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Newspaper
Portland Guardian
Location
Portland, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
2
The First Annual Meeting will be held at the town hall with a public invitation. M. A. Hart, son, serves as secretary.
Community notices show Mr Parkinson visiting Haywood on Monday June 1 plus regular Thursday sessions. The Portland League ships socks and comforts to troops, with a first annual meeting planned in the Town Hall to boost soldier welfare.
TheAugust report notes rainfall across the state with Port land and Merino below average. Towns listed show varied excesses, a Red Cross fund raise at Casterton, and updates on Corporal Pitcher’s hospitalization. A total solar eclipse is predicted for June with partial moon eclipse later in June. Enrolment issues are reported for the Livia Division during May with fines for defendants.
Edward O Leary a 90 year old Railway Department worker of Parkville died in Melbourne Hospital after being struck by a train near Spencer Treat. The incident left him with terrible injuries and occurred Monday night.
The Portland Borough Council received a letter urging donations to aid Belgian soldiers separated from their families under German rule. The appeal notes Australia already sends parcels and funds, but asks for continued generosity as funds dwindle in the fourth year of the war.
Lieutenant 5S. L. Patterson of Gawler Street appears in a London Gazette list of Australian soldiers awarded the Military Cross for bravery in the field. Patterson is son of Mr and Mrs C Patterson.
The annual conference of the National Association opens in July with drastic proposals. A referendum would seek to abolish state governors and influence state parliaments. The discussion centers on major constitutional changes and brewers' licenses.
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