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

The wars & local soldiers, 1928

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"War Faint" Excitement is an elusive sprite that

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 1

visits few dwellers on this mundane sphere. And it is one of life's jests that, those who meet with thrills, usually decide that the prossaic,…

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National War Memorial Estimated Cost Discussed CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 2

"Whoever says that the National war Memorial may be faced with sandstone for £ 48.000 is committing financial suicide," said Sir John…

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Burrowa and District Soldiers' Memorial Committee. Memorial Referendum

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 2

Electors resident within the Burrowa Municipality and the Shire of Murrungal are hereby notified that in accordance with the decision of a…

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Proposed Soldiers' Memorial

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 9

The ballot papery in connection with the referendum being taken on should take in Boorowa have been issued, and it behoves all persons…

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American Invitations For Antin War Treaty WASHINGTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

The United States Government will immediately invite the British Dominions and India to participate in negotiations for a general anti-war treaty…

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War Pensions Appeal Boards Statement by Mr. Stagg

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 10

Returned Soldiers, backed up by the Federal and Suite Congresses of the Returned Soldiers' League, are pleading both moral and…

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Welcome Home to Mr. Colin York

The Yass Courier · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 5

At the Memorial Hall on Monday night, Mr. Colin (“Yio”) York, the brilliant local footballer, who gained prominence in two inter-state. League matches…

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Soldiers’ Offences

The Yass Courier · Monday 28 May 1928 · page 3

There are more than a dozen different offences for which a soldier may be sentenced to death while on active service…

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Carried General to Safety Brave Deed of Gundagai Soldier

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 4

Gundagai.—Two thousand people witnessed the fixing of the foundation stone of the Soldiers' Memorial last week, by Major-General…

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The Conquering Yankee. How He Won the War

The Yass Courier · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 5

The extraordinary character of Americant school-book history of the Great War is revealed by the London “Daily Telegraph,” which quotes the scathing…

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Chang Wounded Fighting Follows Bomb Outrage SHANGHAI

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 2

Chang Tso Lin was slightly wounded in the cheek as a result of a bombing outrage at the South Manchurian railway station. Following the…

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Better Road Wanted at Mamuru Soldiers' Settlement

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 3

A request from Mr. V. E. Crook of the Soldiers' Settlement Branch, Young, that the road through Malmuru Soldiers' Settlement should be…

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Anti-War Treaty

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 2

The British Foreign Minister, Sir Austen Chamberlain, has notified the U.S.A. Charge d'Affaires that Australia will sign the treaty repudiating…

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China's Civil War Troops to Attack Tientsin SHANGHAI

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 2

An unconfirmed report states that Chang Tso Lin died as a result of injuries received in the bombing outrage at Mukden railway station two days…

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Meat "War" an English Review Empire Importance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 6

Captain R. T. Hinckes, M.A., D.L., J.P., of Mansel Court, Hereford, a well-known breeder of pedigree Hereford cattle, has contributed to the…

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New Loan Arranged by Treasurer To Redeem War Loan CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 4

The Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, today announced the terms of a new Commonwealth Loan to provide for the conversion and redemption of…

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Returned Soldiers Goulburn Branch Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 2

At the general meeting of the Returned Soldiers League held last night the president, Mr. L. B. Audubon, made reference to the death since…

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Chinese War a Pledge Broken LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 2

Official confirmation has been received from Pekin that the city has been occupied by the southern forces. There appears to have been some…

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Foreigners Employed Action By Returned Soldiers SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 2

In a letter to the secretary of the R.S.L., the Common wealth Railways Department admits that of 1,069 men employed on the Kyogle to Brisbane…

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Maritime Strike Volunteer Labour Enlisted Idle Ships to be Manned SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1928 · page 2

There is every prospect of an early settlement of the maritime strike. Volunteer labour is being enlisted to man idle ships now…

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