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

The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Theirs Not to Reason Why Dumb Victims of the War

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1939 · page 6

"It was the sight of the horses that made me wonder if I should he able to control the lump in my throat much longer," writes…

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Russians Renounce Peace Pact War Of Nerves On Finland Grows Severer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 November 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: The Russian Premier, M. Molotov, told the Finnish Minister that the Soviet intends to renounce the Soviet-Finnish non-aggression pact because the…

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Countrywomen's Assn. May Do War Work Routine Tasks Must Not Be Neglected

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1939 · page 4

The controlling council of the Countrywomen's Association has given its sanction for branches of the organization to organise…

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Britain's First Soldier Gort of the Guards Combines Brains And Courage With Immense Physical Strength

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1939 · page 3

ARMISTICE DAY, November 11, 1918. Hundreds of thousands who had been soldiers for the duration alternately cheered with excitement and felt a sinking feeling in the stomach. What…

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War Costs

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, announced in the house of…

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Canada's War Ace

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 4

Honorary Air Marshal Bill Bishop, Canada's deadly war ace and directing force of the Empire Air Scheme, looks out…

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Button Day Goulburn Drive To Aid War Funds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 4

With a donation of £5/5/, the Lady Belmore Club, Market Street, this morning gained the distinction of being the first…

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£6,000,000 a Day War Cost to Britain

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 6

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon), in a broadcast, declared that the war was costing Britain at least…

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Britain's First Soldier Gort of the Guards Combines Brains And Courage With Immense Physical Strength

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 3

ARMISTICE DAY, November 11, 1918. Hundreds of thousands who had been soldiers for the duration alternately cheered with excitement and felt a sinking feeling in the stomach. What…

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Soviet Russia Breaks Off Relations With Finland Bitter Press Attack Molotov Denounces War-Mongers 'Provocation by Finland' Brutal Power Technique Is Now In Full Swing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday:Just when the withdrawal of Finnish troops from the Soviet border bad heightened hopes of a peaceful settlement of the Russo-Finnish dispute, the…

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Drive for War Funds Button Sale In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 5

From an early hour this morning a women's committee, headed by the Mayoress, Mrs. I. R Duffy, has been busily engaged in…

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Fate of Government Threatened Soldiers' Pay Leads To Critical Debate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday: A critical political situation, in which the stability of the Government is threatened, has developed over military rates of pay. Demands have been made on the…

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German Relic Stolen From War Memorial

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 4 December 1939 · page 7

An unusual theft involving the disappearance of an automatic revolver of German pattern from the Goulburn War Memorial on Rocky Hill is at present being investigated by the Goulburn police…

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London in War Time Miss Walker's Impressions

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

Miss Margaret Walker, of Goldsmith Street, has returned to Goulburn after eight months' absence on a visit to England…

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Wet or Dry Canteens? Archdeacon On War Path

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

SYDNEY, Monday: Archdeacon R. B. S. Hammond upon hearing last night that a proposal was on foot to bring wet canteens into operation…

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The War At Sea Survey After Three Months

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

LONDON, Monday: It is authoritatively stated that since the beginning of the war Britain has taken…

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Pigeon Saved Battalion Winged Heroes Of Great War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 December 1939 · page 7

The report of how a carrier pigeon recently saved a detachment of British troops, surrounded by fanatical native warriors on the North-West Frontier of India, from annihilation, recalls stories of the winged heroes of the…

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Germany and Polish War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 7

One day 5000 wounded German soldiers arrived in Berlin from the Polish front, states an American exchange. Only a handful of doctors…

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OVER £100 RAISED Goulburn War Fund Drive

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 1

Although the final cheek has not been completed, it was officially announced yesterday mornning that the proceeds of…

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London Like Country Town War-Time Life

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 6

London, writes a correspondent, is beginning to feel more and more like a country town, what with the tinkle of bicycle…

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