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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1940

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From Everywhere War Funds

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 2

War savings certificates sold is Australia up to Saturday totalled £8,199,713. The sales in New South Wales amounted to £3,251,229 and in…

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War At Sea Successes Claimed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 3

LONDON: A Germany High Command communique says: "A Berman torpedo boat sank a 600 ton steamer near the Isle of Wight…

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Catholic Church and War Savings

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: In a circular letter from Archbishop Gilroy which was read in all city and suburban Roman Catholic Churches yesterday,…

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War News How It Reaches Post

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 1

"News Fronts of the War", a March of Time review now being screened at the Empire Theatre has a direct appeal for…

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War with Italy Ships At Tobruk Suffer

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: British fighters at Malta to-day brought down an enemy plane into the sea. Several bombs were dropped…

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Gaol Inmates and War Work Mr. Tully’s Suggestion

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 2

A suggestion that various articles required by the Defence Department should be manufactured in New South . Wales gaols has been made…

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Justice and Victory Bishop Burgmann’s Warning Moral Issues in War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 4

“We must not fall into the error of believing that because our cause in this war is just that therefore a God of Justice is…

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Enlisted Men

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 2

We will be glad to receive from relatives or friends the names of any district residents who have enlisted,…

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Soldiers’ Estates Exempt From Death Duties

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 2

The Treasurer, Mr. Richardson, announced that the State Cabinet had decided to exempt from death during the war and for one…

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Accident to Enlisted Man

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 2

Mr. Ronald Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, “Hilltop,” Cavan Road, enlisted on June 10 and passed his medical examination in…

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War Fund Tarago Decision

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 3

In a letter to Mr. F. D. Davies, secretary of the Goulburn Patriotic and War Fund, the president of the Tarago Comforts Fund, Mrs. J…

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Sheep Drive for War Funds

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

Members of a sheep drive committee appointed at a public meeting at Grenfell are calling an every farmer in the Wedding Shire in an endeavor…

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Guides Helping To Win War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 1

At an afternoon held by the, executive of the local association of Girl Guides in St. Saviour's Hall, recently the public were…

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Found Shot Boer War Veteran

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 1

Michael John Ware, 59, of Westridge, Canberra, was found dead in bed at his home early on Friday morning. He had a…

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£9 for War Fund Maimuru Function

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

The Patriotic and War Fund effort by the Maimuru committee was held in the Maimuru hall on Friday evening and took the form…

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New Cowra Club to Play for War Funds

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 4

At a meeting at Cowra on Sunday morning, an amateur football club to play matches for patriotic purposes was formed…

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Buying War Certificates Children Carry on Good Work Thuddungra

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 3

In addition to the £44 donated to the Young and District War Fund, the local school children last week purchased £83 worth of war savings…

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Proposal That C.p. Funds Be Used for War Purposes

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

A suggestion that, in the event of there being no elections (on account of the war), the branch's bank balance be put into war funds was…

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War Has Already Taken Terrific Toll More Than A Quarter-of-a-Million Men Killed LONDON

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

It is estimated in New York that so far the war in Europe has resulted in between 200,000 and 300,00 dead of all nations. Unofficial estimates are that Germany has lost…

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Watching Soldier Settlers' Interests

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 1

The formation at Wirrimah of a committee to co-operate in looking after enlisted settlers' blocks and arranging to work them during the…

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