Gracie Captures the British Army at Two NAABT Concerts
Gracie Piclda, a remarkable performer, delighted soldiers near the front with a vivid stage presence and a voice praised for its warmth. Despite pain from rheumatism, she delivered hit songs and a memorable street performance, winning cheers from the troops and civilians alike. The article also notes a historic race anecdote and details on soldier wills and Base Records Office procedures.
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Gracie Piclda
London “Daily Herald
Hitjee
Tay Gil
Gracie
Danla Noble
Seymour Hicks
Claire Lure
Ascot
Diveen
Walter
Sants Claws
Defence Department
Real life ghosts in Apparitions and Hauntess Houses
A review of Sir Earnest Bennetts Apparitions and Hauntess Houses features over a hundred cases of real spirits, phantoms, and other supernatural events. Clergy are prominently reported as witnesses or participants in these alleged hauntings including Prebendary Caplie and Rev Garrard Lewis.
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Faber
St Earnest
Bennett
Sir Earnest
Capliie
St. Paul's Church
Wokius
Rlije
Outram Marshall
Garrard Lewis
St. Paul's
Margate
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
James Henry P
Coshian
Gloucester sewers service opens with licensed plumbers
Licensed by the Gloucester Shire Sydney M W S B Newcastle Taree Albury Victoria first class plumbers and drainers license for Mildura Echuca Swan Hill Devonport Tasmania commence business in Gloucester. Quotes given without obligation. Material and workmanship guaranteed. For information apply 6/9 Andrews Johnston Church St. Works 42 Residence 5b.
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Gloucester
Sydney
Newcastle
Taree
Albury
Victoria
Drsiner
Mildura
Enchuca
Swanhill
Devonport
Tasmania
Andrews & Johnston
Appointment of Frank Foley as Local Agent for JAS. Fleming
Funeral director Jas Fleming of Dungog announces Frank Foley as local agent for all business entrusted to his care. Public notice states Foley will provide prompt and careful attention. Latest model motor hears are available.
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M. L. EB. Monro
Market Street
Gloucester
W. T. Howard
Dungog
Gloucester & District
Frank Foley
Death Riddle of Ivar Kreuger and the Tomb of Ambition
The piece recalls Ivar Kreuger’s meteoric rise from a shy youth with £20 to a world power broker who controlled the match industry, forests, railways, and banks before a Paris crash and a suicide verdict sparked lingering mystery. It notes claims Kreuger might still be alive, enjoying champagne and jewel cigarette holders, dreaming of what might have been.
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Ivar Kreuger
Edwin Gi Hil
New York
America
Chicago
Mexico
Sweden
Paris
Stor
the Suiste
Kreuger
Leaf Eating Ladybird Beetle Damages Potatoes and Melons
Description of the leaf eating ladybird beetle Hpilachna 28 punctata and its life cycle. Eggs are spindle shaped and yellow, laid on leaf surfaces. grubs are stout yellow with branching black spines. Adults are orange yellow with twenty eight black spots. resembles the beneficial eighteen spot ladybird. Control methods include dusting with lead arsenate mixed with kaolin or hydrated lime and timely tobacco dust protection for young plants.
Conservation of Grass and Herbage in Central West
A report from the Chief Veterinary Surgeon notes floodplain growth along Castlereagh River at Coonamble yielding 200 tons of high quality trefoil hay. Six men operated two mowing machines a horse rake two push rakes and a hay press over about ten weeks to store the fodder as drought reserve.
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West
Coonamble
Department of Agriculture
Castlereagh
Colic in Horses and Diet Changes
A departmental pamphlet explains colic arises from abrupt changes in horse feed and stresses gradual adaptation. Sudden full feeds of new grains or dry foods after fasting can trigger digestive distress or death, while consistent diets support proper gastric and pancreatic juice production.
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Matze
Dream Garden Echoes Through Time and Memory
A reflective verse mourns a garden of long ago and the ache of lost promises. It traverses moments of spring, memory’s shadows, and the return of fragrance as memories rise like flowers after a storm, hinting at healing through recollection.
Hitler's Ravings andAustralian exile Letter Clash
W Philpott of Paria Australia writes from exile to Melbourne brother condemning Hitler's call to arms. He contrasts his view with French resolve noting no hysteria just firm determination and urging nations to arms as a dictator's days wind down.
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W. Philpott
Paria
Melbourne
Hitler
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St. J. Bennett Radio & Garage Service
Thomas Cowan & CO
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W. Brooker
BOX
Tareecal
Street & Parish Pty. Ltd
Wale Ol & Ta Ai Sd
Wunrketiig
Winchcombe
Carson
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Puse
Tallowett
Shell Energytic
Winehcombe
Carson, Ltd
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Bridge St
Flemington
the Farmers & Graziers Co-Operative Grain Mnsl Insurance & Agency Company
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THE
Gloucester Advocate
Barrington ST
Jimmy Hoy
Merrendee
Mungee
Hoy
Saxbys
Saxby’s
Co. J. Devenport
Jas. Fleming
Central West
Golden Gate Cafe
Kendall's Buildings
MRS
E. Young
Tom Hicks
Queen Street
Dream Garden
J. Moutzouris
Garden OF Roses Cafe
Jakes
Peter
Horlick
Gloucester 2
Sunshine Cafe
G.E. Research Laboratory
Gloucester Electric Supply CO. Pty. Ltd
Gloucester Hotel
F. M. Smith
A.M.P
Australian Mutual Provident Society
Sargest Mutual Life Office
Empire
A.M.P. Society
Samuel Hordern
K.be
W. Sneddon
F.la
A. E. Webb
New South Wales
Pitt Street
T. M. Breckenridge
D. K. McLeod
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