Soldiers Hall (To the Editor)
Sir,--I would like to confirm the remarks of The Watcher in regard to the disposal of the Soldiers' Rail at Leura, for well do I remember…
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Sir,--I would like to confirm the remarks of The Watcher in regard to the disposal of the Soldiers' Rail at Leura, for well do I remember…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Everybody knows the adage, "A prophet is without honour in his own country," and of its very strong bearing on all Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Bronzes and marbles do not take the place of remembrance in the hearts of men and women. But they do teach—remembrance."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—The funds for the establishment of the Leura Soldiers' Club were raised by the people of Leura as a memorial, being unable to place…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Twenty-six Diggers attended a meeting in the Memorial Hall, Leura, on Tuesday night and, with the object of preventing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →We wish to remind all citizens and visitors that a memorial service wilt be held in the School of Arts, commencing at 10.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirty thousand men and women of New South Wales died in the war, and there were 150,000 -- many of them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To receive tangible evidence of the goodwill of members of the Katoomba R. S. & S. I. League, was the happy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. E. A. Drew, headmaster, has received an acknowledgement from the organising secretary of the Auzac Memorial Appeal, for a sum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following arrangements will be observed at the Katoomba Post Office on Anzac Day (Wednesday. April 25): Post Office open…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Including the amounts collected by Digger canvassers, the total sum contributed by Katoomba Leura residents, amounts to approximately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reference to Anzac Day was made in the local churches on Sunday last. Contingents of local Diggers were in attendance at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Katoombans will commemorate Anzac Day by holding a public service in the Empire Theatre. The doors will he open at 10.15,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In response to a hearty invitation to its representatives to attend the [?] annual dinner under the auspices of the Parramatta R.S…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mortal they died, Immortal they live. Like the heroes of Thermopylae They fell devoted but undying The very breeze their name seemed sighing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The growth in national sentiment inspecting Anzac Day -- its memory of imperishable deeds, gallant sacrifice, and great principles on the one hand, and the inevitable horror and tragedy of war on the other -- was illustrated locally on Wednesday by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Blackheath Returned Soldiers and Sailors Club held their second annual Anzac dinner and re-union on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Once again did Blackheath remember Anzac, and with the pasing years the interest, wish, duty--call it what you will--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The President welcomed two new members to the fortnightly meeting of the Katoomba Sub-Branch on Thursday night. These were Diggers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The eighth annual meeting of the Blackheath Returned Sailors aud Soldiers' Club, was held oil Monday evening last, April 30, in…
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