Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

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 2 of 13

Peace at Last in Lithgow Bread War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 1

The price of a 2lb loaf in Lithgow is now 5d. This rate will be charged by bakers irrespective of whether the transaction is a cash or credit one…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Russo-Japanese War Forecast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 6

MOSCOW, Thursday: Marshal Bluecher, commander of the Soviet Far East Army, stated to-day that the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Arganda Battle Fierce Fighting In Spanish Civil War Heavy Bombardment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday: Arganda district, 10 miles south-east of Madrid, on the Madrid-Valencia Road, six miles from Vacia Madrid, on the junction of the Manzanares and Jarama Rivers, was the scene of to-day's fiercest…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Bin Along Returned Soldiers’ League

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Binalong sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League the following officers were elected:—President, Mr. J.. J…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Children's Refuge Bombed The Flight From Malaga Story of Terror Is Told by Wounded Aviator

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: The serial bombing of a children's refuge, resulting in the killing of 57, was an isolated incident in the long-drawn ag[?]ny of the flight from Malaga, says the Almeria correspondent of the Times, who then…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Sequel to Tully Park Shooting Girl Wounded When She Went To Rescue Of Dog Man Acquitted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 4

Stating that no jury would convict on the evidence submitted Mr. F. W. Britz, P.M., discharged Matthew Selmes, 52,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Annex Mandated Territory! Returned Men's Demand Reply to Propaganda by Germany

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

"That in view of the insistent propaganda being carried out by Germany and by German sympathisers inside the British Empire, and in view of the fact that the possession of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea is of such…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Lord Nuffield's View Insure Against War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: Lord Nuffield said to-day, before his departure from Canberra, that Britain's £1,500,000,000 armament…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Galong Returned Soldiers' League

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 10

Mr. J. J. Garry presided at the meeting of the Binalong-Galong Branch of the R.S. & S. League in the Memorial Hall on Saturday night…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Returned Men and New Guinea Prime Minister's Reply Captain Fowler Deals with Propaganda

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sunday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), referring to the motion passed by the Returned Soldiers' League at Goulburn urging the Commonwealth Government to annex the Mandated Territory of New…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Anzac Day Services On Sunday, 25th April

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 4

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) states that the State executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers’ League had advised him that it…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Anzac Day Diggers to Organise Benefit Day's Sport

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 1

A sports meeting, proceeds from which will be devoted to the Graythwaite Home, will be held in Goulburn on the Anzac…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Missing From U.S.A. If There is European War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday: A warning that the United States might be compelled to intervene in a European war was given by the United States…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

World and War Great Question of To-day Modern Idealism

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 3

"The great question before the world to-day is 'Are we going to have another war to prevent war?'"…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Children Engage in Tribal War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 7

JUNEE: Like a page torn from a Ginger Meggs annual was the incident which awakened residents in the southern…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Hemming in the War London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 7

The administrator of British frontier observers in Portugal in the scheme which has been accepted by the international non-intervention…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Children to Learn War New Orders Issued In Moscow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 5

MOSCOW, Wednesday: A new decree orders the military training of children of eight years of age and upwards and the manufacture of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Appeal By V.C. Soldier Settlers Depend on "Yes" Vote Thousands Involved

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 8

"An affirmative vote on the marketing referendum is of tremendous importance to returned soldiers," writes Mr. Arthur S. Blackburn, V.C.,…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Outspoken Bishop Causes of Falling Birthrate War and No Security

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday: In an outspoken sermon to-day the Bishop of Birmingham, Dr. E. W. Barnes, preaching to the University of Oxford, said prudent parents will not and should not bring children into the world if they are…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

NEWLYWEDS Welcome-Home at Big Hill Happy Evening

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 2

MARULAN: The spacious wool shed of Mr. M. Phillips of Big Hill, was a scene of gaiety on Saturday night last, when a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →