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Newspaper
Preston Leader
Location
Preston, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 20, 1915
Page
5
Novellat Lifts Corner of Black Curtain Hiding World's Greatest Tragedy. Must succor every home rich and poor alike face famine. All may aid with goods if not with cash.
In a Belgium relief appeal Arnold Bennett describes Belgium’s shattering famine and mass hunger as relief efforts move food into towns like Charleroi and Ghent. He cites scenes of starving families, refugees in Berg and Retterchant, and urges global charity to supply monthly needs. Philip Gibbs contrasts medieval pageantry with modern trench fighting as ghosts of past knights appear in the present war.
A fragment shows a wife chiding Tim in a domestic scene where she warns against mentioning her marriage, using sharp humor to assert independence and marital dynamics within a longstanding household quarrel.
A fragment shows a conversation where a character asks why so much powder and another mentions a likely warm engagement this evening, hinting at wartime tension and domestic dialogue. The lines feature casual but charged talk between Marie and Hitler Sister, implying a wartime setting and personal stakes.
A dialogue contrasts the idea that the pen is mightier than the sword with a jab about writing checks with a sword. The exchange suggests skepticism about universal change for one person and highlights a humorous view of authority and practicality.
A historical note describes the Most Noble Order of the Garter as founded by Edward II to honor the bravest men in Christendom, according to contemporary reports and estimations.
Waiting for the day British shios and storm battered crews patrol the North Sea facing submarines and floating mines. A flotilla of service ships, tenders and supply vessels outnumbers warships as a lone destroyer bursts into view driving waves and doom.
The New York Times argues with confident tone that Germany is doomed by failed statesmanship and military overmatch. It contends Germany cannot win the war, and that the world will not allow its dominance in Europe, urging dismantling the so called milk larigm tower in central Europe as a danger.
An Indian Army officer with the Naval Brigade at Antwerp escaped a Dutch internment camp in Holland. He boarded a Rotterdam outbound steamer, hid in a bunker, and was discovered in mid channel by a tugman. The ship took him to the Downs where he was examined and later released.
Dobba asks about taking wife away for two months each summer. Ana asserts money matters. Lobbs agrees that money is a blessing.
A London expert weighs Zeppelins as a menace and tests in air raid history. He argues the ships are impractical for sustained war use, detailing construction flaws, flight risks, and the unlikely impact on London. He notes German admissions that Zeppelins mainly train pilots and bluff.
A Melbourne era column critiques housework as a female profession blending shopper, price expert and factory manager. It laments labor division, praises charitable attitudes, and suggests women balance smart attire with traditional care, noting wartime sentiment and domestic duties.
During the Franco Prussian War era a French proposal offered land grants in Algeria to Alsatians to escape German rule and settle under the Tricolor. Committees formed in 1871 to classify colonists, funds raised surpassed 240000 pounds before a loan was floated, and a law authorized spending on Alsatian emigration to Algeria.
A passage from William Ogilvie's survey in the Klondike recounts a tough prospector who pledges in an affidavit that he discovered a gold deposit. He initially doubts the exact oath yet, after swift trials, follows through to save his claim, enduring hunger and cold to prove the find. The narrative highlights integrity and peril in frontier recording.
Fragmentary dialogue notes a German trade being badly hit with British efforts to kill it. A person remarks dyeing industry shows surprising resilience while a woman’s resolve is suggested in a rapid exchange, highlighting a tense wartime business climate.
A group of Coulgardie pioneers recollect the Roaring Nineties with tales of mining life and strange encounters. They recount pink and green snakes, spiders, blue ducks, and wallabies on wheels. A pressman adds his own memory while a drunken episode ends with a drowning in tomato sauce by a Chinese policeman. Coins for a ballot and winner’s shouts are quietly passed to John Sayen.
A vivid slice of wartime life captures grim scenes of mothers pleading, hunger, and desolation beside a cottage while soldiers on leave glimpse London’s bustle. It recalls bombardments in Belfast, trenches, and Turkish baths, contrasting despair with fleeting home comforts and stubborn endurance.
The fragment recounts a Gretna Green style wedding tale from 1901 in Perth between Arthur Reardon and Kathleen Martin, marred by sea duty and wine licenses, then shifts to a Europe war era note on dreadnoughts and mercantile protection, with a pronunciation guide and a brief tourism pitch for Berlin bound sportmen.
A wartime ballad recounts Liege’s defense against a German assault. It extols bravery, sacrifice, and steadfast loyalty to the Belgian code as the siege holds the road, resisting invaders while urging resolve for God, king, and glory. The poem emphasizes collective sacrifice of families and soldiers alike.
In a warm Tweleyard day Pat Phinnegan shaves while Mrs M Mickan jokes across the fence about Pat’s looks. Widow Dashaway’s husband’s will is joked about, and Mrs Middington notes comic matrimony hits in papers. The widowed wife replies with wit as neighbors trade quips about married life.
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