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

The wars & local soldiers, 1942

1,299 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 22 of 65

War Work for Country Towns Garages Co-opearte

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 2

Over 60 country towns in New South Wales are now participating in war work. Two prominent officials of the…

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"Outrageous" War Risk Insurance Rates in Safe Areas

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 3

"It is an outrageous thing." Ald. R. B. Phillips thus described, at Monday night's Cowra Council meeting, the fact that no…

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Production in War Time Statement By Mr. Ifould

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Two hundred industries or sections of industries are in various stages of rationalisation,…

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After War Plans State And Industry Leading Industrialist’s View

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 3

Elimination of speculators in industrial stocks, nationalised transport, Government directors in all industries, and labour representation on…

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Ships May Be Scarce Post-War Wheat Hard To Shift

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 2

It would "be unwise for" either farmers or the Government to anticipate that Australia's wheat surplus would quickly disappear…

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On The Second Anniversary Of The Outbreak of War: 3rd. September, 1941

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 1

[The author of the following verse (Mrs. S. Brigstock[?]) is over 90 years of age. Her husband’s father, the Rev. C. S. Brigstocke, was the Rector…

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This--or a Complete Socialist Revolution? How Post-War Industry Will Be Run

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 2

One of Britain's greatest captains of industry, Mr. Samuel Courtauld, has enunciated a pian for the running of post-war…

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The Right to Live Free Trend Of Government Policies In Prosecuting A War

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 2

"Weigh carefully within our own minds the trend of government in the present day and, even in submitting, as agree we must, to legislation and regulations designed to further the war effort, to give strength to our international…

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Soldiers Fined Police Officer Attacked Senior-sergt. Stanton

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 3

Two men in uniform, Desmond Martin, 28 years, and Thomas Henderson, 21 years, appeared on remand [?]before Mr. M. Ryan,…

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CHURCHES Anzac Services St. Andrew's

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 1

Anzac services will be held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7.15. Organisations of the city have been…

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Anzac Day Programme For To-morrow

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 3

Record crowds are expected to gather to-morrow for the Anzac Day Commemoration, which will begin with the usual Dawn…

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Cowra Soldier a General in India

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 3

COWRA, Friday: Advice has been received by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Words worth of Cowra, that their son, Robert Harley Wordsworth, of the Indian Army…

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Ferment at Work Angry German Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: According to a British United Press correspondent on the German frontier, a very reliable source declares that German…

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Was Wounded At Tobruk

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 2

The bugler who sounded the Last Post and Reveille at the Anzac Day service at the Empire Theatre was Pte. R. J…

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Memories of Anzac Churches Well Attended

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 2

Special Commenoration Services were held in Goulburn churches on Anzac Day and again yesterday in memory of those who lost their…

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A Memorable Word Bishop's Tribute To Anzac

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 1

In his monthly diocesan letter, the Bishop of Goulburn, Rt. Rev. E. H. Burgmann, writes on Anzac Day: The deeds that made Anzac a…

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Homage to Men of Anzac Impressive Services in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 2

At no time since the advent of Anzac Day has the occasion been marked by a more striking commemoration in Goulburn than was the case on Saturday, when the large crowds that gathered entered with greater enthusiasm than usual into the…

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Anzac Day Reverent Commemoration “The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 1

The Anzac Day Service on Saturday last, April 25, at the Yass Memorial Hall was largely attended, although not in as large numbers as in some past years, but nearly every seat was occupied,…

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Britain's Role in War Major Deprecates Idle Talk

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 3

"It disturbs me whenever. I[?] hear talk about England letting Australia down. I say, 'To hell with those who indulge in idle…

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Soldiers’ Club Excellent Results of Year Diggers’ Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 2

The annual meeting of the members of the Yass Soldiers’ Club was held in the lounge of the Club’s [?]ooms, immediately after the Anzac…

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