Perilous Pastimes and Peace Party Farce
Selections note a daring English airman dropping from 10000 feet over Surrey, opening parachute after a long fall, while a Ford peace voyage to Europe garners ridicule and a ship of peace unfolds with a comic squirrel aboard. NSW debate mocks legislators pay rises and schooling reforms, plus a vagrant with dogs, parrots, and rabbits described with a wry, local tone.
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Surrey
England
Ford
Henry Ford
Europe
New York
FOR THEIR COUNTRY Heroes of the Dardanelles list of local soldiers
A historic Forbes district casualty roster lists killed and wounded from World War I. The entries name many local soldiers with towns such as Forbes Fifield Eugowra Trundle and Moonbi and note categories killed at front died in camp died at sea wounded in hospital and invalided home. The report ends with a racist anecdote misusing the term blacks and dogs in a derogatory reflection on Forbes residents.
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Redfern
Alway
Forbes District
Betland
Forbes
Browne
Clarence
Burke
Charles
Chatman
Arthur
Eugowra
Cornett
Fred
Trundle
Cousins
W. M
Crocker
Alan
Cusack
John
Duane
T. B
Douglas
Roy
Dunn
Dunne
A. W
Edwards
W. V
Ford
P. C
Foster
W. E
Geddes
Hugh
Grant
J. G
Bogan Gate
Gray
Hall
William
Hastie
Will
Henson
Hugowra
Holland
C. E
Wendary
Humfrey
Jones
Ernest
Kelly
Chas
Long
Manty
Merriles
Fifield
Muir
Archia
M'Millan
O'Hea
Jas
O'Connell
J. F
Sloane
Thomas
J. P
Thompson
Jack
Turner
A. B
Cecil
Beges
Brownhills
Gow
W. G
Goolagong
E. A
Halloran
M'Quirk
Rathbone
A. E
Tullamore
Shepherd
Capt
Stanford
B. J
Steele
Street
E. W
Ashcroft
Frederick Roy
Bartlett
Nell
Yarrabandal
Booth
W. H
Genson
Privata
Colle
Witfeld
Johnson
Norman
M'Kenzie
Gordon
Strickland
Shaw
Walsh, Seret
Young, Vivian C
Mail Time Table Sunday to Saturday Schedule Detailing Stops
A dense list of daily mail train departures and routes with times from Sunday through Saturday. The timetable names towns such as Parkes Bogan Gate Condobolin Station Burrwang Eugowra Sydney Melbourne and many others, with noted late fee and via connections including Parkes Cowra Grenfell and Ooma Creek.
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Alare
Sydney
TPO
Bathurst
Young
Cowra
Melbourne
Molong
Cookamidgera
Parkes
Trehborne
Daroobalgie
Goolarong
Nanima
Tomanbil
Grenfell
T.P
Trundle
Bogan Gate
Eugowra
Calarie
Condobolin
Newland's
Bedgeraong
M'Phillamy's
Hall's
Rawlin’s
Jemiong
Kennedy's
Sweeney's
Bogandillon
Porter's
Cadlow
Morgan Bros
Hope
Borambil
Manwooga
Retoria
Warroo Police
Carrawobltty
Eulomo
Traversdale
Duan’s
Fairview
Donkin's
Corrinella
Yumeena
Orange
Cowra Melbourne
Tichborne
Caroobalgie
Fee
Goolagong
Ooma Creek
Wenz's
Ooma Station
Trun- Me
Calama
Yarra Yarra
Anderson's
Speck's
Weelong
Gle
Daroobalete
Goolapong
Tomanbi
T.I.0
Hugowre
Back Yamma
Calarle
Bedgernbong
Condobela
Nowland's
Moowonga
Pretoria
Wirrog
Parka
Naroobalgio
Forbes Mail Service Train Timetable Summary
Train timetable shows the Forbes to Orange, Molong, Manildra, Parkes, and Bogan Gate routes with down and up departures and arrivals. Notes include Forbes Condobolin line schedules with daily and weekly patterns, and specified run days for certain links such as Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
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Orange
Sydney
Cees
Forbes
Parkes
P.m
Pete Say
A.m
Bogan Gate Eessay
Trendle
Tullamore
Trundle Eeteeee
Bogan Gate
Our Ladies' Letter on Women Filling Soldiers' Roles
A wartime appeal discusses which jobs women could temporarily fill as men go to the front. It covers roles from letter sorting to bank clerks and tram conductors, warns against overextension, notes English and Australian examples, and reflects on war's impact on Christmas sentiment.
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Engelard
Tran
Vetrom
Tilliog
Sydney
Sikther
Liverpool
Frithel
Chas
Tie
Powe
Molne
Peninsite
Ile
Carter
le Void
Belgium
Fragmented Voices and Theatres Across Austerity Years
A collage of lines on romance gender roles and home life jars with theater notes and a Sydney relief effort. The piece sketches social expectations, daughters roles in households, a soldier’s children fund, and a planned dramatic performance of Joan of Arc with donated theatre items.
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Sydney
Jtrovide Niwas
Giathee
Oan of Arc
Vinay
Madime Gboult
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