Concessions for Soldiers
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Military authorities to-day supported the suggestion that concessions on trains land trains should a be granted to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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 45 of 97
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 →The Soldier's Sock
THE Lord Mayor's Partiotic and War Fund Comforts Depot (Sydney) has issued in booklet form a Guide to Knitting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“War Effort” Talks
Every evening at 7.15 there is a talk on some aspect of the war effort that Australia has to make, whether it be by enlistment, by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour And War
NEWCASTLE, Thursday: The Federal Labour Party's war policy has been endorsed by the Northern Miners Management Board by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Support for War “One Sheep” Collection
Further support was forthcoming this week to the War Loan by the donations of Mr. Chas. Lucas, “Wahroonga,” Gunning, £250'; Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →He War Yass District Patriotic and War Fund Further Donations
The duty of the Patriotic and War Fund is the care of the members of the fighting forces, to keep them fit, to make them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Director in Britain's War Effort
Britain's wheels of industry are spinning as never before in a colossal effort to provide the sinews of war in sufficient quantity. An important part is being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BINALONG Race Club Supports War Effort
A meeting of members of the Binalong Race Club was held on Saturday night, when Mr. E. M. de Mestre, vice-president, occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.p. Boards and the War
Referring to a circular letter from the Inverell Municipal Council, advocating “the speeding-up of war effort” and asking co-operation, Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Examination System Proposal Upset By War
In a circular letter to the headmaster of the Goulburn High School, Mr. H. Walker, the Acting Director of Education and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Savings Certificates Municipal Council Forms Group Ald. Cusack’s Scathing Comment; Financing the War
At the suggestion of the Mayor, Ald. M. S. Nash, the aldermen formed themselves into a War. Savings Purchase Group, on Tuesday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German War Tunes Public Tired of Them
The Nazis have decided that German national symbols and national songs require to be protected against misuse by the German people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From War-torn Europe Australia Welcomes Great Musicians
Until some five years ago the visit of one celebrity artist usually was an event in our musical lives. How different now, in 1940 ! A series of world-famous artists are touring Australia, hurrying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Elections Should Be Postponed During War Municipal Council’s View
On Tuesday evening the following motion was carried at the meeting of the Municipal Council: Ald. Cusack moved:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£2000 For War Loan Free of Interest Gunning “Does Its Bit”
Yesterday it was announced that Messrs. Ryan Bros., owners of Boureong Station, Gunning, had subscribed the sum of £1000 to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Germany Lost the Last War Vital Battles of the Hundred Days
(By Captain Cyril Falls, Military Correspondent of the London Times") Last November Hitler said: "Britain and France did not defeat us on the battlefield." That was a great lie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways And The Soldiers
SYDNEY, Thursday: The Railway Department takes the view that soldiers on leave travel for "their personal amusement and pleasure" and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Council Will Hold Jobs for Enlisted Employees
The Municipal Council on Tuesday night decided his job would be kept for any employee who enlisted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enlisted Men
We will be glad to received from relatives or friends the names of any district residents who have enlisted…
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