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

The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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Kenmore Dance For War Veterans' Home

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 October 1938 · page 2

Kenmaore members of the Goalburn sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League held.a lance on Saturday night to assist in the appeal being made in…

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Bunny Wins Armistice in Virus War

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 7

The rabbits have won the first round in the fight on Wardang Island, where experiments are being carrier out to devise methods for…

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Strange Murder Anzac's Wife Beaten To Death LONDON, Sunday

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 5

Mrs. Clara Paul, aged 40, wife of an Anzac, Stephen G. Paul, whom she married in Belgium, was found unconscious with serious head…

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"BLOCKADE" Tense War Drama At Ritz

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 3

Based on the present conflict in Spain, "Blockade," the starring attraction at Hoyts Ritz, vividly portrays the horrors of civil war,…

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Inevitability of War?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 19 October 1938 · page 4

It is only natural that we should read with interest the remarks made by the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Lang, on the recent…

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British Troops Enter Old Walled City Of Jernsalem Panoply of War Opposition Weak

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 5

JERUSALEM, Wednesday: A Pale sun was rising over the Mount of Olives when the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream…

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Welcome Home Party

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 7

On Saturday night over 100 friends assembled at Wenebah, Young Road, to welcome home Mr. H. E. Wright and daughter Phyllis, who had just…

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Bird Help in 'Hopper War

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 1

Insectivorous birds are already in evidence in force in some districts where early hatches of grasshoppers are reported, and use proving a…

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War on Radio

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 5

TOKYO, Sunday: Two radio announces, beginning on Tuesday will broadcast regular ten minute descriptions…

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Japanese Hope War Will Be Over Before Christmas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 5

CANTON, Tuesday: Huge fires are raging to-night throughtout the city, which presents…

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Yass Soldiers’ Club Billiards Championship Again Won by A. BRENNAN

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 7

Aub. Brennan, last year’s titleholder, again won the billiards championship of the Yass Soldiers’ Club, when he beat Vic. Leonard on…

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Pre-war German Colonies

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 5

Map showing Germany's pre-war colonits in black and their [?] under the Tresty of Versail Germany's pre-war colonies, now stated to be the next objective of the Nazis' expansion policy, were in area five times the size of German itself, and supported a population of 14 millions — one quarter of the pre-war populations of Germany…

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Cyclists on Footpath Council Declares War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 1

" In a report' to Thursday night's meeting of the Goulburn City Council, the Health and Building Inspector, Mr…

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War Of The Worlds Too Realistic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday: A vast United States radio audience was thrown into panic by a too-realistic broadcast of…

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Returned Soldiers

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 4

Binalong-Galong sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League held its monthly meeting on Saturday and it was well attended. It was decided…

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C.W.A. Welcome Home To Mrs. Connell Pleased with New Premises

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 1

Owing to a number of counter at tractions and the sudden cancellation of the garden party, the attendance at the function held in the…

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War Museum interesting And Instructive Exhibits At Goulburn German Efficiency (By Our Special Representative)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 1

The impressive Goulburn and District War Memorial, which stands on a rugged hill near that town, is a prominent landmark,…

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Soldiers’ Club Memorial to A. J. CHRISTIAN

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 2

On Monday next, November 14, a memorial to the memory of A. J. Christian will be unveiled at the Soldiers’ Club, at 8 p.m…

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The War Is Won Franco Gives Interview

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: "The war is won but fighting will not cease until the influence of the Loyalist leaders is…

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War in Spain Loyalists' Surprise Attack

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 5

BARCELONA, Tuesday: While General Franco's troops were celebrating the recovery of part of the right bank of the Ebro River, in Catalonia…

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