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

The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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Remission of Rates War Widows, Disabled Soldiers(To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 2

Sir,—I have this day received from the secretary T.P.S. Soldiers’ Association a letter of thanks for newspaper cuttings. Also…

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Yass District Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute Library Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 3

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

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Government to Gut Soldier Settlement Down

Boorowa News · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 6

War service land settlement will have to be further drastically curtailed in the 1952-53 financial year if expenditure of loan funds is to be kept within the £2 million so far made available…

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Yass District Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute Library Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 July 1952 · 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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Western Leases For Soldier Settlement

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 3

Fifteen Western division grazing blocks for soldier settlement will be gazetted this week the Minister for Lands (Mr…

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For Gunning War Memorial

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 1

Gunning Shire Council has decided to obtain a quote from a Goulburn firm for engraving the names of those who gave…

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Yass District Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute Library Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 4

Nightly Monday to Friday inclusive, elusive 7 to 8 p.m. Afternoons Tuesday and Thursday 2 to 6 p.m…

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£1/1/- Donation For T.B. Soldiers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 1

The Municipal Council on Monday night voted £1/1/- to the T.B. Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen’s Association of N.S.W…

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Drastic Cuts in Soldier Settlement

Boorowa News · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 3

The recent Loan Council meeting completely exploded the claim by the Leader of the Country Party (Col. Bruxner) that the States controlled the Loan Council, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Hawkins) said recently…

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Sympathy for Soldier Taxi Driver, but No House

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 1

At Yass Court of Petty Sessions in Thursday, before Mr. Wm. Finley, S.M., Robert Frederick Stevens applied for a warrant…

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Yass District Soldiers’ Memorial and Literary Institute Library Hours

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 4

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

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Soldier Settlers Receive Praise

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Soldier settlers have :performed prodigious feats of land development in the last five years, particularly in the Murrumburrah Harden districts, according to Government…

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Jap. War Bride Here

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Former Army corporal, Bruce Eden brought his Japanese wife home with him aboard a Qantas…

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Grocery Prices Reduced, But No "Cutting" War

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 1

Goulburn grocers to-day denied they were waging a "price cutting war" similar to local butchers. For some time now grocers have been offering "speciais" at…

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Financial Aid To Soldier Settlers Heavily Cut

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Hawkins) this week released details of cuts in financial aid for soldier settlers under the war…

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Rate Concessions To Incapacitated Soldiers and War Widows

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 August 1952 · page 4

Yass R.S.L. on Saturday night decided to ask Mr. W. F. Sheahan M.L.A., to have the question of Municipal and Shire rate…

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3 “Lonely Soldiers” Want Pen Friends

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 August 1952 · page 1

Three lonely soldiers waiting to go to Korea, and now stationed at Kapooka, Wagga, are seeking…

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Killed in Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 7

Private William Gordon Christie, of Yass, is reported to have been killed in action in Korea. Enlisting eight months ago at…

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Severe Guts In Financial Aid For Soldier Settlers Applies To Houses, Utility Trucks, Stock And Fencing

Boorowa News · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 5

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Hawkins) today released details of. cuts in financial aid applying to houses, utility trucks, stock and fencing for soldiers settlers under the war service land settlement scheme…

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High Praise for Soldier Settlers

Boorowa News · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 7

"Ex-soldiers have performed prodigious feats of land development in the lait five years in the Young,…

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