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

The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Welcome Home Party

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 2

A very popular young couple, Mr. and Mrs. Norman King, who were married recently, were given a whole-hearted welcome…

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Letter to the Editor Council, Replies to Mr. Peter Brady on Valuations, Rating and Affecting Affecting Kenyu-goba Ck. War Service Settlements

Boorowa News · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 2

Following is a letter from the Boorowa Shire Council in reply to Mr. Peter Brady, of "Kenyu," Boorowa, challenge in connection with valuations, ratings and grants affecting, the Kenyu-Goba Creek War Service Settlement…

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Yass District Soldiers’ Manorial and Literary Institute Library Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 4

Nightly Monday to Friday Inclusive, 7 to 8 p.m. Afternoons Tuesday and Thursday, 2 to 5 p.m…

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U.S. Leader's Gloomy View Of Chances Of War

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: There was only a "minimum hope" that the United States could avoid war with Russia, the chairman of the House of Representatives Military Appropriations Sub-Committee, Mr. George Mahon, said in Congress yesterday…

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Coroner Found Young Ex-soldier, Bricklayer Committed Suicide

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

At an inquest held at the Court House on Monday, Mr. E. A. Hickey, District Coroner, found that George Nicholas, on July 25 last at the rear of Pettit Street, Yass, died from a gunshot wound…

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The War Goes on

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 5

On a street in Pusan, Korean children play their games, oblivious to the thunder of trucks rumbling north ward through the city to the battle lines. Pusan is one of the principal ports of entry through which supplies are received for the United…

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Land for Soldiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY: Allocation of farms to soldier settlers will be stepped up in the next 12 months. the Minister for Lands, Mr…

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Yass District Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute Library Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 4

Nightly Monday to Friday inclusive, 7 to 8 p.m. Afternoons Tuesday and Thursday, 2 to 5 p.m…

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Not War Nerves

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

When a naval rating was told that he would be charged with driving under the influence he started to cry, it was stated in…

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Thinks Global War Unlikely

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

Dr. James B. Conant president of Harvard University (U.S.), who is visiting Australia, said…

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Air War

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 1

General Gonenther, Chief-Ofg-Staff to General Eisenhower. said yesterday that Russia would bomb America…

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Trees to Be Planted Around Soldiers Memorial Building

Boorowa News · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 1

At last meeting of the Boorowa Sub-branch of the R.S.L. the President (Mr. Harvey Armour)…

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MacArthur's Policy In Korean War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Sunday: Eight Republican Senators yesterday condemned the dismissal of General MacArthur as "a shock to national pride," but they did not endorse directly his proposals for…

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Ritz War Film

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 2

The recent popularity of films about World War Two has brought forth another, this time from, the studios of 20th Century-Fox…

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Soldier Settlers And Rabbits

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 3

Goulburn Pastures Protection Board yesterday decided to co-operate with the Lands Department in respect of…

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Fine War Drama At Hoyts Ritz

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 8

Richard Widmark is at his best in yet another drama of World War 2—Fox's "Halls of Montezuma" —which concludes at Hoyts…

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U.s. Citizen Soldiers Train for Defence

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

In Army camps throughout the United States the largest number of reservists ever to take part in peacetime military maneuvers are training to help defend the free world against Communist aggression…

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Soldier Hurt on Express Police Could Not Phone Ambulance

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 2

A soldier, Albert Charles Ogilvie, caused a disturbance on the Melbourne express between Goulburn and Yass Junction early on…

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The Potato "War"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: A greengrocer was booked by a Prices Branch inspector for buying potatoes from a truck at the City Markets…

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War Memorial Architect Paid

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 6

Crookwell War Memorial Committee last week voted £100 to pay the fees of the architects, Messrs, Wm. C…

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