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 29 of 29

Shadow Of War Over Christmas What It Means To The People Of England To-day

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: England's wartime Christmas will be superficially duller and more grim, but less heavyhearted than in 1914, writes Geoffrey Tebbutt. On the one hand there is a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Canadian Troops In The Last War Glorious Exploits In France

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 December 1939 · page 2

The first Canadian troops have landed in Britain-successors of the gallant half million, 60,000 of whom did not return, sent overseas by Canada in the last war…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

War Injury Allowances

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 December 1939 · page 2

Doctors throughout England have been informed of the nature of the claims which will be accepted by the Government in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Financing Of The New War Keynes Replies To His Critics

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 December 1939 · page 4

"A plan of compulsory saving is the logical and most beneficial alternative to inflation in Great Britain's war economy." So writes Professor J. M. Keynes, the noted British…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Soldiers Keen and Alert British And French On West Front

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 December 1939 · page 1

LONDON: One of the things which has struck war correspondents when visiting the troops, has been the keenness, alertness and elasticity of mind apparent in all ranks, but particularly noticed by us among the officers, with whom…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Bar Raided Scene Created By Victorian Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 December 1939 · page 4

Victorian members of the 2nd A.I.F. created a disturbance at the Moss Vale Railway Refreshment Rooms after arriving by…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Clubs for Soldiers Appeal Made By Sturdee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 December 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: General Sturdee to-day strongly urged the need for a system of clubs for soldiers on leave such as the R.S.S.I.L.A…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

"War May Not Last Very Long"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 8

Air-Marshal Sir John Salmond, speaking as Eastbourne, England said that there were great signs "that the war may not be as long as…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Took Host's Shoes Soldier's Error

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 7

Friends of a Goulburn resident are enjoying a laugh at the latter's expense as a result of a humorous situation arising from…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Fall in Prices Despite The Coming Of War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY. Friday: The Minister for Trade Customs, Mr. Lawson, said to-day that the recently published index numbers of wholesale…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

"Protector" of Czechs' Capital Frank Bases Rule On Great War Methods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 4

"Germany is pursuing, in Czechoslovakia, the methods followed during the occupation of Belgium during the Great War," says Mr. O. G. Villard, the German-born…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

BUNGENDORE Public Send-Off To Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 1

BUNGENDORE: The Federal Hall was crowded when privates Lloyd Daniel, Bob Andrews and Victor Payne were tendered a…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Soldiers' Hospitals New Proposal For Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday: To build a properly equipped and modern base hospital of 600 beds for military purposes in Sydney would cost at…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →