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

The wars & local soldiers, 1941

1,285 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 65

Prisoner of War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 1

At the meeting of Red Cross members and supporters on Friday, the organiser, Mr. Graham was told that already the Yass…

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“Something Wrong” Shell Shocked Soldier Destitute Victim of This War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 4

A shell shocked soldier endeavouring to reach Lithgow in search of employment, became destitute recently in Junee. The…

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Pigeons in War Waglga-Sydney Experiment

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 2

In conjunction with the Voluntary Home Defence League, Mr. E. G. Menyful, of 111 Forest-road Hurstville. conducted an experimental…

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Soldier and Girl Killed Manslaughter Charge

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 2

Private Harold Gilmour, of Earl wood, Sydney, and Irene Taylor, 20, of Braidwood Street, Goulburn, were killed when a taxi-cab struck them…

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War of Nerves

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 2

Signs are beginning to be apparent that the war of nerves is able to backtire, for it is plan that the nerves of Germany are…

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The Wool Industry Post War Problems

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 5

Every Australian who has the welfare of his country at heart would do well at this time to consider the future of the wool industry and those…

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Canada's War Effort

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 4

MR. MACKENZIE KING, Prime Minister of Canada, who recently told Parliament that Canada has a total of 250,000 men in the…

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War Fund Subscriptions Fall Off

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 2

Since the first week in March contributions to the Goulburn Patriotic and War Fund have not exceeded a total of £60, but…

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World of Women Does War Mean More Boy Babies?

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 2

The marriage-rate and the birth-rate are both going up. More marriages took place in England and Wales in 1939 and…

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War Loan Municipal Council’s Investments Transfer to Be Considered

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 2

The Municipal Council is to consider the transfer of money on fixed deposit to the next War Loon…

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Why Wool Is Worn So Often War And Its Influence On Fashions

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 6

To conform to the fashion of the period, every woman must become wool-minded, and so attractive are the tweeds and flannels and crepes that the local mills are turning out that it is not doing any violence to our feelings to plump for…

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No "Tipperary" Touch This War Is Quite Unlike 1914-18 People Just Won't Have It

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 2

This war, writes J. B. Priestley, English author, is quite unlike the one that broke out twenty-six years ago. Have you,…

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Soldier’s Serious Injury Mother Not Informed By Authorities Lost Eye and Knocked About in Middle East

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 6

Sapper Frank McDonnell, son of Mrs. G. McDonnell, of Junee, has been seriously injured whilst participating in the…

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Late War News

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 5

Mr. De Valera, of Eire, has offered to buy from the United States ships to supply food, and has applied for the necessary license. Last month…

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Feeding Britain in War Time

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

"In peace time the farmer produced what gave the maximum profit; in was he must produce what will give the maximum…

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Great War Drama U-Boat Attack Recalled

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

Day by, day newspaper reports of submarine warfare recall vividly to the mind of Mr. Walter Woods. of Cowper Street, the…

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Dies As a Prophet America At War In Three Months

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.): Congressman Martin Dies, who is chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on un-American…

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Bulletin of War News. at Home and Abroad Sir Charles Portal Chief of Air Staff

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

Since the weather has improved in Europe the Royal Air Force has been delivering its heaviest blows of the war against…

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War Aim

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 1

In Canada, where villages like Swastika, Ont. have been taking patriotic names like Winston (for Churchill), the citizens of New…

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The Empire Stirring War Drama

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 5

Light-hearted revelry and romance have been carefully blended with strong dramatic interest in Paramount's "Arise,…

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