Cheer for the Wounded in the Palestine Advance
"Thanks, Cobber; it was bonzer!" "To keep the fit man fit" in every respect has been one of the main aims which the Y.M.C.A. has directed all its energies in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1918
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Returned Soldiers
Three Hawkesbury boys who have been over to the ether side to do their bit have returned during the past few days. Private Hoy Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs…
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Two more Hawkesbury boys came back from the war on Saturday night, and they received a very warm welcome home. They were Sergeant Oscar Streeter, a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Babies at Riverstone
The war was brought closer to Riverstone this week, when the residents were given an opportunity of witnessing the march to freedom by the "War Babies." The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War and Duty
The following is a digest of a sermon preached by Mr H. Carruthers in Windsor Methodist Church on a recent Sunday:— "The eternal God is thy refuge, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldiers' Letters
Mr. E. Co Fallick, of Wilberforce has received a cable message notifying him that his only son, Eric who won has commission on the field in December fast, has been…
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There is a commune in France where for 10 years no baby died and no mother died in childbirth. Sound fatherhood and sound find guarded motherhood obliterated infant…
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Mr. and Mrs. Prentice, of Clarendon, have received the following letter from their son, Corporal Fustace Prentice, dated from Leckhampton Court Red Cross Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Memorials and Monuments Official Attitude
Schemes for erecting memorials in connection with the war are being put forward from different parts of the State, and it is considered advisable therefore that an an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Seventh War Loan
Local committees are to play an important part in the Seventh Commonwealth War Loan. The livest centres are now hard at work…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Returned Soldiers at Dinner
The forbidding weather on Saturday night militated against the success of the reunion, arranged by the Hawkesbury branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fourth Anniversary of the War
We go away from home to hear news of ourselves, and we read in Saturday's "Evening News" that there was great enthusiasm at a meeting held in Windsor on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coming War Loan Case of the Man on the Land. How Country Committees Will Help
"The success of the Seventh War Loan is everybody's business. It is for the live wires in every town and district to make it so." (The Lord Mayor…
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Mud, rain, and bad roads were very much in evidence to those who attended the farewell function to Privates Jack Graham and George Hayes, the two Freeman's Reach…
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Mr. Joe Turnbull, of Sackville, North, has received two letters concerning his brother. Private George Turnbulf, who was badly gassed in France in May last. We give…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Seventh War Loam Campaign Notes. Strengthen Australia
300,000 Australians have gone forth to fight. Their cost to Australia is seven millions a month. Forty millions is required for the Seventh War Loan, Australia…
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Private Jersey Christie, writing to his people at "Lower Portland, from France in June last, remarks:—We are having great weather just at present—good, fighting weather in fact…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Honor Flag. Emblem of Seventh War Loan. Towns Working to Win it
Every municipality and shire now knows the amount it is asked to raise for the Seventh War Loan. Throughout New South Wales the local…
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Mr Joe Turnbull, of Sackville North, has at last received a letter from his brother, Private George Turnbull, who was severely gassed in France about 3 mouths ago. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Seventh War Loan Opening Day Programme. Local Arrangements
From the country centres various suggestions have been submitted to the Central Committee for a suitable programme for the evening day of the Seventh War Loan. From…
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