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

The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Russia and Shipping Slipped Since The War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sunday: Russia was expected to become leading competitor in merchant shipping after the war but had…

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2,000 Ex-soldiers Now on Land

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 4

Reviewing the splendid achievements of the Federal Government's £33 million five year Reconstruction Training Scheme, a…

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Gun Slipped Man Wounded At The Flat

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 3

Kevin Hunt, of Foxlow Street, Captain's Flat, had a narrow escape from more serious injury while rabbit shooting. He…

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War On Religion

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 5

VATICAN CITY, Wednesday: The disolution of 15 Catholic congregations and religious orders by the Rumanian…

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Enough to Kill 100 MEN Poison Put In Soup For Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Police allege to-day that a corrosive poison, sufficient to kill 100 men, was mixed with soup…

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War Veterans' Home To Admit Ex-Service Women

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 2

The Board of the N.S.W. War Veterans' Home,. pursuing their policy of expansion announced that they are preparing to…

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Bibles Barred by Russians Communist War On Religion Persists

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: Reports from three sources to-day reveal that there is no relaxation in the war between religion and communism in the Soviet and Satellite controlled areas…

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Welcome Home Party Mr. and Mrs. Keith Oxley Entertained

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

On Saturday, July 30, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Oxley were welcomed to the home of Hie former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Oxley,…

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War on Grasshoppers How They Fight Them In The United States

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 8

The kangaroo menace 1s becoming a major problem in the , Kimberley (W.A.) district, where pastoralists report kangaroos are outnumbering sheep by about four to one. Similarly insects threaten to plague American farmers…

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8 Loads of Firewood For War Widows

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 2

It was reported to Saturday night’s meeting of the Yass subbranch of the R.S.S. & A.LL.A., that eight loads of firewood, each…

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2000 Ex-soldiers Now on Land

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 7

Reviewing the splendid achievements, of the Federal Government's £33 million five year Reconstruction Training Scheme, a Herald staff…

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40 Stations in Plan for Soldiers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 1

The State Government has decided to cut up 40 large sheep stations totalling 7 million acres in western New…

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Jeir Station How Much For Soldier Settlement?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 2

It was broadcast on the national network on Tuesday night that Jeir station had been recommended to…

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For War Service Homes

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 7

The maximum loan available under the War Service Homes Scheme has recently been increased by the Commonwealth…

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Veteran of First World War Found Dead Loaded Rifle Beside Body Fatality at Boorowa

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 1

Residents of Boorowa were shocked last evening when it was learned that Ernest James Mitchell Dick was…

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2,000 Ex-soldiers Now on Land

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 3

Reviewing the splendid achievement of the Federal Government's £33 million five year Reconstruction Training Scheme, a Herald…

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Soldier Blocks And Roads

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 4

At yesterday't Mulwaree Shire Council meeting, Cr. L. A. Sykes asked as to the authorities in control of roads on…

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Four Years Since War Ended

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 2

TODAY is the anniversary of V.P. Day—Victory in the Pacific. With the defeat of Japan, last of the Axis enemies to hold out,…

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Never Let a Sick Soldier Down

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 1

“As long as the public supports the Red Cross, Red Cross will never let a sick soldier down.” This is a promise made by the…

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Bairnsdale (Gundaroo) For Soldier Settlement

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture advised the Yass P.P. Board at its last meeting that Bairnsdale estate, Gundaroo, would be…

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