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

The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Memorial Hall Debt Conference To Discuss Assistance From Soldier Bodies

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

The Yass branch of the R.S.L. at Saturday night’s meeting indicated its willingness to attend a conference with the Memorial Hall…

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American Soldier Killed In Berlin

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 5

BERLIN, Tuesday: An American soldier was stabbed four times on Sunday afternoon by a Russian civilian in a bloody brawl in Berlin, according to the United States police officials. who said a German mob…

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Taralga District News Budge Big Welcome Home To Newly-weds At Yalbraith

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 6

A tinkettling and welcome home was accorded Mr. and Mrs. Ken Saville following their recent marriage, on Tuesday night, May 31st, at the…

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Industrial War In Germany

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Friday: Unless the works council of 11 Ruhr synthetic plants withdraw opposition to the British dismantling…

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War on Rheumatism

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 1

Lord Horder, the King's physician and doctor of the world famous American Mayo Clinic, told an…

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"The Cold War"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 4

The Australian Hiyh Commissioner in London Mr. J. Beasley, said in Melbourne yesterday that it was the…

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Waging War in Arctic Crowded Winter's Research

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 3

The most intense series of cold weather tests yet undertaken have just been completed here on these wind swept barren leads by Canadian, British and United States soldiers and scientists. Top secret reports on the results of a crowded winter's research into the problem…

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Bowylie Estate Being Acquired For Soldier settlement

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 2

About 3,523 acres of the Bowylie and Bairnsdale estates at Gundaroo is being acquired for soldier settlement on a promotion basis…

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Anzac Day Profit-Making Sport Condemned

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 3

"That the Air Force Association express its disapproval and great concern at the growing tendency to hold…

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Yass & District World War II Memorial Ideal Type of Yass District Memorial

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 4

I have been asked to write an article supporting the town and district appeal being made this month to raise £10,000 for a World War II Memorial Up to two years after the “blue” I would not have done so. Just…

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Declaration of War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 4

The Secretary of the A.C.T.U., Mr. A. E. Monk, blames both the employers and the miners for the…

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War Memorial for Yass

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 8

The form of the Yass and District War Memorial was decided upon at a public meeting held on April 16, 1948. A Shrine of…

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Crookwell to Make New Drive for War Memorial Library

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 1

Crookwell and district War Memorial committee at its meeting this week decided to begin a new drive to augment the funds for the building of the proposed war memorial library…

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Blitz Raids in England Biggest Mock Air Battle Since The War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Blitz raids on key industries targets in the Midlands, with defending fighters screaming in pursuit at speeds up to 600 m.p.h., and engaging the raiders in running dog…

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Soldier Missed His Train-And Rifle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 1

A 303 rifle was stolen from a compartment of the Melbourne Express, probably while the train stopped at Goulburn…

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Gunning Soldiers' Memorial Proposed Community Centre

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 4

At a meeting of the committee of the Gunning Soldiers Memorial Community Centre it was decided to adopt the recommendation and plans submitted by the sub committee for the Children's Memorial Playground…

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Russia and War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

John Foster Dulles declares that Russia does not want war—yet…

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Russians Do Not Want War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Monday: The Republican Party foreign policy expert, Mr. John Foster Dulles, believes that the Russians do…

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Published by Special Arrangement. The O'Farrelly Feud Copyright. "War-like Operations"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 6

In the end it turned out that no attack, whether frontal with fists of by catapult bombardment, would be necessary. When…

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Deceased Soldiers’ War Medals

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 1

On the motion of Mr. W. Davis, seconded by Mr. R. Merriman, it was decided at Saturday night's meeting of the R.S.L., that Yass…

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