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

The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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T.B. Soldiers Letter From Mr. W. M. Hughes. Further Inquiries to Be Made

The Young Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 1

Further inquiry is to be made into the position of the T.B. Soldiers, according to letters received by Mrs. V. L. Alidis from the…

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Germany May Agree to Neutrality Report Received in Paris Civil War Continues with Horrors on Both Sides Rebels Blow Up Oil Depot

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 3

PARIS, Sunday: The Berlin correspondent of Le Journal states that Germany's reply to the request to join the Spanish non-intervention pact has been completed. It is in the affirmative…

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Civil War in Spain Rebels Make Progress General Married : Then Executed Butchery at Badajoz

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: No further strategic or tactical successes were reported by either side in Spain to-day. Both loyalists and rebels are manoeuvring for positions following the fall of Badajoz, and, the diversion of attention to…

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War of Attrition In Palestine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 5

JERUSALEM, Wednesday: The beginning of the fifth month of the Arab strike brings no sign of relaxation. The Government, Arabs and…

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The Militia Enlistments Increase

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: In the first three weeks of this month 778 volunteers have been engaged in the militia, the enlistments being almost three times…

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War Materials Germany Agrees

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: The embargo on the export of war materials to Spain in accordance with the proposals of the French…

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Red Cross Position of Returned Soldiers. Letter From Headquarters

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 2

If it is possible, the Red Cross Society is still prepared to care for T.B. returned soldiers, according to a letter from the headquarters…

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Returned Men for Church Service

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 6

Mr. T. C. Perry, secretary of the R.S.L., has received an invitation from Canon McKeown for members of the League to attend the service and…

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Returned Soldiers' League Monthly Meeting

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 8

The usual monthly meeting of the sub-branch was held in the Memorial Hall on Friday. August 3rd. at 8 p.m…

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Kindly Gift Soldiers’ Club Presents Fracture Bed to District Hospital

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 September 1936 · page 2

The Yass Soldiers’ Club has presented the District Hospital with an orthopedic fracture bed, complete in every detail for the…

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Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Council

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 September 1936 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute was held on Tuesday evening, The president, Mr. Walter McIntosh, was…

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King Edward Visits Anzac Graves

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 5

ISTANBUL, Thursday: Landing at Anzac Cove to-day King Edward was received by Mr. Tasman Millington, an Australian who served as a private…

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"A Digger." Bishop in Jerusalem Joins Up. a Member of the Young Sub-branch. of the Returned Soldiers' League

The Young Chronicle · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 1

Not until the Bishop in Jerusalem (Dr. G. F. Graham Brown), during his tour of Australia, arrived at Young, did it occur to any…

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Milk War? Price Scale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 September 1936 · page 1

From reports to hand to-day it seems that Goulburn is on the verge of a milk price-cutting campaign. The commodity is now…

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£100,000 For Returned Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 September 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: About £100,000 is available under the will of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Kirby, formerly of Cremorne, for application to the…

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Returned Men Do Not Want War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1936 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday: The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie), speaking at a conference of the Returned Soldiers' League yesterday, appealed to…

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£10 LEGACY For War Memorial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 1

A cheque for £10/9/, made available by the Estate of the late William Cope, for expenditure on beautifying the grounds…

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The Armament Race Winston Churchill on Germany's Figures—French Government's Endeavour to Nationalise All War Factories—Schneider Creusot First Britain's 300-Mile an Hour "Interceptors"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 September 1936 · page 4

Winston Churchill, a cherubic, reddishhaired Cassandra, bobbed up in the House of Commons a month ago to warn his countrymen of the "remorseless hammer" of the…

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Returned Men Do Not Want War

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 4

The Governor General (Lord Gowrie), speaking at a conference of the 'Returned Soldiers' League at Adelaide, appealed to the youth of…

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The Next War Opinions of Expert On The Real Perils Gas Ranks Well Down

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: "The major dangers of the next war, which will not be a matter of armies at grips with armies, but nations at grips with nations, will be an air attack with high explosive bombs, incendiary bombs and gas gombs,"' declared Major…

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