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

The wars & local soldiers, 1936

309 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 16

Labour and War British Statement

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Outspoken criticism of "International economic lunacy" by the assistant Minister (Mr. Ryan) in the…

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Yass Soldiers’ Club Billiard Tournament Final to Be Played on Monday Night

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 2

Two players (C. Weatherby, 10 on, and V. Leonard 30 behind) well back in the handicaps will contest the final of the Yass Soldiers’ Club open…

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Soldiers’ Memorial And Literary Institute Library Books Kept Out Too Long—fines to Be Inflicted

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 6

The regular meeting of the Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute was held on Tuesday evening. Mr. F. H. W. Dabbs was in the chair, in…

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Soldiers As Settlers Italian Plan Unlimited Leave Granted Soldiers to Find Jobs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 3

ROME, Wednesday: The Italian high command In Addis Ababa has issued a decree granting unlimited leave to soldiers finding…

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BANKSTOWN Returned Men First

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: At a meeting of the Bankstown Council to discuss the proposed £60,000 loan works proposal the Mayor, Aid. J. Gosling, presented…

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Recruiting Film War Office Plan

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 6

The War Office has made arrangements with one of the largest British film companies for the production of a large-scale film for recruiting…

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War Waged West Wyalong Goats

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 5

WEST WYALONG: Goats have been waging guerilla warfare on Wyalong and West Wyalong. By day they retire to…

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BILLIARDS Soldiers’ Club Tournament

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 2

Vic. Leonard (30 behind) -won this year’s open billiard tournament of the Yass Soldiers’ Club on Monday night, when he defeated C. Weather…

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Chinese War General In Flight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 July 1936 · page 3

HONG KONG, Sunday: General Chen Ci-tang, the Cantonese leader against the Central Government, arrived on a British gunboat to-day,…

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Spain Still in Grip of Civil War Contradictory Reports Government Maintain They Have Upper Hand Rebellion, However, Is Widespread

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Behind the obscurity induced by censorship, contradictory reports and the difficulty of transmitting the news, the fact emerges that Spain is by no…

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Shots Fired Two Men Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Colln John Clingan, 20, and Alexander Toleman, 21, labourers, of Mortlake, were wounded by rifle bullets while…

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Fortifying Sea-girt Britain Aerial and Naval Defence Lawyer Turns War-lord for Big Job

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 4

A new type of war-lord is Sir Thomas Inskip, bulky Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence in the British. Empire. Until Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin ordered him, last March,…

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Local and General Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 July 1936 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute will be held at the lecture room, Memorial Hall, to-morrow night, at 8…

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Anzac Stamps £8500 Realised

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 1

The Anzac commemorative stamp issue made by the Post Office at the request of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association between April 27,…

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Tragedy At Gundagai. Man Dead; Wife Wounded. Poison Suspected

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 4

A mysterious tragedy at the Riverview Homestead, near Gundagai, on Saturday has elements which are seriously worrying the local police…

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No Laws in Civil War Fight to the Death Many More Stories of Atrocities Government Is Stronger

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Though the Spanish Government is maintaining its ascendancy in key areas, it is being realised more and more that the revolution will not end until one or the other of the main classes of the population has…

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Gobarralong Tragedy Man Dead—Wife Seriously Wounded

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 5

A tragedy occurred at Gobarralong in the Gundagai district last Saturday morning, as the result which a well-known resident,…

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Annual Meeting Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute Successful Year

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 4

There was a very poor attendance at the annual meeting of the Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute held on Tuesday…

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Yass Soldiers’ Club Billiards Championship

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 7

The annual billiards championship of the Yass Soldiers’ Club is now being played. In the preliminary on Tuesday night, Aub…

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Malays As Soldiers Honoured By British Soldiers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 5

The brown-skinned Malays have proved their worth as British Officers, states "The Star" (London). They are—for the first time—to…

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