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Newspaper
Armidale Chronicle
Location
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
4
Long distorted 19th century text promoting the Australian Mutual Provident Society with figures, locations, and terms. It touts annual bonuses to policyholders, discloses profits shared with holders, and urges taking a life policy or extending assurance to secure a full year’s bonus. It reads as a speculative or promotional notice focused on life insurance benefits and member profits rather than concrete events.
The article reports a large mobilization drive in Australia urging male volunteers to join imperial forces. It cites a six month training plan to equip 107,000 men, with New South Wales quotas, local war service committees active, and appeals to sustain volunteer recruitment. It notes past enlistments from Armidale and calls for continued support and donations.
In Armidale Polities Court on Monday, fines were recorded for drunkenness and related offenses while charitable efforts were acknowledged. Donations from the Girls' Real work group and others brought the Armidale Soldiers' Reception and Farewell Association total to £25 and support for a new Cralla school project was reported.
The Armidale Post Office outlines holiday hours for Christmas Day Boxing Day and New Year. Christmas Day will be observed as Sunday in both postal and telegraph parts. Boxing Day postal section opens 9 am to 1 pm. telegraph opens as usual on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Letter carriers keep normal deliveries. no changes to school mail or despatch schedules.
Miss Myrtle Tannehill, star of Twin Beds in Sydney, recalls a night at sea when a flying fish boarded through a porthole. At breakfast at the captain’s table she described drifting in tropical darkness as the fish landed in her lap and her husband Hale Hamilton sprang awake to switch on the light.
Telegrams report that special leave will not be granted to soldiers unless for presentations and farewell ceremonies. General Ryrie is wounded again in the Dardanelles. Other items note a land grant offer from H R Denison for soldiers, teachers union talks, dairy cattle losses, and plans for women farmers in New South Wales. The West Australian harvest is forecast, and various labor and wartime political developments are discussed.
London reports indicate British forces evacuated Suvla and Anzac from Gallipoli with guns and stores. Cabinets and war offices confirm successful transfer while observers note Australian and New Zealand troops withdrew quietly. Public reaction spans surprise and speculation on broader strategy.
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