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

The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Harvest First 10 to One Against Early War London, August 12

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 2

Prominent among recent visitors to Germany is Joseph Medill Patterson, proprietor of the New York Daily News. At the…

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War Leads to Suicide

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 1

SHANGHAI: The number of suicides among Chinese in Shanghat has risen sharply since the outbread of the Chico-Japanese war. The…

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Troubled Times The War of Imperialisms, Old and New Only One Way to Peace

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 3

These troubled times bring home to us the world's deep and urgent need of peace, writes the Bishop: of Goulburn, Rt. Rev. E. H. Burgmann, in the course of his monthly…

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War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 4

Ushered in to the chime of churchbells within range of Downing Street, the terrible words that a state of war existed between…

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War Has Come

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 2

And with it the necessity for adjusting ourselves to war’s demands and conditions. It is as yet too soon to form any definite ideas on what…

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Raising Ships of War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 2

LONDON: About 130 ships sunk In Spanish ports during the civil war are to be raised and used to strengthen Spain's merchant…

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War Scare Caused by Children

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 4

Reports that the traffic bridge over the Bargo River had been bombed and road traffic was suspended reached…

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Collapsed On Hearing War News

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 4

Werner Marnz, radio engineer, of 149 Regent Street, Redfern, was admitted to the Goulburn District Hospital on Friday night…

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Hitler on Britain Driven By War-Mongers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday: "The British Government has let its mask fall and proclaimed war on a threadbare pretext,"…

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“This Country Is at War with Germany”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 2

“This country is at war with Germany.” When they heard the British Prime Minister make the above…

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War Declared! Britain for Poland Threat Comes From Russia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 1

LONDON Sunday: Consequent upon Germany having failed to reply to the Note from Great Britain, Mr. Chamberlain stated last night, at 8.15, that a state of war existed between Britain and Germany…

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The War in Goulburn Chief Air Warden Makes Appeal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 4

Goulburn'' Chief Warden, Mr. Manion, Informs the public that the office in the Town Hall will be open from 10 till 12 and from 2 till 4…

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War Declared Against Germany Great Britain Fulfills Pledge to Poland

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 2

THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, MR. CHAMBERLAIN, ANNOUNCED IN A BROADCAST FROM THE CABINET…

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Air Raid Warnings England's First Day in the War False Alarm In South

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 5

The morning's air raid warnings, reinforced by occasional police whistles, brought) everyone to attention and afforded valuable practice in donning g as masks…

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Liner Torpedoed No Details Yet France Declared To Be At War 8,000,000 Men Are Under Arms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday: The United Press correspondent states that the French Government has officially announced that Germany replied in the negative to the ultimatum, thus France is automatically at war with Germany as the…

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Tribute to Dead Soldier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 3

LONDON: A mother has just learned, 24 years after her son's death in the war, that an unknown ex-soldier still lays a wreath on…

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War Holds Up Law

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: When the case in which James Charles Bendrodt, manager, was charged with allegedly fraudulently taking and applying for…

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War in the East

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 5

TIENTSIN, Tuesday: British Concession police arrested a German accused of firing on a British patrol, though there…

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War Effect on Finance Creation Of A Special Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: War having broken out between Australia and Germany, it is now a criminal offence to send money to Germany, but…

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As War Photographers

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 6

An ingenious Swiss invention which has been offered to the air Ministry may revolutionise wartime air reconaissance…

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