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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 46 of 97

Late War News

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 7

General de Gaulle, in a broadcast, declared that it was the absolute duty of every Frenchman who still has arms to continue resistance. The…

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Rotary and War Goulburn Proposal

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 4

At the meeting of the board of the Goulburn Rotary Club it was decided that the sum of five guineas should be voted for this quarted to the…

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Bakers' Dance for War Funds

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 5

The Goulburn Bakers' Patriotic Fund held a most successful dance at the Masonic Hall on Saturday evening last, when £24 was netted…

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Director in Britain's War Effort

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 5

Britain's wheels of industry are spinning as never before in a colossal effort to provide the sinews of war in sufficient…

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To Go Into Loans and War Certificates

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 8

Members of Junee Reefs Patriotic League have decided to place whatever credits they have in loans and war savings certificates. The two…

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German War Tunes Public Tired of Them

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 4

The Nazis have decided that German national symbols and national songs require to be protected against misuse by the German people…

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Half Proceeds to War Funds Wirrimah Hall Ball

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 1

Wirrimah residents held their annual hall ball on Tuesday night last, half the nett proceeds going to the local war funds. A good crowd as…

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From War-torn Europe Australia Welcomes Great Musicians

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 5

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…

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"Waste of Money" Mayor's Opinion Of Win-the-War Circulars

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 1

"It's a pity the people concerned would not put their money into war funds instead of wasting it on these kind of things," remarked the…

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Children Help the Empire's Cause Investing Savings In War Certificates KOORAWATHA

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 8

A number of Koorawatha school children have intimated that they intend to purchase war savings certificates with their school Savings Bank…

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On Account of the War Main Roads Work May Be Curtailed

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 1

A letter read to the Young aldermen at their meeting last night contained a warning that, because of the war, main roads work might…

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How Germany Lost the Last War Vital Battles of the Hundred Days

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 4

Last November Hitler said: "Britain and France did not defeat us on the battlefield." That was a great lie. The Fuehrer said nothing new in these words; he was merely…

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For District War Fund Bribbaree W.v.s. Effort Yields £19 Bribbaree

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 3

The Women's Voluntary Services conducted a street stall recently in aid of the Young and District War Fund. Many gifts of all kinds were received,…

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Rush To Join Up Enlistments In Australia

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: Enlistments in Australia for the 6th and 7th Divisions and Army Corps and the 8th Division and reinforcements now…

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Six More Local Enlistments

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 2

Since Tuesday, the following men have offered themselves at Young for service overseas: W. A. McGlynn (Tubbul). T. H. Perkins (…

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Where Council Officers Enlist Pay Differences To Be Adjusted

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 1

The Young Municipal Council last night adopted a recommendation by its finance committee that "as regards all servants of the Council…

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"Sacrificing a Good Deal" Soldier-alderman Conratulated

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 1

"We'll miss you, Jack," said the Mayor (Ald. Rabbets) at last night's meeting of the Young Municipal Council after Ald. J. E. Burtinshaw,…

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Air Force Enlistments

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 8

Although there are ample application forms at Young for joining the A.I.F., and although enrolments for the two sections of the Home Defence…

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Keeping the Home Fires Burning. Soldier's Wife Takes His Place as Secretary

The Young Chronicle · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 3

With their husbands answering their country's call, women throughout the world are helping to keep the home fires burning by quietly…

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Home Defence Enrolment of Returned Men R.S.L. Volunteer Corps

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 2

A meeting of returned solders is being arranged by a committee of returned men to be held on Saturday evening, July 13,…

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