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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 21, 1917
Page
3
The Gloucester School of Arts holds its annual meeting for members at the Bhhoslal Arts Hall on Monday July 23 at 8 o clock. Agenda includes reports and balances, election of officers and committees, and other business. Nominations for committees must be written and signed by two financial members and delivered to the Secretary by 8 o clock on Saturday July 16.
On Thursday July 1917 at 3 0 oclock E Lloyd Jones Hambledon Hill Singleton offers the Clydesdale stallion Sir Mullan from New Zealand by Baron Bold dam Grace. Also four Clydesdale mares four fillies four goldings and a government imported stallion Clanday. Progeny of Clydesdale mares and a line of draught horses. Jones aims to meet market and sells at cash terms with no high reserve.
The Gloucester Rifle Club held its annual meeting on Wednesday night with members including Napier, Shepherd, Haye, Harris, Parish, Trower, Rye and others. The secretary read the annual report showing forty members achieved efficiency, twenty-seven practices held, and wins in trophies with Parish and Ashworth as top finishers. improvements to the range drainage and telephones were noted.
Carl Street writes from Somewhere in France on May 2. He describes front-line bombardment by artillery and strafing of trenches, the intensity of shelling, gas fears, and the daily routine of life at the front. He notes the fear and steadiness of his squad during a dawn bombardment and watches a firing line under heavy fire.
Soldiers endure bombardment and sniping as shells tear overhead and barbed wire bites the earth. A wounded, tense calm follows as units report casualties and the trench humor helps endure the exhausted psyche.
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