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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 5 of 97

War Will Kill the Corset Curls Also Doomed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 10

Lecturing on “Fashion and War,” Mr. James Laver, assistant keeper of the Victoria and Albert, Museum, London,…

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"Isles Of Chosen People" Great Britain and the War

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 3

Here is an interesting German view of the war as its affects--or might affect--Great Britain. "England is to-day in respect to…

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Winning the War Attack Would Be Folly As Yet

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 3

"Our chief risk of losing a war lies to trying to win the war--by pursuing the mirage of decisive victory on the battlefield…

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Leaves "Paradise" Home Londoner Returns to Enlist

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 2

A young couple who left England after being married for two days, and went to live as natives of Tahiti and Hawaii, have…

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Help for Bolish War Victims

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

The Australian women's Polish war victims relief committee, 76 Pitt-st., Sydney, acknowledges receipt of gifts of clothing from Mrs. L. Esplin, of…

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War Comforts Fund Boorowa Branch

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Boorowa and District War Comforts Fund was held yesterday in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall…

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Former Kaiser Ill Worried by the War

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 8

The ex-Kaiser, Wilhelm II. is ill in bed at Doom, with influenza. He is reported to be worried by the war and this, combined with his age…

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The War, Day by Day Wheat Prices

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

The British Government has seceded to a request from the Australian Wheat Board that the price of the 1,500,000 tons of wheat sold to…

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The War Day by Day British Fighter Types

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 7

Royal Air Force fighter defence consists of Supermarine Spitfires, Hawker Hurricanes and Gloster Gladiators…

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The Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund Sock Pattern

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 9

All wool for socks should be shrank before winding. Tie skein in several places; steep in boiling water and allow to cool; hang on line…

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City No [?] to Meet War Costs Tax Increases Inevitable

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 3

The increase in Federal taxation, forecast in this column towards the end of last year, is now being [?]…

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Boorowa and District War and Patriotic Fund (To the Editress)

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

Madam,—Through we me[?] of your columns so kindly placed[?] our dip[?] we desire to appeal to all residents of the Municipaity of…

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Nazis Perturbed Over Finnish War Raw Material Hopes Are Unfulfilled London

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

Germany's dislike of the Finns and the Nazi desire to see Russia quickly victorious in Finland is explained by the fact that raw materials which Germany hoped to get from Russia are being rapidly eaten up in the latter's war with Finland. Oil, metal and other substances which…

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Blockade Is Always Effective Will Finally Beat Nazis The Last War's Unmistakable Lesson

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

Official communiques of the war so far have not been remarkable for a wealth of detail, but sufficient information has been made available to enable, Australians to appreciate to some extent the…

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"Much More Must Be Done" Helping Men Who Have Enlisted

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

"We feel sure that every old Digger views with apprehension and alarm the renewal of hostilities in Europe. The last war was supposed…

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Text Books for Ex-soldiers Kiddies

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

During the year Young sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League again supplied text books to children of ex-soldiers attending the Young…

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War Supplies From U.s.a

Yass Tribune-Courier · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 2

Britain is reported to be preparing to spend £312,500,000 on aero planes and other essential war supplies in the United States, and is…

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Petrol Used in War What A Bomber Uses An Hour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 1

The need for conserving high-octane petrol for use in aircraft is placing a premium on this commodity in all countries involved in the war…

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The Select Committee Inquiry Value of Horses in War Further Evidence Of Utility

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 4

As was the case at the opening session on Saturday morning, all evidence submitted to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Trotting, which concluded its two days' hearing at the Goulburn Court House yesterday, entirely favoured the…

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Some Styles That Are Reversible And Adaptable Influence Of War : All-Covering Coats Of Broadcloth : Military But Feminine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 2

In spite of wartime conditions, Paris continues to be very clothes-minded in certain centres—those that contain the big dress houses of the French capital—but as a concession to the…

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