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

The wars & local soldiers, 1934

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Anzac Day Observance Comparisons an Open Letter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 2

Sir: About n decade ago there was an outcry in Goulburn because somebody arranged a cricket match in aid of the distress funds of the returned…

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Rugby League Anzac Day Match Sunday's Carr Cup Game

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 6

With programmes of matches for Anzac Day (to-morrow) and Saturday and Sunday next, the Goulburn Rugby Football League…

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£40 An Acre Value of Soldier Settlement Trees. Local Land Board's Decision

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 2

A decision on the test cases placed before the Local Land Board to provide a basis for the appraisement of 180 orchard…

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Anzac Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 2

Anzac Day, 1915—one of the innumerable yesterdays in the soldiers' timeless lifel. To the old soldier looking back the incidence…

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Anzac Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 3

Let no remembrance dim your eye to-day; They would not have you weep. The urge that sent those warriors on their way Now serves to make a tranquil thing their sleep…

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GALLIPOLI The Men of AnzaC

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 3

When they reach the Golden Horn, in young Freedom's broadening morn, When the victor flags are furled. Through a new-born wondering world,…

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Anzac Day Dawns At Goulburn's Memorial Representative Attendance Reveille on the Hill Top

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 3

At daybreak this morning, over the still air, from the top of Memorial Hill, rang out the bugle notes of the Reveille, notes that reached across the valley to the city itself There was a large attendance and a vary representative one,…

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Anzac Day

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

Somewhere mid the shadows, Something stands we know divine, And we half perceive a fragment Of some splendid system shine,…

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Record Attendances on Anzac Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 3

It was learned to-day that the attendance of returned men at the various Anzac Day celebrations in Goulburn constituted a…

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Anzac Day Requiem Mass At St. Augustine’s

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

One of the most impressive commemorations of Anzac Day was the Requiem Mass held at 9 a.m. at St. Augustine’s Church, which was…

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Large Gathering At Annual Anzac Reunion Dancing Till 3.30

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

There wag a larger crowd at the annual Anzac Reunion in the Memorial Hall last night than has been the case for some years. Between 350 and…

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United Goulburn Anzac Service Large Crowd in Belmore Park REV. J. H. Sorrell's Address

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

"In the dead of Australia we have 120,000 arguments against war and 120,000 arguments for peace," declared Rev. J. H. Sorrell, M.M., ex-president of the Cootamundra sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, in the course…

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Anzac Day. Wreaths Placed on the Monument. Impressive Combined Services. Stirring Address by Rev. G. N. Bensley

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

ANZAC DAY was commemorated locally in a most appropriate manner. Perfect weather prevailed. At 10.30 a.m. there was a large assemblage at the Soldiers' Monument, comprising Returned Diggers,…

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Soldiers’ Club President And Patron Re-elected at Annual Meeting Also Treasurer Secretary

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the annual meeting of the Soldiers’ Club at 2.30 yesterday afternoon. Apart from the election of officers, the…

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Anzac Day Taralga Incident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 5

Although it is understood that no police report has so far been called for in connection with the Anzac Day dinner at a Taralga…

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The Dinner the Sanctity of Anzac Day

The Young Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 6

The dinner was held at the Southern Cross Hall, loaned for the purpose by the Right. Rev. Monsignor Hennessy…

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Comradeship Grows as Ranks Thin Out Returned Men Observe Anzac Day Record Numbers Attend Ceremonies at Cemetery, Church and Dinner Canon Sherris Makes Earnest Appeal for Sacredness of the Day to Be Upheld; Speakers Toast to "Fallen Comrades."

The Young Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 6

Returned men of Young and district honored Anzac Day in larger numbers than ever this year, and the proceedings throughout were marked with a solemnity worthy of the occasion. After a cold snap daring the week-end, the day dawned beautifully…

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Alleged Theft From Car At Anzac Ball Two Young Men Arrested

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 2

At the Anzac Ball at the Memorial Hall last Wednesday night a suitcase containing clothing, belonging to Mr. Ted Mackie, of “Merryville,” was…

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Anzac Day In the Country Large Attendances

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 4

The annual Anzac Day Celebrations were held at Crookwell. A large crown of school children marched to the memorial gates, where…

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Anzac Banquet Falling-off in Attendance

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 3

The attendance of ex-service men at the Anzac Day banquet given by the Crookwell Branch of the Country Women's…

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