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

The wars & local soldiers, 1931

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Divorce War Scope in U.S.A. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 5

Exciting possibilities are opened up by the rumours of a divorce war on the American continent. The state of Reno may have been…

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"War Nurse"

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 8

"Oh for the days of silent pictures and more free time!" The mourner was Marie Prevost, photoplay comedy star par excellence…

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War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 6

“War hurts everybody and helps nobody—except the profiteers—and settles nothing.” This summing…

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War Debts a Reminder What Was Done Position Reviewed London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 3

A survey of the war debt adjustment was made as the outcome of a question in the House of Commons…

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War Clouds Manchurian Trouble Serious Conflict Feared Shanghai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 3

Renewed apprehension exists regarding the possibility of an outbreak of serious fighting between Japanese forces…

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Murder Case Sequel to Party Ex-soldier's Death Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, James Hogan, 33, a clerk, was charged with having murdered George Alfred Cooper, 35, a…

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War on Hawks Efficient Trap

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 4

BARRALLIER: Mr. Lachlan Lang estimates that eagle hawks killed 80 lambs on his Bindock property…

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"War Nurse" Friday and

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 6

Shelling a war hospital and staging an airplane machine gun attack on a column of trucks and ambulances were two of the main technical…

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Mother's Faith Tragic War Echo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 4

Mrs. S. Duckers, a seventy-four-year-old widow of Cherry Cottage Upon, Wirral (Eng.) has decided, thirteen years after her son was…

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Trouble in Canada Like War Time

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 3

Estevan, Saskatchewin, Wednesday, With machine guns posted at strategic positions, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sentinels are…

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Terrors of War Disarmament Or Extinction the Demand for Peace

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 3

Berthold von Deimling, formerly General Commanding the XVth German Army Corps, writes in the “Manchester Guardian”:—…

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Angels of Mons Great War Mystery Opinions of Two Scientists

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 5

For the first time since the story of the Angels of Mons was first told, a satisfactory theory has been put forward in explanation of the most…

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Despairing Prophecy Sir Arthur Keith on War "Nature's Pruning Hook"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 2

War is Nature's pruning book to keep her human orchard healthy, says Sir Arthur Keith. Man's dream of permanent peace will never rise above the architecture of dust…

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Returned Soldiers' League Boorowa Sub-Branch

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 9

The usual monthly meeting was held in the supper-room of the Mechanics' Institute, on Wednesday, 7th October…

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Shot in Face Two Constables Badly Wounded Newcastle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 3

Constables H. D. Kenny and D. R. Smith were each shot in the face at short range by a man armed with a small rifle a few minutes…

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Limbless Soldier’s Taxi

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 2

Mr. C. Weatherby announces in our business columns that he has commenced running a “Limbless Soldier’s Taxi” which will be at. service day or…

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War and a Cause

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 6

"A loaded pistol aimed at the heart of civilisation with a hair trigger held by an unsteady hand." This apt description…

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Bread War In Sydney SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 7

The bread war has broken out afresh. The People's Bakers' Association, which has the support of the…

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Bread War in Sydney Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 October 1931 · page 2

The bread war commenced in most suburbs this morning, when the Peoples Bakers' Association started to sell a two pound loaf…

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Bread War "Sweated Labour" Charge Denied Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 3

The president of the Housewives Progressive Association, Miss Portia Geach, stoutly denied to-day that her association supported sweated labour…

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