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

The wars & local soldiers, 1930

197 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 10

Village War Guy Fawkes Incident Police Effigy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

Guy Fawkes celebrations led to remarkable demonstrations against the local police and a local J. P. at Childdingford, a village near Godalming,…

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The League Council to Meet Ruling Out War London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson, leaves London next Friday to represent Great Britain at the coming session of…

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WAR! Are Buses Taxis? Daggers Drawn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

Goulburn taxi-men are up in arms and at the meeting of the Goulburn City Council to-night the first shot will be fired in…

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BOOK The Anglo Catholic; A Brilliant Book; A New Dicitionary; Latest Thrillers; An Amusing War Story. "The Public Speaker's Dictionary and Book of Reference," by Lucy D. Bell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 3

A useful little hand-book of a "cramming" order. The Authoress is a keen follower of the B.B.C. in its efforts to standardise English. She…

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MEN-O-WAR Colour Schemes Old-time Methods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 7

Until Nelson's time there was no uniformity in the painting of the exterior of warships; captains used their own discretion and choice in the…

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War Aftermath New Zealand Aloof the Hague

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

It was announced at a meeting of the "Big Six" that Australia and Germany had reached an agreement regarding liquidated German property…

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Not Entertained Reauest For Refund of Rates on Soldiers’ Memorial Hall

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 3

A second request was made to the Municipal Council on Monday night for a refund, wholly or in part, of the rates levied on the…

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Books. Latest Additions to Mechanics' Institute Library English Essays: The Wonders of Electricity; A Shakespearean Commentary; A Great War Story. "The Hundred Best English Essays."

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 3

English Essays: The Wonders of Electricity; A Shakespearean Commentary; A Great War Story…

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DYNAMITE Left Under Bridge After War Story London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

A piquant story is going the rounds in London at the present time about a bridge which, for years after the war, had beneath it, and…

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Security From War What Is Wanted Cost of Navies London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 3

"What the people want is security from war, necessitating a, changed international outlook." This was the declaration in the…

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Another Room for Soldiers’ Club Money Available £200 on Loan at 6%

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

So remarkable has the growth and progress of the Yass Soldiers’ Club been that it has been found necessary to make application to…

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The World and War Outlook for Disarmament Position of United States

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

The holding of conferences to reduce the cost of peace while excellent in its way as a gesture and as an opportunity is also, at times, a source of danger. According to Professor de Mardariaga, author of The Outlook…

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Returned Soldiers General Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 4

A meeting of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' League executive was held last night, when arrangements were made for the general meeting…

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Special Grant To Returned Soldier P.P. Board's Action

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 6

It was decided at a meeting of the Goulburn Pastures Protection Board yesterday to make a grant of 150 acres of a travelling stock…

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Woman Poisoned Herself Wounded a Man Dose of Strychnine Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

In connection with the death of Una Norman, after taking poison at Camperdown last night, it now transpires that the woman's…

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Future of War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 2

General Von Seeckt, late Chief of the German Defence Force, recently expressing his, views of war, declared that the war of the…

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Women's World Fashion's Strange Caprice Black Makes Comeback; War About Heels; Wear Colours You Like; Green Favoured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 5

One of the strange caprices of fashions is seen in the return of jet to favour for the decoration of our persons. In these days, when colour resigns…

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Record Prize Shoot Best Meeting Since War Southern Riflemen Gather

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Officials of the Southern Districts Rifle Clubs' Union had just cause to be jubilant at the close of the 24th annual prize shoot at the Goulburn range yesterday, the meeting proving the most notable in recent…

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Thirty to Go Returned Soldiers Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 3

Thirty returned soldiers employed by the Postal Authorities at the Central Square Office, Sydney have been served with dismissal notices to take…

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Husband Charged Woman Wounded SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 4

Bernard James O'Sullivan, horse owner and trainer, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having maliciously shot at Ruby Agnes Hayes…

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