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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1915
Page
1
A noisy page lists trotting horse results, heats, and entrants with numerous names, ages, and marks. The dense catalog includes stallions, mare classes, pony and open events, and related harness sports figures, reflecting a busy judging and competition day with many owners and riders named.
Sunday passenger service times and routes from Parkes to Condobalin and Burrswang to various towns. Monday schedules include Canarie to Sydney and a long list of stops via Cowra, Bathurst, Parkes, and other destinations with late arrivals. Tuesday to Sunday lists many inconsistent entries for trains to Sydney Bathurst Young Orange Melbourne and regional towns, with numerous mis-spellings and unclear stations.
Private J Ohea recounts landing with Australian troops at a landing zone with gunfire from Turkish machine guns. He describes wounded comrades, bayonet charges, and the brutal pace of near trenches, noting fear, courage, and the harsh conditions during the invasion and early days at sea and on shore.
A letter to Wingpother from Boreeant A B Muneraye formerly of Forbes, published in Bathurst National Advocate, laments mistreatment of wounded troops. He complains convalescent homes and hospitals shelter capable men and accuse the army of padding pensions while fit men are kept away, urging replacements of loafers and better care for frontline soldiers.
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