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

The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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War on S.P. BETTING Ban To Be Imposed On Radio

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A ban is to be imposed upon the broadcasting of all racing information until the races are over…

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The Post Is War Right Or Wrong? the Church's King [To the Editor]

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 8

Sir: The whirligig of time has whirled and whisked away another year since I last paid my "sub." to the Post and I must hasten and "get…

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Soldiers’ Memorial And Literary Institute

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 1

At the regular meeting of the Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute on Tuesday evening, the president, Mr. W. McIntosh, was in the…

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Excitement at Campbelltown Man Wounded In Street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY Friday: While Constables Broadstreet, Conolly and Warren were patrolling Messenden Road and Brodie Street, Campbelltown, this…

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Mussolini Is Angry With Franco Because He Has Not Won War Another Crisis Said to Be at Hand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: Communications have reached Downing Street in the last few hours which indicate that Europe faces another crisis—again over Spain, says the Australian…

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Will There Be War?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 4

Two German followers of Henlein in Czechoslovakia, knowing the danger they courted, for everyone who crosses a frontier…

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Soviet Soldiers Cross the Border

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 5

TOKYO, Sunday: Fighting is reported to have broken out on the border of Manch ukuo and Soviet Russia. It is stated that Soviet soldiers crossed the frontier at Hunchun and fired a trench mortar at Manchukuan patrols,…

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On Board a Sea Raider Life On The Wolf As A Prisoner Of War Story Told by Mr. A. W. CAINS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 7

The following account of life on board a sea raider was told by Mr. A. W. Cains, district manager of the A.M.P. Society, in the course of an address before the Goulburn…

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Biggest Air Battle of War Loyalists Claim Success Over Italians

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 7

BARCELONA, Tuesday: In the greatest aerial battle of the war the Italians are said to have lost seventeen machines, which fell…

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Yass Soldiers’ Club Annual Billiards and Snooker Tournaments

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 6

The following billiards tournaments are being arranged by the Yass Soldiers Club for its members:—…

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Presentation To Soldiers’ Club

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 2

Aid. T. P. Leonard, on behalf of Mr. Tom Peterson, has presented two guns, said to be a hundred years old,…

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The Diggers Preparation For Ball N.Z. Anzac Day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 June 1938 · page 1

The committee in charge of arrangements for the 16th annual Diggers' Ball decided to alter the date to June 23 next to meet the…

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War Scare Aids Missions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 2

"The world has gone war-mad, consequently there is a bigger demand for copra, with a result that there is more money in the…

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Man Power and War Conscription of Wealth

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, stated in the House of Commons to-day that it was…

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WAR, N.Z., and Conscription Mr. Savage's Statement

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

WELLINGTON, Friday: If New Zealand becomes involved in a war while the Labour Government is in office, conscription will not…

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If War Broke Out Conscription Act And Dominion Citizens In England If Resident They May Be Called Up (Australian Associated Press Special.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: If war breaks out, in which case conscription is virtually certain to be imposed, it is expected that all Australians and other Dominion citizens "ordinarily…

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Soldiers’ Memorial And Literary Institute

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute was held on Tuesday evening…

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City Council Declares War on Cyclists

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 5

On the recommendation of the Health and Building Inspector, Mr. A. H. Currell, the Goulburn City Council has decided to ask its legal representative to press for a heavy penalty, in all cases where cyclists are prosecuted for…

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When Europe Was On Verge of War Mobilisation Order Ready In France For Signature

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: It transpires that the French order for general mobilisation was drawn up and ready for signature when the crisis arose out of the Nazi anti-Czech plans…

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Floods Add Horror to War Heavy Jap. Losses Claimed By China

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 June 1938 · page 5

LONDON Tuesday: The Hankow correspondent of the British United Press says that the Chinese report that the flood…

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