprising Figures CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 December 1927 · page 10

The surprising facts that during the year ended June 30 last, the cost of war pensions was greater than in any other year, and that. more…

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Bomb-dropping in War

The Yass Courier · Monday 19 December 1927 · page 3

During the Tur[?]o-Italian War an Italian aviator has succeeded in dropping four bombs into the enemy’s camp. The bombs, which,…

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