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

The wars & local soldiers, 1954

225 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 12

No War, Says Air Expert

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 November 1954 · page 3

Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Sir John Slessor, said recently that the existence of Allied atom…

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Honour Roll For Railway Institute

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 3

Goulburn branch of the Railways Institute will hold its annual meeting and smoke social on Friday at 7.45 p.m…

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P.P. Board’s Mistake Gundaroo Grazier Not. On Soldier’s Block

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 4

At the October meeting of Yass P.P. Board, flowing the reading of rabbit inspector R. Morgan’s report, it was decided to write…

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Raw Porridge For A-War Injuries

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 3

TOKYO, Friday (AA.P.-Reuter): In an atomic war, raw porridge may share a place with soap powder at the kitchen sink. United States Atomic Energy…

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Crookwell War Memorial Planned For Many Years

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 7

During the opening ceremonies of Crookwell Shire Memorial Hall and Library recently many references were made to the history of the hall reconstruction project…

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Business Houses Prepare for Christmas Rush Biggest Variety Of Goods Since Pre-War

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 1

With Christmas but four weeks away local business houses are commencing their decorating and sales campaigns for the period of the year when sales skyrocket…

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Monaro Soldier Settlement

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 2

Mr. Allan Fraser, M.H.R., has given the following information on the transfer of portion of Corrowong, in the…

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Eisenhower On "Act Of War" Warning On Hasty Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thursday: President, Dwight Eisenhower to-day told the American people that a blokade of Communist China would be an act of war, which he would not take without mature consideration and…

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Business Houses Prepare For Christmas Rush Biggest Variety Of Goods Since Pre-War

Boorowa News · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 3

With Christmas but three weeks away, local business houses are commencing their decorating and sales campaigns for the period of the year…

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Italians Bash Young Victorian Soldier

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: A 19-year-old.National Service trainee was brutally battered by three men and a woman in a oar and left unconscious beside the road about 30 miles north of Melbourne last night…

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British Fear of New War Weapons

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday A former Labour Minister said in the House of Commons last night while the Americans had six types of guided missiles in service, the Russians were making them "by tens of thousands yearly."…

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More Soldier Settler Blocks Available

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 5

Applications under the war service land settlement scheme for seven fat lamb raising blocks near…

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Man Believed Wounded by Sydney Nightwatchman

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Police are conducting a widespread search for a man believed wounded when a nightwatchman shot at fleeing suspects at St. Leonard's early this morning…

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R. S. L. “Cuckooed Out of the Nest” Soldiers’ Memorial Hall

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 6

YASS R. S. L. will discuss the wisdom or otherwise of getting its own Clubrooms. One proposal to be considered is the purchase of Cooma Street premises at a cost of £7,000…

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War Service Land Settlement "Dabee" Estate Rylstone

Boorowa News · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 9

Attention is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 3rd December, 1954, setting apart 3 farms on…

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Red V-bases Ready for "Robot" War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

STOCKHOLM, Monday: Russia has 17 V-bases along her Baltic Coast, each capable of hurling 800 missiles…

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Editorial War Talk — and the Hope of Peace

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 2

The age-old hope, "Peace on earth, goodwill to all men," so much in the forefront of people's minds at this time of the year, is at once the most desirable and the most difficult state to attain that humanity could imagine—and yet, in essence, it is the simplest and grandest state of being…

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"Atomic" Answer In Event Of War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: North Atlantic Alliance Chiefs met yesterday in Paris to complete a plan which would provide an atomic answer to any Russian attack. Their report, giving a "ney…

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"U.s. Must Be Prepared to Fight Big War"

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: President Eisenhower said to-day that the United States must be strongly prepared for as long as 50 years to fight a big war. But Mr. Elsehower added that…

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Government Notices War Service Land Settlement “Leewang-yarra” Estate —Bogan Gate

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 11

Attention is invited to a notification in the Government Gazette of 10th December, 1954, setting apart four farms on…

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