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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
6
A garbled fragment mentions a court case and an attempt to force recognition of a marriage. It references parties possibly unable to travel to Ohio and seeks eventual enforcement, though specific names, dates, and details are unreadable.
A local storekeeper in South Melbourne negotiates terms with Sharp and Sons Ltd on City Road while dealing with leasing and price adjustments. The report notes bids from Monte of GALZIC and references temporary and permanent financial arrangements affecting customers in the area.
The narrator’s unit returns to Les Brebis after long trench marches to a warm billet kept by a kind woman. She tends five soldiers, dries their damp kit, and shares quiet sorrow over a lost comrade while villagers endure daily bombardment with stoic resolve. A wounded sister, a brave convent, and Gustave the boy add human memory to the war’s grim routine. The woman urges rest and promises dry clothes by morning as shells continue.
Beggar pleads and a witty reply as W Reynolds and Son Pty Lab publish weekly prices. Beef frames 40 to 48s per 100 lbs. fores 40 to 44s. hinds 57 to 58s. lamb prime spring 64d to 6d. veal prime large sides 6d to 4d. small calves 64d to Tid. pork prime small 1d to 84d. bacon pigs 1d to 6d. pigs for chopping 4d to 6d, with inferior lines at lower rates.
The Russian woman Marie Bochkureva known as Yasha, aged about twenty five, leads a newly formed Woman's volunteer battalion after wartime service as a front line soldier. Wounded multiple times, she earned the Cross of St. George and the government thanks, rising to command in battle alongside her largely illiterate self and educated aide de camp Anna Skridlova.
An old Highland regiment veteran objects to the villa name The Retreat, noting the bugles played by his unit. A separate quip has Henpeck enjoying car trips as his wife fears talking at speed.
Letters from J J Hollick Mackay Q and George Rose South Morang Vic report relief from bladder stone and inflammation after using Warner's Safe Cure concentrated and original forms. Both claim rapid improvement, lasting health and urge others to try the medicine. Warner's Safe Cure sold by chemists and stores.
An interview in the British Australasian recounts how salvaged Red Cross goods from a sunken Australian ship were auctioned by the Salvage Company. The Red Cross chose insurance payout to aid field needs, instructing removal of marks before sale. The account notes responsibilities of auctioneers and Red Cross to safeguard society interests.
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