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1940

• Obituary - Mr. E. C. Anderson read 6 January 1940 (329 words)
  

• Goulburn's Growth & Early Explorations read 13 January 1940 (643 words)
  

• Hume Highway, Tumblong-Tarcutta Deviation read 19 November 1940 (158 words)
  

• Notes from our Files of 1905 read 5 December 1940 (673 words)
  

1941

• Notes from our Files of 1905 read 16 January 1941 (719 words)
  

• State of New South Wales State Railways read 3 February 1941 (1,410 words)
  

• Death of "Banjo" Paterson read 6 February 1941 (690 words)
  

• Paterson Also Wrote a "Road to Gundagai" read 8 February 1941 (342 words)
  

• Death of  V.C. Winner Of Last War - Mr. J. Ryan read 4 June 1941 (241 words)
  

• Death of  V.C. Who Died In Want read 5 June 1941 (100 words)
  

• Funeral of E. J. Ryan, VC read 6 June 1941 (88 words)
  

• Historic Homes And Their Occupants (Leumeah Cottage) read 9 October 1941 (578 words
  

1942

• History of Road Funding in N.S.W. read 17 January 1942 (3,714 words)
  

• Catholic Diocese of Wagga Silver Jubilee Celebrated read 6 March 1942 (2,753 words)
  

• Early Catholic History read 26 March 1942 (289 words)
  

• "Last of the Explorers" read 10 April 1942 (2,167 words)
  

• Old Yass Church has Watched Our Rise to Nationhood read 3 September 1942 (581 words)
  

• Historic Berrima Gaol read 8 September 1942 (657 words)
  

• Death of Lachlan Wentworth Broughton read 26 September 1942 (41 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. G. Clout read 9 November 1942 (370 words)
  

1943

• The History & Progress of Tumut & District read 16 March 1943 (2,129 words)
  

• Glance at Old Prices read 3 May 1943 (473 words)
  

• Railway Extension read 3 May 1943 (122 words)
  

• Old Braidwood, the District over a Century Ago read 3 September 1943 (1,6811 words)
  

• Round Bowning Hill read 16 September 1943 (1,855 words)
  

• The Sheahan Seventh Column read 14 December 1943 (132 words)
  

1944

• New National Park read 17 June 1944 (1,158 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Ernest A. Anderson read 18 August 1944 (65 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Ernest A. Anderson read 25 August 1944 (327 words)
  

1945

• Death of Mrs. William Gilbert read 1 January 1945 (424 words)
  

• Dehydration of Fruit and Vegatables read 2 January 1945 (141 words)
  

• Tumut Willows Used as Substitute read 5 February 1945 (56 words)
  

• Sought to Divert the Murrumbidgee read 6 February 1945 (411 words)
  

• Batlow and its Water Scheme read 9 February 1945 (148 words)
  

• Bushranging Days Recalled by Aged Lady's Death read 13 February 1945 (207 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. H. Lucas read 13 February 1945 (613 words)
  

• P.P. Board Directors Worried Over Rabbit Position 13 February 1945 (1,278 words)
  

• Tumut Claims Woman Jockey Record read 20 February 1945 (343 words)
  

• Death of Mr. John S. Riley read 20 February 1945 (1,501 words)
  

• Nine Cases of Scarlet Fever in Tumut Shire During Last Four Weeks read 27 February 1945 (672 words)
  

• Move To Absorb Yarrlumla Shire Territory read 27 February 1945 (811 words)
  

• All Tumut Water Users to be Metered read 27 February 1945 (875 words)
  

• Fruit Pickers Refuse to Work With Prisoners read 28 February 1945 (328 words)
  

• Big Post-War Water Projects read 9 March 1945 (96 words)
  

• Vegetable Growing in Big Way on the Fertile River Flats Near Tumut read 16 March 1945 (406 words)
  

• Cootamundra's Near Neighbors - No. 3 - 79 Years Ago! read 20 March 1945 (1,324 words)
  

• Batlow Railway Returns read 20 March 1945 (271 words)
  

• Venereal Disease Propaganda read 20 March 1945 (88 words)
  

• Illegal Tobacco Stocks read 30 March 1945 (83 words)
  

• Tobacco Frauds. £600 Fine in N.S.W. read 6 April 1945 (187 words)
  

• The Late John Waugh, Bushman and Gentleman read 6 April 1945 (407 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. W. J. Taylor read 7 April 1945 (1,332 words)
  

• Good Work by Machinery Pools read 6 April 1945 (139 words)
  

• Modern Agricultural Methods - Gatton Address read 9 April 1945 (205 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Andrew McMullen read 10 April 1945 (187 words)
  

• The Greater War, Health Department's Campaign for Health read 10 April 1945 (2,190 words)
  

• Growing Vegetables in War Time England read 10 April 1945 (2,161 words)
  

• Tomato Growing in the Tumut District read 10 April 1945 (509 wprds)
  

• £250 in Fines for Frauds in "Bootleg" Tobacco read 13 April 1945 (312 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Mary E. Arentz read 17 April 1945 (653 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Wm. M. Farrell read 17 April 1945 (171 words)
  

• Baby Health Centres - Progress Reports read 17 April 1945 (115 words)
  

• Production of Timber for Case Making read 17 April 1945 (236 words)
  

• Infectious Diseases In Tumut Shire read 17 April 1945 (476 words)
  

• Picked Up On Singapore Radio by Mr. E. W. Jewell read 14 May 1945 (159 words)
  

• Death of Miss Catherine Carberry read 19 May 1945 (255 words)
  

• Death of Mrs. Sarah Ivy Dowling read 15 May 1945 (295 words)
  

• Writer of “Gundagai” Has Never Been There read 15 May 1945 (288 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Frederick John Crossley read 15 May 1945 (325 words)
  

• Record Transfer of Cattle to Escape Drought read 16 May 1945 (183 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Walter T. Dickson read 22 May 1945 (433 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Frederick S. Carr read 22 May 1945 (432 words)
  

• Tumut Sewerage Scheme read 26 June 1945 (134 words)
  

• Big Cattle Movement from Tumut read 29 June 1945 (91 words)
  

• Death of the Prime Minister, The Right Honorable John Curtin read 5 July 1945 (97 words)
  

• Murrumbidgee Development - Blowering Dam a Priority read 30 July 1945 (116 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. William Hibbens read 31 July 1945 (224 words)
  

• First Atomic Bomb (20,000-Ton TNT Power) Hits Japan read 7 August 1945 (1,444 words)
  

• Tumut & District Hospital Annual Meeting Poorly Attended read 11 September 1945 (1,696 words)
  

• Bitumen Surfacing of Gilmore to Tumut Road read 18 September 1945 (139 words)
  

• A Letter to the Citizens of Tumut - Wake Up, Tumut! read 18 September 1945 (1,010 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Henry F. Lampe read 28 September 1945 (153 words)
  

• Batlow Land Army to be Demobilised read 5 October 1945 (98 words)
  

• First Tumut P.O.W. from Jap. Hands, Returns Home read 9 October 1945 (336 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Jacob Ballard read 9 October 1945 (356 words)
  

• Our Open Column - Welcome to Returning P.O.W.'s read 16 October 1945 (218 words)
  

• Death of Mr. T. F. Halloran read 18 October 1945 (154 words)
  

• Bugong Moth Infestation read 19 October 1945 (142 words)
  

• Batlow Railway Usage Figures read 22 October 1946 (1,004 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Edward Quilty read 22 October 1945 (216 words)
  

• Shearing Record at Ellerslie read 1 November 1945 (86 words)
  

• One of the Finest Court Houses outside Sydney read 2 November 1945 (181 words)
  

• Butter Output Down by 215 Tons at Tumut Factory read 2 November 1945 (306 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Bridget A. Roche read 5 November 1945 (323 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Edith C. Bridle read 6 November 1945 (272 words)
  

• Death of Mr. George Cyril Trewella Grill read 20 November 1945 (202 words)
  

• Tumut-Canberra Road read 21 November 1945 (143 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. C. Morris read 26 November 1945 (83 words)
  

• Praise for Batlow Packing House from U.S. Army read 27 November 1945 (259 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. George Frederick Briggs read 27 November 1945 (376 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. H. G. W Wilkinson read 3 December 1945 (110 words)
  

• Official Farewell to The Land Army read 4 December 1945 (712 words)
  

1946

• Obituary - Miss Sophia E. Velvin read 8 January 1946 (334 words)
  

• Tumut's New Broom Factory read 14 May 1946 (137 words)
  

• Pronunciation of Kosciuszko N.P. read 21 August 1946 (151 words)
  

• Record Prices at 'Darbalara' Auction Sale read 27 August 1946 (397 words)
  

• Death of Mrs. J. W. Carroll read 17 September 1946 (381 words)
  

• Bitumen Surfacing of Adelong Streets read 22 October 1946 (145 words)
  

• A Batlow Pioneer Family - The Mouats read 22 October 1946 (748 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Henry Snowden read 19 November 1946 (304 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. George Masters 10 December 1946 (1,166 words)
  

1947

• Huge Irrigation Farm for Gundagai read 14 January 1947 (711 words)
  

• Inquiry told of Riverina's Ghost Towns? read 14 January 1947 (778 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Elizabeth Foord read 21 January 1947 (347 words)
  

• An Old-Time Whisky Distillery at Gocup read 21 January 1947 (453 words)
  

• R.S.L. To Compile Honor Roll for Tumut read 21 January 1947 (141 words)
  

• Many District Names of Aborigine Origin read 31 January 1947 (201 words)
  

• Driest January for 15 Years read 1 February 1947 (154 words)
  

• Tumut Fire Destroys Shed and Contents read 1 February 1947 (61 words)
  

• Tumut School Forest Forerunner read 4 February 1947 (77 words)
  

• First Sheep by Motor Truck read 4 February 1947 (106 words)
  

• SP Raid at Adelong - 54 Cases Next Friday read 4 February 1947 (120 words)
  

• The Annual Meeting of The Tumut Branch of the A.L.P read 13 February 1947 (179 words)
  

• Death of Mr. W. H. Elphick read 15 February 1947(151 words)
  

• Funeral - Mr. W. H. Elphick read 17 February 1947 (229 words)
  

• G. Lymbery's Tumut - Wagga Bus Service read 18 February 1947(76 words)
  

• Proposed School Bus Service for Blowering Valley read 18 February 1947 (268 words)
  

• Wagga Nicotine Tobacco Crop Will Not Help Smokers read 19 February 1947 (509 words)
  

• 'Dalkeith' To Be Purchased By Batlow Co-Op read 20 February 1947 (63 words)
  

• Accident at Weejasper read 25 February 1947 (156 words)
  

• One of the (Three) Bushranging Periods read 24 May 1947 (494 words) 
  

• Death of James Harris of Lacmalac read 20 June 1947 (111 words)
  

1948

• Obituary - Mr. Walter W. Hayward read 13 January 1948 (427 words)
  

• A Visit to Yarrangobilly read 6 February 1948 (288 words)
  

• Death of Fanny Helena de Beuzeville read 17 July 1948 (47 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. William John Masters read 27 January 1948 (735 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. W. D. P. O'Brien read 3 February 1948 (569 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Clara L. Jeffery read 3 February 1948 (1,063 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Bede Neylan read 17 February 1948 (380 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Arthur Edward Henry Potter read 21 February 1948 (257 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Thomas P. Arragon read 9 March 1948 (945 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Thomas Niddrie read 16 March 1948 (818 words)
  

• Death of James Brennan of Warren read 23 March 1948 (273 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. J. W. Creasy read 27 March 1948 (171 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Edith Kilduff read 6 April 1948 (1,083 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Harry Wilkinson read 20 April 1948 (158 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. M. M. Molloy read 22 April 1948 (194 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. E. M. Mitchell read 4 May 1948 (121 words)
  

• Obituary - Olive Frances Isabel Tweedie read 4 May 1948 (743 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. A. Carey read 25 May 1948 (168 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Frederick Charles Allen read 8 June 1948 (544 words)
  

• Death of Laurence Tutty read 8 June 1948 (267 words) 
  

• Obituary - Mr. John Denning read 16 June 1948 (109 words)
  

• W. A. W. de Beuzeville Retires  read 9 July 1948 (1,084 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Alexander Hugh Watson read 13 July 1948 (580 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Harry Godfrey read 20 July 1948 (618 words)
  

• Death of Pioneer Recalls Age-Old Controversy read 31 August 1948 (302 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Henry John Trudgeon read 14 September 1948 (123 words)
  

• Death of Mr. W. E. Bridle read 14 September 1948 (83 words)
  

• History of the Fitzroy Iron Mines read 1 October 1948 (1,761 words)
  

• A Tribute To The Pioneers - The Quarmby Family read 26 October 1948 (2,092 words)
  

• Two-Way Radio Telephone Tried Out read 26 October 1948 (240 words)
  

• Batlows Electricity Pioneered by G. C. Brown read 26 October 1948 (892 words)
  

• Batlow Railway Station Rapid Increase in Business read 26 October 1948 (272 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Bessie Cole Upward, nee Bessie Cooper read 2 November 1948 (380 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. A. C. McDonnell read 17 November 1948 (295 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Hannah E. Vickery read 26 November 1948 (51 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Charles Edward Weeden read 10 December 1948 (734 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. William G. Purcell read 21 December 1948 (491 words) 
  

1949

January

• Tumut  Eucalyptus Production read 10 January 1949 (157 words)
  

• Snowy River Scheme to Greatly Benefit Decentralisation read 10 January 1949 (377 words)
  

• Married, Chinese Jockey Married read 11 January 1949 (186 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Frederick William Smart read 18 January 1949 (827 words)
  

• More Water Needed Before Darl-Hay Scheme Starts read 18 January 1949 (147 words)
  

• Juggling Snowy River Key to New Power read 22 January 1949 (842 words)
  

• Ex-Servicemen Settle On Land at Ellerslie read 28 January 1949 ( 1,284 words)
  

• Hydro Plants On 'Bidgee, Murray Scheme Approved By State Cabinet read 29 January 1949 (411 words)
  

• Tumut Sewerage Scheme Functioning Well read 31 January 1949 (278 words)
  

• Presentation to J. C. Lavis read 31 January 1949 (531 words)
  

• Holden - Australia's Own Car read 31 January 1949 (427 words)
  

February

• Adjungbilly Honor Roll read 8 February 1949 (989 words)
  

• Hermit of The Bush read 8 February 1949 (170 words)
  

• Obituary - John Gibbons read 8 February 1949 (348 words)
  

• Sheep Dog's Long Trek read 8 February 1949 (121 words)
  

• Anti T.B. Unit at Wagga read 8 February 1949 (229 words)
  

• Water Conservation Plans: More Trouble over Snowy read 14 February 1949 (1,119 words)
  

• Commonwealth and States Agree on Snowy Scheme read 15 February 1949 (335 words)
  

• Patton Brothers Move to Tarcutta read 15 February 1949 (159 words)
  

March

• Obituary - Mr. Thomas K. Beaver read 23 March 1949 (297 words)
  

• Support for Tumut District Millet Growers read 24 March 1949 (205 words)
  

• Death of Miss Edna Sanderson read 29 March 1949 (518 words)
  

April

• Tumut Man Took Gaol read 1 April 1949 (140 words)
  

• Jugiong Holds Hotel History read 1 April 1949 (246 words)
  

• Will Not Oppose Use of Commonwealth Defence Powers read 8 April 1949 (215 words)
  

• Cr. W. J. Hassett P.P. Board's New Director read 12 April 1949 (114 words)
  

• Quick Freezing of Vegetables; Big Development at Batlow read 15 April 1949 The Land (442 words)
  

• Origins of Wagga; Early Settlement of District read 23 April 1949 (1,394 words)
  

May

June

• When Murrumbidgee Punt Was the Hub of Wagga read 4 June 1949 (2,117 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Charles Piper read 7 June 1949 (385 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Arthur Ibbotson read 7 June 1949 (565 words)
  

• £200 Million Power Scheme Development and Defence read 10 June 1949 (1,404 words)
  

• Andrew Barton Paterson: A Memoir read 10 June 1949 (1,060 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Leo L. Herlihy read 14 June 1949 (604 words)
  

• Trees Vital To Settlers' Welfare read 14 June 1949 (781 words)
  

• High Yields from Hybrid Maize read 15 June 1949 (87 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Frederick James Downing read 20 June 1949 (148 words)
  

• Death of Mrs. Lavinia Halloran read 20 June 1949 (102 words)
  

• Electricity Banned For Industry, Drastic Rationing Announced read 21 June 1949 (202 words)
  

• Goods Trains Cancelled, Three Passenger Trains per Week read 21 June 1949 (108 words)
  

• The Name "Yass"  read 23 June 1949 (85 words)
  

• The Miners Are On Strike read 28 June 1949 (573 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Arthur Dean read 28 June 1949 (407 words)
  

• Death of Mrs. Harry Sawkins read 28 June 1949 (254 words)
  

• Monaro Air Service? read 28 June 1949 (347 words)
  

• Death of Miss J. Watson at Tumut read 30 June 1949 (103 words)
  

July

• The Late Mr. Reg. Baker (accidental death) read 5 July 1949 (1,444 words)
  

• Emergency Transport Committee to be Formed in Tumut read 5 July 1949 (141 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Patrick Halloran read 12 July 1949 (675 words)
  

• Death of Timothy Malone read 15 July 1949 (61 words)
  

• Big Gains in Snowy Plan read 15 July 1949 (313 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Albert E. Boyd read 19 July 1949 (451 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. James Brumby read 26 July 1949 (544 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Graham Mcdonell read 26 July 1949 (644 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. J. C. Hargreaves read 27 July 1949 (88 words)
  

• Tumut School Hostel Has Vacancies Next Year read 29 July 1949 (120 words)
  

August

• Death of Mr. John Charles, Hargreaves read 4 August 1949 (79 words)
  

• First Car for Disabled Diggers (Gus Keown) read 9 August 1949 (304 words)
  

• Three Passenger Trains in Tumut This Week read 9 August 1949 (74 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Violet M. Dean read 9 August 1949 (653 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Annie Mary Masters read 16 August 1949 (1,227 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Richard Beck read 30 August 1949 (100 words)
  

September

• Left Aboriginal Station Without Permission read 13 September 1949 (224 words)
  

• A New Beef Experiment of Importance read 15 September 1949 (370 words)
  

• Motorcyclists Ride To Mountains read 16 September 1949 (828 words)
  

• Tumut R.S.L. Buys Land for Club Rooms read 16 September 1949 (149 words)
  

• Grazing experiment by Mr. G. H. Hooper, of Talbingo Station, Near Tumut read 23 September 1949 (915 words)
  

• Tumut Shire Engineer's Report to Monday's Council Meeting read 27 September 1949 (591 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Andrew M. Paterson read 27 September 1949 (513 words)
  

• Tumut Boys' Club read 27 September 1949 (364 words)
  

• Ellerslie Roads Complaints read 27 September 1949 (871 words)
  

• Building Operations in Tumut Shire read 27 September 1949 (820 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Matthew Joseph Hickey read 27 September 1949 (285 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. A. Hedges read 27 September 1949 (262 words)
  

October

• Obituary - Mr. John Michael Sephton read 4 October 1949 (378 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. William Hassett read 4 October 1949 (924 words)
  

• Push-Button Will Launch Snowy Scheme read 10 October 1949 (771 words)
  

• Obituary - Mrs. Sarah Le Fevre read 11 October 1949 (941 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Henry Whatman read 18 October 1949 (1,023 words)
  

• Death of Tumut Newspaper Man read 21 October 1949 (159 words)
  

• Expansion Of Agricultural Production: Great Prospects Opened Up read 25 October 1949 (1,025 words)
  

• Tarrabandra Property Sold read 25 October 1949 (65 words)
  

• Railway Arrangements for Transit of Batlow Quick Freeze Products read 25 October 1949 (201 words)
  

• The Value of Our Pine Plantations the Tumut and Batlow Districts read 25 October 1949 (313 words)
  

• The Keenans, A Pioneer Family of Batlow read 25 October 1949 (2,491 words)
  

November

• Obituary - Mrs. Sadie Moses read 8 November 1949 (531 words)
  

• Increase in Frozen Rabbit Exports read 14 November 1949 (146 words)
  

• Men Who Caught Moonlight read 15 November 1949 (121 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. John Nader read 15 November 1949 (472 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Robert Daniel French read 15 November 1949 (481 words)
  

• Tumut's Kiln Dried Timber read 15 November 1949 (643 words)
  

• Death of Mr. Harold Barlow, Chief Dairying Adviser read 17 November 1949 (206 words)
  

• Tumut Bowling Green Officially Opened For 1949-1950 Season read 22 November 1949 (412 words)
  

• Sudden Death of Mr. Herb. James read 22 November 1949 (303 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Cecil Loy read 22 November 1949 (226 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. Michael Healy read 29 November 1949 (349 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. John Healy read 29 November 1949 (342 words)
  

• The Late Mr. Herb. James read 29 November 1949 (414 words)
  

December

• Hope For The Deaf - New Electronic Aids read 6 December 1949 (140 words)
  

• Another 10 Housing Commission Homes for Tumut read 6 December 1949 (95 words)
  

• Death of Mr. R. A. Lester read 6 December 1949 (191 words)
  

• A Tribute to Colonel Anderson read 6 December 1949 (101 words)
  

• Price of Eucalyptus Oil read 6 December 1949 (110 words)
  

• Death of Mrs. Johanna Platt read 13 December 1949 (303 words)
  

• Lorry Kills 37 Sheep Near Talbingo read 14 December 1949 (95 words)
  

• O'brien's Hall Purchased by Dyomee Manufacturing Co. read 20 December 1949 (224 words)
  

• Obituary - Mr. John Tozer read 20 December 1949 (192 words)
  

• Farewell to Rev. S. Broadfoot And Family read 20 December 1949 (116 words)