SKEYHILL RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA AFTER WORLD SPEAKING TOUR
A correspondent from Pittsburgh details Tom Skeyhill’s postwar travels as his fame as a wartime orator soars. He raised substantial funds in America, spoke before thousands in New York and Chicago, and plans to stay in the United States long enough to continue charity efforts before returning to Australia via the Pacific route.
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Austra
Cam
Successigly
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Esape
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Armerican
Bat Alen
Australia
Marne
Theotore Roovevelt
Jamie Carnewg
New York City
Sere
Tom Shey hal a famed Australian orator at Pond Lyceum
The young Australian poet and lecturer Tom Shey hal tours the South Seas then Hamilton to promote a platform for returned soldiers. He aims to be a man of letters and writes a war poems book titled The New Old World. He travels with Photip Gibbs Lan Hay Captain Carpenter VC John Gelsworthy Robert Nichols and others under Pond Lyceum management.
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Photip Gibbs Lan Hay
Carjpenter
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Obert Nichols
Mehols
Australia
Chillagoe Notes Chronicle a Week of Local Happenings
A busy Chillagoe week features the Anulcan Sunday School outing on September 27 with children shuttled by cab to Me E Vantia’s homestead. Rev Turner assists with transport duties while Rev Prowse visits Herberton. Four Mount Surprise flu cases reach the area, now isolated in the maternity ward. Town plans include railway carriages, a barry meeting for a permanent fund and training, and a picture show building in Tower Street. A missing kangaroo shooter, James Webster, is tracked by Constable Carseldine, returning after shell shock. Funeral services for Jon Mastre at Chillagoe Hospital.
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Ho Prowse
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Herberton
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Almavien
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Rand Committee
Barry
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T. Gay
Admaster
Australasia
Munygana
Mote Ted
James Webster
Carseldine
Cutter
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Goff
Tower-street
Jane
Mungana
Tures
Publicen
Chillagoe Hospital
Cemet
Jon Mastre
Gladrigan
Telegraph
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Jensen
Palmer
Ravenshoe Notes recounts storms disease and accident
The note describes windy weather with dust and approaching wet spells, a flu outbreak among local Black residents with three deaths last week, and a hospital case after a man named Joe was injured in an accident. It mentions the police effort and attendance decline at a Saturday event due to illness.
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Archie
Eall
Soldier Land Preference Bill Sparks Legislative Debate
In the Legislative Council a bill by Mr. Leahy seeks to amend the Land Act and the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act to give returned soldiers priority in grazing selections and to enable freehold or leasehold tenure. Factional arguments follow on tenure forms, with concerns about squatter interests, government support, and the bill’s political aims.
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Thyane
Andy Janos
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