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

The wars & local soldiers, 1937

259 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 13

Subscribers Approve of £4000 Improvement Scheme Soldiers’ Memorial Hall Appeal to Public

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 1

A meeting of subscribers to the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall ,on Tuesday night agreed to a comprehensive improvement scheme…

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Man Shot Dead Another is Wounded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Thomas Bowler, a grazier, of Seacombe, was shot dead yesterday morning on the pastoral property of Harold Tann, 12…

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Spanish War Relief Work Among Refugees

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 October 1937 · page 4

Dr. Madeleine Ekenberg will visit Goulburn to-morrow. when she will deliver two addresses on relief work among the Spanish…

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Spanish War Refugees Appeal For Alleviation Of Distress Visit of Dr. EKENBERG

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 10

A graphic and moving account of what is happening during the civil war in Spain was given by Dr. Madeleine Ekenberg, in the course of an address at St. Saviour's Church Hall last night…

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SOLDIERING British Army as Career Pension Offer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 3

LONDON: Mr. Hore-Belisha, broadcasting recently on the changes in the British Army Service, said:…

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Britain and Intervention in The Spanish Civil War Italy Begins to Fear Action Eyes on Pyrenees Frontier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: It is likely that the Cabinet on Wednesday will consider the Italian Note regarding intervention in the Spanish civil war. To-morrow Mr. Eden will receive from the French Ambassador a full account of…

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When Nations Chuckle It Saves Them From War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 4

Laughter does not always feed grudges, deepen prejudices, encourage a sense of superiority, and foster…

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The Crow Is It a Friend or Enemy? Grasshopper War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 2

The following article is a leader from the Christian Science Monitor, published in Boston (U.S.A.), and well-known for the reliability…

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No War in Europe For 40 Years Traveller’s Opinion

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 3

Amid the general fear of war, and continual alarming reports, comes the opinion there will not be another European war for 40…

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National War Memorial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 2

The final stages in the erection of the National War Memorial at Canberra will be commenced within the next two…

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Boy Rider Garry Maddrell's Success Welcome Home

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 5

Braidwood: Repercussions Garry Maddrell's success in winning the gold cup for the champion boy rider of Australasia were first…

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Germans Do Not Want War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Mr. W. Schumacher, who arrived in Sydney to-day from overseas the managing director in Australia of Bayer…

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War Reserve Britain Needs More Food

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 6

Britain requires, as a war reserve, according to calculations made in the “British Medical Journal,” the same amount of wheat as is now used…

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Anzac Day

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 1

April 25th, Anzac Day, will fittingly close the celebrations period. On this day in 1938, 50,000 returned soldiers from all parts of the…

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The Crow Is It a Friend or Enemy? Grasshopper War

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 1

The following article is a leader from the Christian Science Monitor, published in Boston (U.S.A.), and well known for the…

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Contract Let National War Memorial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 2

With the placing of a contract for the completion of the National War Memorial at Canberra a project which held received the…

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War Scare Cause of Defeat Says Labour Man

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Mr. S. Bird, former general secretary of the A.L.P., said to-day that the war scare inside the party was responsible for…

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A.l.p. War Commences in Glebe, Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 October 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Announcement next weekend of candidates for A.L.P. pre-selection for the next Legislative Assembly contest is expected to precipitate immediate faction fighting in the Labour movement…

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Welcome Home

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 2

During the evening the Rev. G. Nelson Bensley' tendered a welcome home (on behalf of the congregation and himself) to several members of…

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3rd BATTALION Enlistment of Band

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 1

On Sunday morning 28 members of the 7th A.L.H. Band enlisted as bandsmen with the 3rd Infantry Battalion. It is…

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