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

The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Full Time Job Secretary-Manager For Soldiers’ Club

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 1

YASS SOLDIERS’ CLUB has decided to offer a permanent position to a secretary-manager at a commencing salary of £500 a…

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"Remembrance" Inspiring Address Delivered by Rev. H. S. Brown at Anzac Day Service

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

"MY ADDRESS TO YOU TO-DAY IS ENTITLED REMEMBRANCE, FOR I FEEL IT APPROPRIATE THAT THIS ANNUAL GATHERING SHOULD BE HELD AT A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REMEMBERING THE SACRIFICE MADE BY THE…

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The Malayan Campaign Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Singapore and Burma

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 4

The following series of articles, written by Sergt. Fred Howe, of Boorowa, relate his experiences as a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore. For 3½ years Fred laboured in Burma on the Changi railway and his story, written exclusively for the "Burrowa…

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Rabbit Infestation on Goba Creek—kenyu Soldier Settlements Definite Improvement On All Blocks, Says Acting District Surveyor

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 6

The acting District Surveyor (Mr. Stokes) considers that there is a definite improvement in the rabbit position on practically all…

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Waterside War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Federal Council of the Waterside Workers' Federation is meeting in Sydney to-day to discuss a…

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Anzac Day at Narrawa

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 3

As previously briefly reported Narrawa district commemorated Anzac Day by entertaining members of the R.S.L. and…

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Anzac Day Commemoration At Narrawa

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 2

Narrawa district commemorated Anzac Day by entertaining members of the R.S.L. and V.D.C. at a banquet In Mr. Sid Kensit's…

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Taralga District News Budget Anzac Dat Commemoration Rousing Address By Lieut-Col. Farger

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 6

Anzac Day was fittingly commemorated in Taralga last week, when over 60 of the district's ex-servicemen formed and marched along Orchard Street to lay a wreath in tribute to Fallen…

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Building Permit For War Memorial Is Under Consideration

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 4

A communication from the architects to the honorary secretary of the District War Memorial Committee (Mr. J. E. Clifton) reveals…

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Charles Anderson Visits Crookwell Distinguished Soldier To Contest Hume Seat

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 2

The selected and endorsed anti - socialist candidate for the Hume Electorate, Lieut.-Col. Anderson, V.C., M.C., visited Crookwell on Tuesday of last week and met many local…

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Russia Winning Cold War Says U.S. Diplomat

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Russia, "on the balance" is winning the cold war and the Soviet efforts to undermine…

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War Memorial Agricultural College Appeal Launched in Boorowa District

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

THE APPEAL FOR FUNDS TO BUILD THE WAR MEMORIAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOR THE CANBERRA-GOULBURN ARCHDIOCESE WAS LAUNCHED IN BOOROWA BY THE REV. FR. J. MORRISON AND REV. FR. BOUCHIER…

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The Malayan Campaign Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Singapore and Burma

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 6

The following series of articles, written by Sergt. Fred Howe, of Boorowa, relate his experiences as a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore. For 3½ years Fred laboured in Burma on the Changi railway and his story, written exclusively for the "Burrowa…

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Kenyu Reserve Soldier Settler Seeks Lease Of Grazing Rights

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

At last Friday's meeting of Yourng P.P. Board, L. J. Rhodes, of Kenyu Soldier Settlement, sought a lease for grazing rights…

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World War 11 Memorial Shrine of Remembrance

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 2

A film slide made from the architect’s sketches of the Shrine of Remembrance which is to be built in the Yass Memorial Hall…

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Breaking Through the Iron Curtain Radio War In Full Blast

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday: Britain and the United States broke through the Soviet jamming of air waves yesterday. It was a full-scale technological barrage to carry to the Russian people, for the first time in a fortnight, the West's…

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Soldier Blocks

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 2

The War Service Land Settlement Department has made available, for members of the forces and discharged members…

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Modern British Lightships to Replace Those Lost in the War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 6

A fleet of modern light vessels, giving their crews “luxury” Conditions compared with pre-war ships, and with many technical improvements, are now taking .the place of those lost by Britain in the war…

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Interest Rates on War Service Homes Reduction Sought by R.S.L.

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 2

At Saturday night’s meeting of the Yass Sub-branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A., a letter was read from headquarters seeking the…

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The Malayan Campaign Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Singapore and Burma

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 3

This contribution concludes a series of [?] written exclusively for the "Burrowa News" by Sergt. Fred [?] of Boorowa, who, among thousands of others, was a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore. The management is deeply appreciative for the…

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