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

The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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War Veterans’ Home

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 3

The first section of the War Veterans Home, which is being jointly sponsored by the R.S.S.I.L.A. (N.S.W. Branch) and the Legacy Club of Syd…

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DEFENCE-Oil and the Farmer If War Comes Oil's part in Primary Production (Special Staff Writer)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 8

VITAL to the army, navy and air force for defence, oil also plays an important part for the man on the land. Without it modern agricultural methods would be impossible, necessitating back- breaking manual labor and undeveloped land holdings; undeveloped because, until the…

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War Veteran’s Home

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 2

Given an opportunity for a holiday in congenial surroundings, many a broken war veteran, jobless and in ill health, may find his feet again on…

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In Event of War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Institute of Surveyors believes that the most suitable area in which to evacuate the people of Sydney in the…

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Thrilling War Stories Founding Of New Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 7

A Bradford, England, man who was captured by the Germans on the Aisne in September, 1014, and was then for four…

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Civil War In Spain Conclusive News Is Absent

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Conclusive information regarding the situation at Madrid is lacking. It is significent however, that…

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Silent Cities of the Dead Work Of War Graves Commision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 8

LONDON: Sir Fabian Ware, in his introduction to the 19th annual report of the Imperial War Graves Commission, states that…

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War Veterans' Home Opening Anzac Day More Money Needed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 8

The first section of the War Veterans Home, which is being jointly sponsored by the R.S.S. and I.L.A. (N.S.W. Branch) and…

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Plans for Anzac Day Celebration In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 4

With the twentieth anniversary of its formation sight, the Goulburn Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League is a…

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Army On War Basis Britain's Serious Measure

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

LONDON, Wednesday: The British Government has decided to raise the Territorial…

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War In Spain Is Now Over All Towns Are Surrendering To Franco's Army

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

LONDON, Wednesday: A broadcast from Spain, picked up by a Lisbon station at 2.30 p.m. local time, announced that…

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Pill Parade for Guards Soldiers For Experiment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 7

Daily at 6.30 a.m. 125 volunteers from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards rise in the bleak sleeping quarters ;of Chelsea Barracks,…

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Canada and War McKenzie King States Position

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 5

OTTAWA, Thursday: "As Prime Minister I will not engage to lead Canada into a war," said the Prime Minister, Mr. McKenzie King, who…

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£1,000,000 for Invention Ray That Will Deal With War Planes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 5

LONDON: A fortune of at least £1,000,000 awaits the inventor of a ray that will "cut out" the engine of an aeroplane in flight…

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New Guinea and the War Address By Mr. A. Cains

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 2

In 1884, while German diplomats were protesting to the British Foreign Office that Germany had no intention of annexing New…

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Offer Is Accepted Aid For Nation In Time Of War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, has accepted an offer made by the Australasian Union Conference of the…

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Enlistments in French Army

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday: Numbers of Italians, Spaniards and Poles have taken advantage of a decree permitting aliens to enlist in the French…

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Canada and War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

"As Prime Minister I will not engage to lead Canada into war," declared MR. Mackenzie King in the…

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Anzac Day Dinner

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 7

The President of the Crookwell Branch of the Country Women's Association (Mrs. Goodhew) informs us that the customary…

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Soldiers’ Memorial And Literary Institute Books Not Returned for Stocktaking

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 7

At the regular meeting of the Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute the president, Mr. W. McIntosh, was in the chair. There were…

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