20 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1917
Page
1
Panty and Priday announce plans for a wedding tea at Walkaway Lane. Timroeay and Ling Wongan Hil are noted in association with the event as guests and organizers.
The article recounts How Hall Dunn Gilbert and their gang terrorized Yass district in 1863 to 1865. It details robberies at homesteads, captures of horses and horses, and police pursuits ending with Gilbert killed by Constable King and Dunn fleeing, leading to the band’s decline. It notes local figures like Mr Jones and Mr Edwards and later military involvement during the Yass riots.
Luigi de Simoni, ex brigand chief, after a half century in confinement, was granted two years in gaol before a life sentence. He told reporters he now sees brigandage as outdated and noted his first sight of a bicycle in Rome. He plans to return to Longobuco, Calabrian village in Cosenza.
A wartime piece describes home fronts misunderstanding of trench life. It portrays infantry suffering in freezing mud from Switzerland to the sea, where rain, cold, and wet gear crush morale. Soldiers crawl through tangled trenches, carrying sandbags, rifles, and fuel while weather, equipment, and mud impede movement and keep guns moving.
A child of about five occupies the verandah and teases the minister with guesses for dinner. After several attempts the boy declares the dish will be roly poly pudding, noting mother only has one stocking on.
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