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

The wars & local soldiers, 1933

233 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 12

Strain of War 60,000 Dead Since Armistice

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 1

Though the Returned Soldiers' League is not in possession of authentic figures of the number of death strong retained soldiers since the…

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Ball at Frogmore in Aid Soldiers' Memorial

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 7

Mr. Percy Roberts organised a very successful function at Frogmore on Friday evening last, in the form of a ball and supper, in aid of…

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M.C.C. TEAM Great Welcome Home LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 May 1933 · page 5

The hooting of ships' sirens and a pipers' serenade on the quayside contributed to Glasgow's tumultuous welcome to the M.C.C. team…

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War Debts Statement in House Position Not Clear London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 May 1933 · page 3

During the course of a statement in the House of Commons on his recent conversation with President Roosevelt, the Prime…

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Shipping War Unfair Condition LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 3

Hon. Alexander Shaw, a director of the Bank of England, and director and deputy chairman of the P. and O. Company, addressing a mission of…

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WAR Formally Declared in South America Gran Chaco Dispute

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1933 · page 3

Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday. Paraguay, to-day formally declared war against Bolivia. Both countries have hitherto…

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Leg Theory Secretary For War to Preside London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 May 1933 · page 3

The new president of the M.C.C., Lord Hailsham, who is also, perhaps appropriately, Secretary for War, will preside over…

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Welcome-home Dinner Dr. Woods as Citizens' Guest Test Match Views Abroad

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 2

"Australia's good name for sportsmanship will be retrieved when the British public understand that we had just cause to protest against body-line bowling, despite the fact that the protest was misunderstood by them as…

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Hitler's Speech Roosevelt's Great Proposal Germany Accepts War Would Lead to Chaos Berlin

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 3

"German is prepared to accept Mr. Roosevelt's great proposal which is a big relief to those people who see peace only in re-armament," declared the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, in his eagerly awaited Reichstag speech on the…

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Story of Appendix French Soldier’s Deception

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 May 1933 · page 5

Corporal Ravoisier, the soldier who duped the French Army authorities and had his appendix accidentally removed in the process, was sentenced…

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War Service Homes Remarks in House

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 2

Speaking in the House of Representatives on the subject of war service homes, Brig-General W. R. McNicoll said he had had…

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Trap for Bandits Tricked to Death Dark Ways of Wily War-lord of China

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 5

A story has come down to Peking from the north telling how a certain General Tang Ma-chang, dealt with his…

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War Crisis At Hand Last Week Britain's Help London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 3

In the Empire Day celebrations at Derby, the Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, said that last week the world was…

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Boer War Honour Roll

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 2

Following the publication in our last issue of a provisional list of Yass boys who served in the South African (Boer) War, 1899-1902, and asking…

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Story of Boer War Postmistress’s Bravery

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 6

A woman who was honoured by the British after the Boer War has died at Port Elizabeth, says the correspondent of the ondon “Evening Standard.”…

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Returned Soldiers' League

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the above League as held in the Mechanics' Institute, Harden, on Tuesday night. Mr H. Knght Greigson (President)…

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War Debts Reports Denied U.S.A. Policy Washington

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 3

White House has emphatically denied the renewed reports that the President is negotiating for the partial payment of war debts…

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War Service Homes

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 4
Also in Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate

Always interested in the welfare of returned soldiers, whether in the State or Federal sphere, Mr. Tom Collins, Member for Hume, asked the…

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A Lancer’s Sword Boer Returns War Relic To Relatives

Yass Tribune-Courier · Saturday 3 June 1933 · page 4

This is the story of the Bible and the sword, two relics of the South African War, which, through the agency of the Morning Post,” have…

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