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

The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Tractor Traffic Damage to Roads Council on War Path

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 4

Following a report by the Shire Engineer (Mr. R. Newton-Tabrett) that the recently stabilised section of road on Wade's Hill…

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War Blamed on a Typiste Nevile Henderson Sends Remarkable Story

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 4

"By the ruthless suppression of the Czechs, the captain of the German ship of state has hoisted the skull and crossbones of the pirate, cynically discarded his own theory of racial purity and has appeared under his true colours as the…

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War Time Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— It is an extraordinary fact that fears of war during the past two years have disturbed wool markets, but…

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The Lessons Of War!

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 3

This is from a mathematical course by Kohler and Graf (published by Ehlermann, Dresden) intended for Nazi children, forms…

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Ignored His Generals Hitler's War Plan Opposed

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 3

That Hitler persisted in war against the advice of his own military experts was revealed by the Oslo newspaper,…

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Wool in War Time Contradiction In Results

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 5

Winehcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: It is an extraordinary fact that fears of war during the past. two years have disturbed…

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£25 Plants for 10- War Upsets Orchid Market

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 3

The late Joseph Chamberlain, father of Britain's Prime Minister, was famous for his orchids. Many of his choicest plants were…

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Blame the Woman War Attributed to Typist's Marriage

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 2

“By the ruthless suppression of the Czechs, the captain of the German ship of state has hoisted the skull and cross-bones of the pirate,…

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C.W.A. Plans For War Time Conditions for Guidance of Members

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 1

Ac the C.W.A. was not formed during the .Great War, and contequently had no precedent on which to base its wartime…

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Lord Mayor’s Patriotic And War Fund Public Meeting to Be Held at Gunning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 7

Gunning Shire Council at its meeting on Monday night received a circular letter from the Lord Mayor of Sydney appealing for co-operation…

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Convoy System Beats U-boat Menace Lesson of Black Months of Last War British Navy Effectively Coping With Nazi Submarines

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 2

THE German U-boats are slowly adding to their toll of British shipping. Within a few minutes a conning-tower breaks the water, a torpedo slides on its way, and another merchantman takes its first and…

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Soldiers’ Memorial Installation of Sewerage Extension of Time Allowed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 3

The Municipal Council on Monday day night agreed to allow an extension of time to the council of the Soldiers’ Memorial and…

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New War Map

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 7

We have received a copy of Gregory's map of Europe and the Mediterranean. The map is in nine tints and is the most up-to date and…

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Evacuation of Canberra "War Cabinet Is Melbourne-Minded"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: The president of the Canberra Chamber of Commerce, Mr. P. W. G. Woodger, has accused the War Cabinet…

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Post Or Pre-War Story Mannheimer And His Bank Oppenheim Story

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 1

No one walking along Heerengracht Canal, Amsterdam, would have bothered to look twice at No. 412…

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War in Near East

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 October 1939 · page 5

SHANGHAI, Sunday: Three Chinese gunmen intruded in a Chinese wedding reception in the American defence sector and killed two of…

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Awaiting Grim Reality Eighth Week Of The War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 October 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday: Entering the eighth week of the war, the British public, equally with members of all the Services, share the view…

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Yass Graziers Plan to Buy a War Plane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 October 1939 · page 1

A scheme to contribute towards a war place has been launched among wool growers in the Australian Capital…

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Hospitals in War Effect On Strategy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 4

LONDON, Monday: In view of the fact that the Germans were blamed in the last war for bombing a British field hospital placed in the…

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Hitler's Plans Preparing For Long War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: The programme which Herr Hitler is now formulating will, it is suggested, fall under several heads…

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