06 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Moorabbin News
Location
Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 06, 1918
Page
1
Report outlines Holy Week events at Cheltenham with services and processions. It notes Holy Thursday and Good Friday observances at local churches, and mentions assignments for volunteers, including altar duties and choir tasks. A council or court action is referenced with fines and railway disruption affecting attendance.
A fragmented report details a Monday meeting at the Bowling Club Pavilion and various court actions. It notes fines on parents for child issues, votes by assembly members, and proceedings related to a Red Cross relief appeal, with multiple names and places obscured in OCR.
A fragment describes Pletwre Gardens events tonight featuring Aytonlel Tylongle and Sorrowed Pitan with wine reception. It notes a performance by Gray, Gout pnegarwlons, and the Peluccid Ahrysanthemum, plus a child production on 26th and 27th with scenery to be given to a local charity.
A garbled report describes an event on Wednesday in the Vahig Tall. Details are mostly unreadable with many words corrupted. A late exchange mentions Mine Wottid Hennington and a raised Fonda to have told the Bane Seszicel.
Fragmentary report notes Heatherton season plans and local figures including Grosvenor Jones and Rev. O. Macmfohast. Mentions concerns about weather and leadership as events unfold in the evening schedule.
In Bentleigh Lavinia Brewer and Mr Pranks Clements plan a marriage at the Armadale Baptist Church at 8 80 pm officiated by J. F. W. Boras. A farewell social for Mr S. Ward is set for Thursday at the Palais Hall with a working bee next Wednesday at 9 am to improve the Recreation Reserve.
A fragmented wartime diary recounts Siquiller G. A. Roscoll detailing service from Suez to Alexandria, noting landings on 15th November, experiences aboard a transport, encounters with Japanese destroyers, and scarce rations in Alexandria. It mentions allied and enemy actions, ship damage, and civilians during the campaign.
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