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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 31 of 97

Rallying to Empire's Aid 4000 Men Enlist Sydney

The Young Chronicle · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 2

Since the recruiting campaign opened a few days ago almost 4000 men in N.S.W. have applied for enlistment…

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Young Answers Call for Fighting Funds £1,100 Subscribed Within 20 at Public Meeting Mr. A. W. Scott Sets Fine Example with 250 Guineas Donation Young and District War Fund to Raise £5,000 by June 30

The Young Chronicle · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 1

A decision to subscribe a sum of at least £5,000 by June 30 as a contribution to Australia's war effort was made at a special public meeting ef the citizens of Young and district, held in the loggia of the Town Hall on Wednesday night. when the Young and District War…

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War News

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 2

The unreliability of war news, particularly that of German origin, is well known. We cannot believe even the things we see, let alone the…

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Bribbaree and War Funds

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 1

At a meeting of the Bribbaree Show Association Mr. T. C. West gave notice that he would move at next meeting that the whole of the…

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Duplication of War News

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday: The possibility of eliminating duplication in the broadcasting of war news will be investigated the Postmaster-General…

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£50 RAISED Carnival For War Funds

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 7

Prospects are that the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund will benefit by at least £50 as a .result of the patriotic carnival…

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Fighting on the Home Front for War Funds

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 2

The boxing and wrestling promoted on Saturday night in aid of the local Patriotic and War Fund was such a…

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The Judases of Germany Dr. McGuire's Plain Talk On War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 1

Speaking at SS. Peter an Paul's Cathedral yesterday morning, the Bishop of Goulburn, Most Rev. Dr. McGuire, in a powerful exhortation to Catholics to respond to the Pope-appeal for prayers for peace, declared that those who, had…

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Our War Effort Speeding Up Arms Production Varied Work at Lithgow

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 3

In the manufacture of the weapons of war as well as in the production of articles associated with the arts of peace, the Commonwealth Small…

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ENLISTED Four Goulburn Solicitors

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 4

Four Goulburn solicitors, who included Ald, Ian R. Duffy, formerly, Mayor of this city, have volunteered for overseas service…

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Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer Open War Savings Certificates Campaign Rally in Memorial Hall No Sacrifice Too Great Australia Must Make Her Maximum Contribution

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 1

“We talk of money. If I thought as an individual I could come out of this war a member of a victorious and free country…

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Welcome Home Social Gathering At Dalton

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 2

A social evening was held in the Methodist school hall, Dalton; on Wednesday night in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Athol Brown, whose…

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"Terrible War and the Last Race"

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 1

These are grim times, and there isn't much humor in the war news, writes our city representative. But for being unconsciously funny you can't…

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War Savings Hospital Staff To Help

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 4

Anxious to assist further in the war effort, all members of the District Hospital staff have agreed to join a weekly contribution…

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World's Wool Mills Reduced By War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Recent developments in Europe had quick effect on confidence in wool values in the…

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War Ambulances Urgently Needed Red Cross Objective

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 4

The Executive of the Red Cross Society has been informed officially that there is urgent need for motor ambulance transport in France and…

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War Claims and the States Drastic New Plan Now Proposed

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday: At the meeting of the Loan Council, the Commonwealth Government submitted a plan for a Co-ordinator of Works, who would direct the allocation of funds as between defence activities and works programmes…

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Waging War on Bunny Landholders Reply to P.P. Board Further Inspections in Some Cases

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 1

A good deal of the correspondence at Saturday's meeting of the Young P.P. Board was from landholders to whom the Board had written…

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"For the Freedom of the Mediterranean" Italian Press Openly Advocate Entry Into War London

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 2

The war fever in Italy is reaching fever pitch. The Press continues more openly their hymn of hate against Britain and urges a swift blow by Italy "for the freedom of the Mediterranean."…

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Record Attendance at W.V.S. Rally Four Functions Arranged for War Funds Direct Giving Appeal Yields £80

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 2

Approximately £80 was subscribed in direct giving at yesterday's special meeting of the Women's Voluntary Services, held in the loggia of the Town Hall, at which the president (Mrs. Hector Davidson)…

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