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

The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Darwin: What It Was Like Before the War:- S. Demeary

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 1

In two previous articles I dealt with the possible development of the Northern Territory after the war. I will any something about Darwin and its principal industries. Darwin is almost an island. The…

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Returned Soldiers' League Has Successful Year

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 1

Last year the membership of the Goulburn sub-branch of the Returned Sailors, Soldiers and American's League…

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Snow Sweeps the West Soldiers Are Waist Deep

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON Sunday: Adavnces have been made on the Western Front. The 1st Army has advanced 300 yards…

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War Factories To Be Closed in West

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 4

All feeder munition factories in Western N.S.W., except Portland, will be closed by February 13 and retrenchments will be made at…

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Returned Men

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

The hon. secretary Goulburn Sub-Branch, R.S.S. and A.I.L. of A., reports that the financial membership of the Goulburn…

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Returned Men and Repatriation

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA: The Minister for Repatriation, Mr. Frost, said today that outside interests were trying to force him to appoint…

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How Will the Germans End the War?

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: With the Red Armies converging on Berlin, U.S. military experts are already speculating on what will happen when the German capital falls. The question in the minds of…

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Old Police Paddock May Be Post-War Playground

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 1

There appears to be every possibility that the Crookwell Shire Council will obtain control of the whole of that area known for many years as "The Police Paddock," and later…

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Burma War Add Burmaa London

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

In Central Burma, the R.A.F. and American Air Force dropped 300 tons of bombs on the Japanese headquarters, south…

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After the War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Leaders of industry for State and Commonwealth are among the experts with whom the Prime. Minister and other…

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Prospects For Farming Probable Shortage of Products After War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 3

“It is probable that the wartime shortages of some agricultural products will last for two or three years after…

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Returned Soldiers Preference Turned Down Unanimously at T. & L. Conference

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 1

Occupying a considerable [?]ime the second session of the Trades Union conference held at the Druids Hall on Sunday morning. a motion against straight out preference to returned soldiers was car[?]ed without dissent by the 40. delegates present…

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Soldiers’ Memorial & Literary Institute New Year’s Day Dance

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 1

The Council of the Yas Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute is asking for further particulars regarding…

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Post War Problems

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 1

A very successful conference to consider post-war problems, called by the Goulburn Trades and Labour Council, was held on Saturday and Sunday in the Druids Hall…

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Important Post - War Problem Local Help to Get the Men on the Land

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

The problem of forming a local advisory committee to assist in settling men on the land was briefly discussed at the meeting of the S.T. Development League. The discussion arose from the…

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On the Land After the War

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA: The. Minister, for Post-War Reconstruction, Mr. Dedman, to-day announced that only servicemen experienced or…

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Months of Horror Under Brutal Rule of Vichy Unwilling Soldier of the Foreign Legion

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Bearing scars made by leg-irons during enforced service with the Vichy Foreign Legion, Rex ("Mac") Proctor, of Fitzroy, has returned to Melbourne after an absence of nearly seven years. Proctor a husky 25-year-old…

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Gunning Returned Soldiers’ League Assistance to Diggers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Gunning sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League was held in the Literary Institute on Friday night,…

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Killed in Action Cpl. H. G. Stewart

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 2

Word has been received in Goulburn that Cpl. Hubert George Stewart, 2/1st. Austins Battn., A.I.F., was killed…

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Goulburn Anzac House

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

The Goulburn sub-branch of the R.S. and I.I., will conduct an appeal for funds on the day the armistice with Germany is signed,…

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