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

The wars & local soldiers, 1935

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Soldiers’ Club Snooker Tournament

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 2

Snooker is “all the rage” at the Yass Soldiers’ Club at present. The annual tournament is in progress. Following are the results of the…

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Let the Boy Fight Bishop Talks of Children Soldiers and Popguns

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 5

“If your boy has a fight, send him out for another one. Do not punish him. It is a perfectly natural thing for a boy of three…

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BILLIARDS Soldiers’ Club Championship Veteran Wins Title

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 2

D. Zander is this year’s billiards champion of the Yass Soldiers’ Club. He won the title on Tuesday night, when he beat A. Grosvenor by 500…

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War Again

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 4

Despite all the lessons of the past, despite the advance in ethics hat the world has undoubtedly made, men have commenced…

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War Drums Beat Emperor's Appeal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 5

ADDIS ABABA, Thursday: The thunderous voice of Abyssinia's centuries old Nazarit drum, a gigantic lionskin…

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Adowa Bombed Without Declaration of War Tremendous Rejoicing in Italy First Casualties Reported to be 1700 Hospital in Town Stated to Have Been Struck and Nurses Killed Women and Children Are Among the Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: Hostilities in Abyssinia opened to-day with the bombing of Adowa and Adigrat by Italian planes. Many casualties, including women and children, and much destruction are reported from those places…

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Sydney Shooting Bank Clerk Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Police are investigating the shooting at Redfern on Saturday night of William Smiley, or Smillie, 30; a bank clerk, but…

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War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 2

CLOSE on seventeen years ago the world welcomed with joy the end of the greatest war in history. It was a “war to end wars.” To-day the…

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EDUCATION Effect On War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 1

When Queanbeyan school came into existence there were 22S State schools in New South Wales with an enrolment of 16,225; to-day, there were…

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Real Test in War Still To Come

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Now that the Italian tricolour floats over. Adowa as a token of obliteration of the 1896 defeat and an obelisk…

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League Finds Italy Guilty of Breach of Covenant Public Opinion of World Passes Judgement Hostilities Should Cease War Resorted to in Violation of Article 12 Sanctions Will Now Follow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: An historic meeting of the League of Nations Council this evening adopted the report of the Committee of Thirteen and its recommendations…

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The Last War What It Cost

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 1

Some astounding figures are given in a recent issue of the Bank Officials Journal of South Australia relative to the cost of…

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Wool and War Past Experiences Present Indications

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report The wool market has weathered a month's steady selling and the effects of sales proceeding simultaneously in…

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Women and War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 2

Speaking at the C.W.A. Conference this morning, Mrs. Matt Sawyer said women had been very harshly criticised recently when it was claimed by a…

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Australia and War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 5

“Don Minito” writes:— There is much talk about the Italian-Abyssinian War just now; and much discussion about Britain and…

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Wool and War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The wool market has weathered a month’s steady selling and the effects of sales proceeding simultaneously in…

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The Lewis Gun Famous War Weapon To Be Scrapped

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 3

One of the most efficient and deadly weapons of the Great War, the Lewis gun, is to disappear from the armament of the British Army…

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War Protest Public Service On Sunday AT S.T Andrew’s Church “Plain Butchery of God’s Children”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 7

A public service of protest against the aggression of Abyssinia by Italy will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on…

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Crossland Cup Soldiers' Club Competition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 1

Following are the handicaps for the rifle shooting section of the Soldiers' Club Crossland Cup competition P. Kemm, sc.: S. McCallum…

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War and Prices

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 8

Possible effects of an Ethiopian war upon American industries and commodity prices, state American files, has naturally become a topic…

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