Soldiers' Parcels
The Postmaster-General announces that the difficulty of despatching Christmas parcels already posted to the boys at the front has been overcome, and he is pleased…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1917
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Latest War News
Yesterday is described as being the most difficult day of the war. Week-end shoppers in London found that tea, sugar, butter,…
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Sir Douglas Haig reports:—During Wednesday hostile attacks on our new positions near the Ypres Staden railway led to local…
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The social held at Marlow on Friday, 5th October, in aid of the War Chest was a great success, and it is expected that the Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Chest Fund. Michelago's Splendid Contribution
Last Friday was selected by our Michelago neighbours to raise funds for War Chest Day. Some weeks ago it was decided to hold sports, sale of gifts, and a…
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Sir Douglas Haig reports: Last night the enemy heavily bombarded our positions on, the main ridge southward of Broodstende. We…
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£ Mr. Mark McGrath, J.P., of Meroo, has received a letter from his son, Private E. McGrath, who was severely wounded in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Homes. Laying Foundation Stone of First Home
To-morrow the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the fist cottage to be erected in Queanbeyan for a soldier's widow, will take…
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Mr. Philip Gibbs writes: In Friday's battle the Anzac troops on the right flank made good. They reached the edge of a hummock…
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Sale of Flowers, from 8th to 13th Sept.— Per Miss Doris Gourlay, £2 16s; Betty storer, 2s; Nellie Boland, 6s; Isabel…
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On last Friday a social was held in the hall, and on Saturday a sale of gifts, both in aid of the War Chest Fund, and proved a decided…
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There is a pronounced lull on the Ypres front. The artillery, as usual, has practically never ceased, and there have been many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Children and War Savings
The War Saving's Campaign is being carried to the Public Schools, and to emphasise the necessity for the energetic formation of savings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Chest Carnival. Gala Day for Queanbeyan
Wednesday next will be a gala day in Queanbeyan when the big sports carnival and procession will eventuate, and it is confidently expected the whole town and…
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The Admiralty report that naval aircraft carried out patrols yesterday, encountering several enemy formations. One enemy seaplane…
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Mrs. Kevans, of Hall, has receive the following letter from her husband, who is a prisoner of war in Germany:—…
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In the House of Representatives during the repatriation debate the Hon. Austin Chapman said :— The repartriation proposed by this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Y.M.C.A. and the Soldiers (To the Editor of the "Dispatch.")
Sir,—It is stated in your contemporary that "the general opinion of the men back from the front is that the Y.M.C.A. 'on the…
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Lieut. F. Warren has received the following letter from the Manager of the Canberra branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Erection of Soldier's Home. Laying of Foundation Blocks
On Wednesday afternoon the ceremony of laying the foundation block of the first soldier's home in Queanbeyan was performed by the…
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