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

The wars & local soldiers, 1940

1,933 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 15 of 97

2nd A.I.F. Enlistments In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 4

Six Goulburn men have applied at the Drill Hall since Saturday last for enlistment it the 2nd A.I.F…

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British War Graves

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

Australian soldiers visiting the British War Cemetery in Jerusalem.—Dept. of Information photo…

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Waiting For War Cabinet

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Political circles are still awaiting an announcement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, regarding the…

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Japanese Attitude To War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

TOKIO, Wednesday: The British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, conferred with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr…

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War Sends Marriage Rate Soaring

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 6

Registry offices throughout Britain report that the war has sent up the marriage rate by between 300 and 400 per cent. Sixty per cent, of the…

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GYMKHANA Carnival For War Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

Plans for the gymkhana and street carnival to be held on May 23 and 24 were advanced a stage further at a general committee…

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Money Needed for War Certificate Plan

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 8

“By its simplicity the plan for the sales of War Savings Certificates to raise money for war purposes only appears to have commended itself…

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British Pottery More Orders Since War

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 1

LONDON: An increase of 100 per cent in United States and Canadian orders for British made pottery since the outbreak…

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Warning by Mr. Menzies War Sacrifices In Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday: In a speech at the official luncheon of the Royal Show yesterday, the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, warned Australians that…

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Germans' Minds Numbed Went Into War Like Sleep-walkers

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

According to reliable reports there is still quite a widespread desire in Germany to listen in to foreign broadcasts, checked, of…

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Melon Pips for Ornaments War May Force Queer Styles

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 3

Because of a possible shortage of materials there is a necessity for invention which gives dress designers overseas plenty of scope…

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Prefer the Kaiser to Hitler Indians' Attitude To The War

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 3

India to-day is in a sober and realistic mood. The agitation for complete independence has been tempered in recent years by…

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Quick Peace or a Long War U.S.A. Ex-President's View

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

"I believe that unless a peace can be effected within a few months, a long, long war will result. And it will be a war such…

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More Energetic Conduct of War Demanded Re-construction of French Government LONDON

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 2

It is understood that M. Daladier, the French Premier, who, with his Cabinet, resigned to-day, will be asked to form a new Ministry. The resignation of the French Government caused little surprise…

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If Hitler Had Married Would We Now Be at War? "His Capacity For Love Has Turned In On Himself"

The Young Chronicle · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 4
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To bear children, particularly male children, is the highest service of woman under Nazi "morality," which is not at all insistent on marriage as being an essential condition…

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French Soldiers Lack a Nickname "Poilu" Seldom Used

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 2
Also in The Young Chronicle

The French soldier in this war has certainly developed a personality, but he has yet to receive a name…

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Recruiting Seventh Division Enlistments

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Applications for enlistment in the 7th Division of the A.I.F. und the Army Corps are coming in steadily…

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Against War with Russia Vote By Easter A.L.P. Conference

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A "Hands Off Russia" decision, made by the Easter Labour conference, the governing body of the…

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