In Days of Old Memoirs of David McDonald
The memoirs recount 1848 to 1878 migration to Australia. McDonald describes voyage on British King, Myall Creek hangings, early Sydney life, droughts, and life on a distant sheep station. He notes clashes with convicts, bushrangers, and encounters with Aboriginal people including the Doctor.
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Australia
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Quey
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G Hiyut
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University
Parramatta
Aml
Bub
Ward
Brickfield Hill
Newstown
Wooloxman
New South Weales
Australiay
Broken Hill Court Fines Man for Lottery Notice
Walter Peterson found guilty at Broken Hill Police Court of circulating a small notice against the Broken Hill Jockey Club races on June 3. He was fined £20 and costs or four months in jail. Appeal noted. The piece amid discussion of the new Workmans Compensation Act highlights its sweeping employer implications and potential damages in accidental injury cases.
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Broken Hill
Shaw
P.ml
Walter Peterson
Broken Hill Jockey Club
Peterson
Harry
Jack
P. L. L. Delegate Conference Held in Cooma
Delegates from seven centers gathered in Cooma for the P L L Monaro electorate conference with 17 attendees. F Mullane chaired, officers elected include President F Mullane Vice Presidents O Sourke Geo Kindabyse and Morgan Cooma Secretary W G Thompson Treasurer F Morgan. A fighting fund was started, a 8 percent levy approved, and meetings set every six months with a social conclusion.
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Monaro
Cooma
FP. Morgan
Miller
Alve
F. Muilane
Ig Osourke
Que
Monara
Ile den Monara
Messines Battle Report Breaks Ypres Salient Spell
World War I dispatches describe Sir Douglas Haig's Messines attack using Will 60 mines and massive artillery. British, New Zealanders, Irish, Protestants, and Catholics fought together on Wytschaoter and Messines Ridge, with German defenses shattered, prisoners taken, and signals indicating a sweeping advance. The effort aimed to end a three year death toll at Ypres, with Allied forces pushing toward key positions as German countermeasures loom.
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Western Front
Douglas Haig
Ypres
Phillip Gibbs
Daily
Messines
Vimy
Arras
Wytschaoter
Messines Ridge
Ypres Salent
Herbert Plumer
Modun Seimee
Massines Ridge
Moseines
Wytschade
New Zealand
Fring
Hare
Ypres Salient
Battlewood
Zillesbeke
Warteton
Social Glass vs Kidney Ailments Promised Relief
An Adelaide reader testimonial extols Deans Backache Kidney Pills for kidney pain and weak kidneys. Harry H. Warner, 66 Porter Street, Parkside, describes severe winter pains, sleepless nights, and cloudy secretions that improved after three bottles, claiming the pills cured him and urging others with kidney trouble to use the remedy.
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Dean
Pham
Adelaide
Harry H. Warner
Porter Shreek
Parkside
Daan
Dou
Thrilling air battles on the Western Front reported
Daily Chronicle correspondent details a dramatic air engagement on May 27 with British and German planes. Thirty German machines reportedly brought down, many crashing or on fire, as six British scouts and eight Germans clashed in a high altitude dogfight. Multiple maneuvers ended with German machines toppled and pursuit by British pilots until the last foe fled.
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Western Front
Daily Chronicle
Trenty
Briviel Sr
Pickle bottle hides 200 sovereigns in ancient chimney
Mr. John Quaterman of Smithford uncovered a pickle bottle containing 200 sovereigns embedded in a chimney during demolition. The money likely lay undisturbed for years amid ghost haunting lore, as some locals once believed the place haunted.
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John Quaterman
Smithford
Sindingy
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