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, 1939

573 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 18 of 29

Bigger Effort Returned Men Give Opinion

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The executive of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' imperial League expressed the opinion that the real…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Prize of War Taken By Submarine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday: It, is revealed that a French submarine last week was cruising in mid-Atlantic without a special…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The War Combined Church Services “Common Need and Common Call”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 2

The Protestant ministers of Yase have - arranged to hold -a combined church service one Sunday night in each month…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Returned Soldier’s Rejection Served Under Assumed Name

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 2

After having travelled to Adelaide from the Northern Territory in the hope of joining the A.I.F. Reserve, Mr. M. P. Larkings, an ex-service…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Neutrals and War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 4

We are apt to over-estimate what the neutrals will make out of a war. Mostly we visualise neutrals selling to combatants at…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

No Liquor at Camps Decision By War Cabinet

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 4

A decision by the War Cabinet that liquor is not to be sold iin the canteens established in military camps is causing consider…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Enlisted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 4

Ralph Richardson, star of the film, "Q Planes," has transformed fiction into fact by enlisting in the navy as a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

It's A War On Wheels

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 5

German tactics in Poland. At top: Troops advancing under the protection of a tank in the suburbs of Warsaw. Below: At Gdynia machine-guns covered street advances…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War Time Is Caution Time

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 7

The Government has issued a plea to the public that they carry on their duties as though there were no war. While most people are willing to obey this call there is still the fact that interest in the international…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

War In The Air Canada As A Training Ground

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: The Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, announced in the House of Commons that Lord…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Airmen for Canada Plans For Long War Go Ahead

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Royal Australian Air Force men are to be trained in Canada for war service…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Economic War Effects What U.S. Threat Means To Japan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 8

WASHIINGTON: When Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, abrogated the 28-year-old U.S.-Japan treaty of commerce and…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Love Laughs at War Society Girl to Marry German Count

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 3

A London society girl hopes to be able to enter Germany in order to carry a German count. She is Miss Brigid Dunn, daughter of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Motorist's Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes (by "Carbon") War And The Motorist

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 7

That the war will ultimately affect the Australian motorist cannot lie gainsaid, but from exhaustive enquiries made in official circles I can…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Special Force Enlistment Facilities

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 1

The Area Recruiting Officer, Drill Hall, Goulburn, advises us that there has been a steady stream of men applying for…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Magnificent Gift Commemorative Window for Soldiers' Club

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 5

Members of the Crookwell subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League were! taken completely by surprise at their monthly…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War and Costs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 4

A topic of absorbing interest when a war breaks out is the rising cost of living, and it is only natural that those who have to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

War Taxes in Britain

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 3

British taxes include 60 per cent on excess profits since March 31. Income tax of 7/ in the £ for remainder of this year; 7/6 for full year. Tax…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Red Cross Appeal For War Material

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Gunning branch of the Red Cross Society was held in the Literary Institute on Saturday afternoon, when there…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Love Laughs at War Society Girl to Marry German Count

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 4

A London society girl hopes to be able to enter Germany in order to carry a German count. She is Miss Brigid Dunn, daughter of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →