Munitions of War. and Other Militant Matters
Last Wednesday evening about 300 people assembled in the Town Hall, in response to a call originated and organised by Mr. G. West, and the prime…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1915
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Send-off to Hie Soldiers
A gathering of nearly 500 people assembled in the Town Hall on Friday evening to bid adieu to Messrs A. J. Thayne, E. Powell and J. Tinner, who…
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A large number of friends gathered at the Leura Hall last Wednesday evening to say farewell to Bro, Fryer, a prominent member of the G.U.O.O.F Leura…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For our Wounded Soldiers. Successful, Red Cross Evening
The social evening and sale of girls held under the auspices of the local branch of the Red Cross Society in the Town Hall on Friday evening last proved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lawson Masonic Ball. in Aid of the Austral Wounded
Members of the Lodge Blue Mountains (Masonic order) held their second annual ball in the Lawson institute hall on Friday evening, the event proving a very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Napoleon on the War
The present world crisis will bring forth many incidents of gallantry and romance when the pages of its inner history are opened to us; but it is safe to…
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One of the most touching romances of the war has just become known in France. The other day a luxurious in a town in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded Soldiers' Fund
A most successful plain and fancy dress dance was held at "Silva Plana" on July 31st, in aid of the Wounded Soliders' Fund. The popular house was gaily…
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Sapper F. R. Cluett, brother-in-law of Mr. J. Chas. Hoden, foreman of "Echo" staff, writes from Chezinck Hospital, Cairo; his story unfolding an instance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier's Letter from Rabaul
In addtion to the many thousands of Australians under fire in Gallipoll, there are a few thousands of "our own" doing duty for the Empire over in Rabaul,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters from Mountain Soldiers
Private Jim Morris, in a letter to his parents at Katoomba, wries:—"I am at present in the hospital at ——, on board the s.s. ——." (Jim is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commencing to Pay the Piper. Taxation for War
The War Census Act has been passed and the Schedules approved, so the proclamation fixing the date for taking the Census should shortly be issued. The matter is one of…
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Driver George Davies writes at length to his mother:—"Just a line to tell you I am still our of harm's way, but that is not my fault. We each have our duty to…
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Those who create a hue and cry against war marriages, on the ground of the expense they thrust upon the country, seem to forget that this is not a squabble…
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Ah! how can I express what joy was mine When first I felt that warm embrace of thine! The rapturous thrill which ran from head to heel—…
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Private Jim Morris, writing to his parents under date, August 11th, from Hollopolls Hospital, Claire, where he is lying wounded for the second occasion,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Masonic Benefit Ball. to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund
A pleasing feature of the forthcoming Benefit Ball is the unanimity that apparently exists among all classes and creeds of the community to make the evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of Interest The End of the War
A joker named Kilner, who reckons he can foretell the future from the Bible, has been unfolding, things at Wellington. Among his predictions was the startling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General. (The Horrors of War
"By the side of a young French cavalry officer who had been hit in a fight on the Aisue we found a pretty girl," said Sergeant Payne, who is at Bristol, England, wounded. "Both…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Send-off to Six Soldiers. Loyal Leura's Farewell
The people of Loura are to be complimented on their loyalty, and on the way they recognise the fine spirit of their men who have enlisted in the Australian…
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