Armidale News Briefs From War Time Letters and Talks
Local notes report mail handling at Armidale Army Camp Egypt and England letters. A coroner inquiry笑 reveals a jailhouse joke about drunkenness. Calendar items note fundraising boxing, a Christmas cable to Lieut Coronel Alhott, and a 1914 calendar reprint with a winter landscape illustration. Military updates mention recruitment, camp restrictions, pension support, troop movements, and a large 17 ton shipment of goods for Egyptian hospitals. News covers drought, postal safety, and civic notices including strikes, price controls, and electoral matters.
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Armidale
Honda
Armidale B
Egypt
England
Mackenze
Harry Malla
Ted Cram Booty
C. Chamberlain
Crosman
Mendes
Central Park
Amiddle
Lieut
Coronel Alhott
Tandon
Ew England Women’s Birniches
Liberal Association
Als Mossre
Ho W. Lon
F. J. White
A. Parkin
Arenidate Proctorate Council
Hiverins
Ivy M'Alister
Clifton Bill
Victoria
Defense
Hed Cross Boviery
New South Wales
Commonwealth
Iset
New Zealand
Wade
Carmichael
Bharpe
Sr Drcal
Harkness
Amo WY
Sydney
Pread Food and Tee Co
NC. Commission
N.C. Commission
Builders Labourers’ Union
Aswards
Brdmey
Jacob Breen
Meerechawm Vale
Flying Tick in New South Wales Stock Threat
An account of a new pest, the Hippobosca equi or “flying tick,” attacking horses in New Caledonia and possibly spreading to New South Wales. Quarantine and entomology efforts trace its behavior, habitats, and potential risk to local stock, noting past quarantined ponies and the insect’s tough, pin-like claws.
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N.S
Wales
Daily, Telegraph
Tus Roerat
Brennally
Now -Caledonia
Mancot
Berne
New Caledonia
WAREZ
Sine
Mascot
New Forest
England
Rail charges critic and railway fare debate in Australia
In a public letter to the editor of the Armidale Chronicle the writer attacks railway charges as excessive and argues for reform. He urges shifting financing from traffic to land values, cites a June 1915 freight total of 28805 pounds and proposes a 95 percent reduction, aiming to reduce fares and boost employment while highlighting broader economic effects.
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Armidale Chronicke
Enite
Tha Pappis
Corie
Geir
Sassine Etian
Te Arasidaly
Ceding Jiune
Fontam
Up-to-Date Furniture Shows Australian Timber Trend
The mortpopular timbers define the modern kitchen shift as Australian timbers mature in a hot climate. Australian Commonwealth timbers dominate the field and promise durable, stylish furniture. Deberfald's expands to three floors with showroom spice, display of glassware, electroplate, and ladies’ handles.
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Linke
Bobar
Fald
Australian Commonwealth
Australia
Deberfald
Deberfald’e Alvo
Ly. Iy
Betting Conspiracy Charge Involving Race Fixing
A charge of conspiring to fix horse bets by altering telegrams to name winning horses was preferred against Gabyeo Dinard aged 43 and Norman Neal aged 21. The case alleges post office telegrams and telephone lines were used to change references to horses such as Sunny Ridge and Flaitivet Steel, affecting races at Lore and other locations.
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Greap
Matiber
Boolonnkers
Gabyeo
Dinard
Sage
Ands
Normen Neal
Ney
Hhorees
Nim
Zim
Murwden
Horace
Neal
Gol
Oranhey
Lore
Pam
Leo
Alae
Arigingl - Meee
Pocerber
Sal Green
Marsden
Borg
Sunny
Ridge
Dor
Moorefield
Bots “Messiyges
Fading Room Schedule and Club Notices
A damaged OCR shows room hours and club access details including Friday and Saturday openings, Wednesday closures, and billiard room mention. It lists subscription pricing, a reading list, and a secretary note for Alfred Pareiss. The text is garbled with misreads and partial words.
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Hilliard Room
Genia
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Bede
Horace Weaver
BR. Li
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Hihutle
Mney
Macintyre
Ta Yeroll
Frederick Eats
Federal Clerk’ Union
Melbourne
Gil
Queensland
Goveromot
Fox Fiat
Park’ Head
Casvin Connell
Percival R. Waddy
Wales Bar
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Expeditionary Forces
Dominion
Kew Zealand Stott Corps
Narional
Trimtham
R. Potter
Works Department
Kell and Rigley
Alwry
W. Barris
Tarvey Park
Bathurst
Wide Bay
Lisut
Janke
Inveroll
Aticket
Hashee
Gallipoli
Inverell
Bice
Edward J. H. Knapp
B.C
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Rik
Equel
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Teather
Hirself
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Kolid
Jenin
Wellington
Holyholiday
Peasre
Alleget
Curtis's
Curee
Mer
Huterogs
SBS Tee Sapostales
Arimidale
Uralla
Rey Ae
Armiddie'Literary Institute
Jones & Vallance
Galena
Vallance Tailors
Nta Claus
Weaver’s
B. Weaver
Sol Green
Leviathan Commisson
Braund’s
Ot Prtati
Gitte
Teddy
Bo Didy
Sd Weit
Ding
Boot
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