C.W.A.'s Fine Scheme Sheepskin Vests for Sailors and Soldiers
Intense interest has been created throughout the Country by the move of the C.W.A. to carry out a Sheepskin Vests for Soldiers and Sailors'…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
1,933 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 27 of 97
RECAPTURED Soldier Eludes Escort
Alertness on the part of a Goulburn police officer resulted in the recapture of a young soldier a short time after he had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News From Home for Soldiers
For a soldier on active service the next best thing to a letter from home is a home newspaper, which provides him with the news of his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War News in Brief
The German advance in Holland and Belgium announced in the later edition of the Post on Friday night has not proceeded according to plane…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“We Are at War!”
On Friday afternoon, when the Patriotic and War Fund Committee was discussing the launching of an appeal for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Appeal Patriotic and War Fund Public Meeting To Be Held Local Control; Proposed Support of Central Fund
At the regular meeting of the committee of the Yass and District Patriotic and War Fund on Friday, it was decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late War News
The latest communique comes from the Belgian High Command and reports that the Belgian troops were fighting hard all day. Everywhere…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Show Societies Play Part In War Effort
According to statements made at the annual conference of the Southern Tablelands Show Societies' Conference in Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Age of Enlistment Now Raised From 35 To 40 Years
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Southern Command Headquarters announced to day that the age limit for enlistment in the A.I.F. had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans Gaining Ground In Holland Biggest Land Battle of War Is Looming Terrific Air Attacks by Nazi Air Force Huge Losses Inflicted on Enemy London
The Germans are gaining ground in Holland and now claim to occupy one half of that country. The Dutch Government has transferred its seat to London and Queen…
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A message from Washington states that President Roosevelt has expressed his willingness to combine with the other American States in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Demand Growing War Savings Certificates
Although the sale of War Savings Certificates in Goulburn a few weeks ago was practically negligible, inquiries made at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Savings Groups Purchases by Employers
For the conduct of war savings groups, formed for the purchase of war savings certificates, standard rules have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A War Clause In Joan Fontaine's Contract
Ever conscious of current events, Hollywood's motion picture industry began the other day to write clauses, into players' contracts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gunning Digger Off to War Again Presentation to Cr. Morgan
Mr. Frank Morgan, of Gunning, was accorded a pleasant and unexpected surprise on Saturday night when, at the Gunning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Time We Did Something" Says Shire President War Funds Under Discussion
With a view to establishing a branch of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund in Crookwell a public meeting is to be held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shot Their Own Soldiers London, Tuesday
German planes machine-gunned train which was drawn up at Tournal station. The train was carrying 650 German prisoners, and twenty of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News From Home for Soldiers
For a soldier on active service the next best thing to a letter from home is a home newspaper, which provides him with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Affects Zoos
The war has practically stopped the exchange of animals between zoos throughout the world. Before the war Taronga Park exchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Woman at the Front Is War Correspondent
Hazel Macdonald, Chicago Times correspondent in Europe, is credited with being the first American woman reporter permitted to…
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